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Les Wexner Biography

Leslie H. Wexner (born September 8, 1937) is an American billionaire businessman. He is chairman and CEO of the L Brands (formerly Limited Brands) corporation.

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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 to correct your errors as quickly, as economically, as possible.

000, Errors, Quickly, Right, Wrong

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

Entrepreneur, Giving, Successes, Thought, Wait, Waiting

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

Care, Do You Care, Things, Tick

My favorite leader is George Washington. Because he came from very modest circumstances. He wasn't the son of a plantation owner. He was the son of a farmer. He had no formal education, very frustrated. He started writing a diary when he was in his teens, and he wrote things like, "When I grow up, I want to be respected. When I grow up, I want to be successful. When I grow up, I want to know things. " What I find fascinating about Washington is he wanted to make something of himself.

Fascinating, Growing Up, Modest, Son, Teens, Writing

I think I have terminal curiosity. So I always think that the future will be better and different than the past. As I look back and take inventory of myself, I'm very open-minded and flexible. People say the older you get, you get set in your ways. I don't think so.

Back, Past, People, Terminal, Think, Thinking

The risk of failure is a very personal thing. One of the quotes I like, I think this came from the famous basketball coach from California - John Wooden - is that, "Successful people - winners - do everything necessary to prepare to win, without the certainty of winning. " Everybody would do everything necessary to prepare to win if winning was a certainty. So you're willing to put yourself out publicly and privately and say, "I'm going to do this. "

Basketball, Certainty, Prepare, Successful, Winning

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

Hopefully, Life, Next, Painting, Shutting Down

I think different societies, cultures, individuals, teams of people, make the world a better place. The founding fathers, they made New England, they made those 13 colonies. I don't know if they thought they were changing the world or just changing their world, but they did make the world a better place. Doctors that cure patients or cure diseases or make discoveries, they're making the world a better place. Can I make the world a better place by selling underpants? Not really. That's just the means. That gives me resources to try to make the world a better place.

England, Father, Make, Mean, Team, World

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

Believe, Change, Everything, Lifecycle

At that time when I was struggling with being successful in a financial way, people would say, "You should be very happy. Look how well you're doing financially," and I was struggling to find purpose, if you would. There's quote from Einstein that said, "Happiness and well-being are the ambitions of a pig. " And I thought, "Boy, that's exactly how I feel. "

Ambition, People, Struggle, Successful, Time, Way

"What would people say about you when you're gone?" That to me was a very important question. I thought about that for a couple of years and said, "What people say about you when you're gone doesn't matter. You're gone. " What really matters is, "What do you say about yourself in the here and now? Are you proud of what you're doing?" If you had a short lease and it ended today, or it ends tomorrow, what would you wish you would have done? You better do it.

Couple, Ended, People, Question, Short, Wish

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 they're almost the antithesis of the American character of generosity, of charity, of welcoming, of helping, of taking risks. You think of the lives that were expended in World War I and World War II to help others, and they say now we'll draw up the bridge and we'll protect ourselves. We won't have a broader role in humanity.

Character, Humanity, President, Risks, Thinking, War

I think I'm determined. And I think if you're determined, you're right. Your behavior is exactly the same when you're stubborn, except then you're wrong. And so, there's times when I'm wrong, and I'd say, "Well, you were the dark side of determined. " But I think determination, you know, it's like have an idea, think about the idea, the risks involved. What does it take to get from here to there? And then once you make the choice, you just keep going.

Choice, Dark, Determination, Risks, Thinking, Wrong

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 me when I go home.

Analysts, Home, Take, Thinking, Understand, Week

Nobody remembers who was the richest toga salesman in Rome.

Remember, Remembers, Richest, Rome, Salesman, Togas

Sometimes I wish I lived more in the day, but I'm happier thinking about tomorrow or the day after. The way I see it, there's always a new or next thing.

Happier, See, Thinking, Way, Wish

I was very lucky to find a career which let me travel, sourcing stores in other countries, just the opportunities of the career in design and finance and all the things that make retailing - my career - interesting to me. That's why I started looking at community responsibility. I felt I should give of myself.

Country, Felt, Opportunity, Responsibility, Retailing, Stores

My Picassos and Ferraris - those are kind of just toys. Those aren't the things that matter. What matters in the car collecting or the art collecting is to learn about it, and then actually not the acquisition but to put them into a collection that I think is curated. You know, so something of me in the collection that the artist actually created the work. If I was going to collect art, it had to be something of me, my eye, things that appeal to me so when I looked at it, it would really look like a collection, not just an accumulation of stuff.

Art, Eye, Learn, Stuff, Thinking, Toys

The notion of Victoria should be a ladies' paradise. If men like Victoria's Secret, that's kind of a bonus, but in my imagination they should feel uncomfortable when they're in the store, if there's no mahogany paneling, there's nothing that's welcoming. This is a ladies' paradise. And that thinking goes into the design of the store, the fitting rooms, the fabric, the display. It's all from the lady's point of view. It has nothing to do with men.

Bonus, Imagination, Men, Notion, Thinking, Welcoming

The foundation of leadership is your own moral compass. I think the best quality leaders really know where their moral compass is. They get it out when they are making decisions. It's their guide. But not only do you have to have a moral compass and take it out of your pocket, it has to have a true north.

Decision, Foundation, Leader, Pocket, Think, Thinking

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