Les Wexner

There is always hopefully a next.

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If you keep your nose to the grindstone, you don’t have any nose,

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What makes you tick? Why do you care about the things you care about?

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Entrepreneurs, guys that start businesses, grow with them. It's more painful than it would appear.

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If you start painting yourself into a corner, life starts shutting down. There is always hopefully a next.

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I am really proud of the development of the people on my team as they grow in purpose; they like what they…

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Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?

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I was single for most of my life. The best thing that happened to me is my wife. I've got four kids.…

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Society can't wait. It's sad there are so many entrepreneurs, business successes and venture capitalists who give no thought to society.

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I think finding the way in life is the hardest part. At every stage of life, every trial, every success, you know,…

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My faith is very important me. I think the notion that there's this greater force outside of ourselves that's created the universe,…

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Sometimes I wish I lived more in the day, but I'm happier thinking about tomorrow or the day after. The way I…

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You’re not going to be a 1.000 hitter all the time. You’re going to be more wrong than right. You just have…

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My mom was terrific. I described my mom once. If fear was a color, she was color blind. Nothing frightened her. If…

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My friends don't understand, whether it's belonging to a country club or playing golf, or whatever a vacation is, that should make…

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A woman at the Limited once asked me, 'Why do you work?' She said, 'You made a lot of money as a…

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If your life lease, your existence was canceled tomorrow, what would you wish you had done? What are the things you would…

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My favorite leader is George Washington. Because he came from very modest circumstances. He wasn't the son of a plantation owner. He…

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I think leaders lead themselves, but leaders have ideas and maybe they're visionary ideas. Probably today, people would say Steve Jobs was…

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I think I have terminal curiosity. So I always think that the future will be better and different than the past. As…

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I think it's good to have your own selfish interests, whether it's liking chocolate ice cream or wanting a new car. It's…

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I think different societies, cultures, individuals, teams of people, make the world a better place. The founding fathers, they made New England,…

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When you coach and teach leadership, most people think about them. It's like you're the leader and how do you influence them.…

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Humans are pack animals. In Biblical times, the great market cities in Europe or the United States, people want to be with…

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I think success is about purpose. People ask about success at different points in your life. As I look back, I think…

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The risk of failure is a very personal thing. One of the quotes I like, I think this came from the famous…

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My view is that everything begins with the customer. If you know the customer, then you can match the merchandise and then…

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I'm unhappy with the President Trump. I don't like his behavior, and I'm a Republican, and I don't like his policies because…

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You have to keep being curious. The notion that the present is different than the past, and the future will be different…

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Nobody remembers who was the richest toga salesman in Rome.

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As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

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Everything has a lifecycle. You have to believe it’s going to change.

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Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what…

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In the '70s and '80s, the mentality of America was that everything was disposable. The notion of quality wasn't important.

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I don't think most analysts understand that whether I work a 70-hour week or an 80-hour week, I take my head with…

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I think a lot of people would assume that my job is more about supermodels and naked ladies and all that, and…

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I was very lucky to find a career which let me travel, sourcing stores in other countries, just the opportunities of the…

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The foundation of leadership is your own moral compass. I think the best quality leaders really know where their moral compass is.…

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I think what I've tried to do is make the world a better place. I think that's what's really important. Nobody remembers…

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One of the things I've probably absorbed when I was in business school - and didn't know I was learning it -…

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