Let My People Go Surfing
“The more you know, the less you need.”
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”
Yvon Chouinard is a legendary figure in the world of wilderness activities in the US. He invented a lot of modern rock climbing and mountaineering equipment, and funnels millions of dollars from his companies into environmental activism and protection. This is his book on business: how he went from being a climber forging carabiners in the back of his van in Yosemite Valley to founding the biggest companies producing equipment for the outdoors.