Chip Wilson — Building Lululemon, the Art of Setting Goals, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show

Catch-22

Joseph Heller (inferred)

“there i am 18 years old reading it and i've read it 17 times now so it's really my bible in life it was really a wake-up call”— Chip Wilson

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand (inferred)

“atlas shrugged was massive for me you know to read that again when i was 18 i mean i know nothing about u.s politics”— Chip Wilson

Good to Great

Jim Collins (inferred)

“the third would have been and i of course you know we both love this book good to great and just the context that good is the enemy of great”— Chip Wilson

The Goal

Eliyahu Goldratt (inferred)

“the goal by goldblatt and it's really a fiction book very fun to read about the constraint theory of production”— Chip Wilson

Mindset

Carol Dweck (inferred)

“i love mindset by carol duke i think you had her you may have you may have talked to her at one time”— Chip Wilson

Black Box Thinking

Matthew Syed (inferred)

“i really like black box thinking the amazing story there of the planes that were coming back and landing in world war ii”— Chip Wilson

The E-Myth

Michael Gerber

“for people starting out the e-myth was really private for me you know being able to put myself five years in the future michael gerber highly recommended”— Chip Wilson

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond (inferred)

“another one guns germs and steel i loved old peeled surprise winning book about how the world developed”— Chip Wilson

Disunited Nations

Peter Zeihan (inferred)

“another one that's kind of an updated one on that is dis united nations i really liked united nations”— Chip Wilson

The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto

Mitch Albom (inferred)

“one of the most fun ones i listened to lately was the magic strings of frankie presto he brings in musicians from all over the world”— Chip Wilson

The Overstory

Richard Powers

“i'm finishing up the overstory right now which one of pulitzer and is authored by richard powers it's about trees beautifully written”— Tim Ferriss

10% Happier

Dan Harris (inferred)

“of course you've had dan harris on 10 percent happier okay i laughed all the way through that learning about meditation”— Chip Wilson

How I Built This

Guy Raz (inferred)

“i know you had guy razon i listened to every one of them it doesn't matter how many businesses i listen to they're all different and they're all fascinating”— Chip Wilson

Speedo Swimsuit

Speedo

“and so the speedo cost seven dollars and there was no such thing as goggles at the time so it fit into our budget perfectly and i started swimming”— Chip Wilson

Arc'teryx

Arc'teryx

“which includes brands such as archeryx salomon and wilson sporting goods chip currently sits on amers board of directors”— Tim Ferriss

Salomon

Salomon

“which includes brands such as archeryx salomon and wilson sporting goods chip currently sits on amers board of directors”— Tim Ferriss

Wilson Sporting Goods

Wilson

“which includes brands such as archeryx salomon and wilson sporting goods chip currently sits on amers board of directors”— Tim Ferriss

Gap

Gap

“my fear is is for a company like lou lem that's trying to be everything to everybody is that will they end up going the way of the gap”— Chip Wilson

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Stephen Covey (inferred)

“the next one would have been the seven habits of highly effective people by um covey all these things are so relevant today”— Chip Wilson

Psychology of Achievement

Brian Tracy

“inside of the psychology of achievement by brian tracy has about maybe an hour hour and a half on goal setting so i learned the linguistic structure of goal setting”— Chip Wilson

Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides (inferred)

“my audio was great and the potato factory middlesex i could go on and on goes on and on”— Chip Wilson

The Potato Factory

Bryce Courtenay (inferred)

“my audio was great and the potato factory middlesex i could go on and on goes on and on”— Chip Wilson

The Social Dilemma

“this has been discussed kind of ad nauseam in uh documentaries like the social dilemma and so forth”— Tim Ferriss