Body Shop's Founder Passes Away

[Vivien Wong]

Dear All,
Anita Roddick, the founder of the Body Shop passed away last night of a brain haemorrhage at the age if 64. Despite the criticisms of selling out, let us not forget the impact she had on proving that business and ethics can work together (before the $$$$ clouds judgements anyway).

Quotes on Entrepreneurship from Anita Roddick:

"Dysfunction is the essence of entrepreneurship. I've had dozens of requests from places like Harvard and Yale to talk about the subject. It makes me laugh that ivy leaguers are so keen to "learn" how to be entrepreneurs, because I'm not convinced it's a subject you can teach. I mean, how do you teach obsession? Because it is obsession that drives the entrepreneur's commitment to a vision of something new."

"We entrepreneurs are loners, vagabonds, troublemakers. Success is simply a matter of finding and surrounding ourselves with those open-minded and clever souls who can take our insanity and put it to good use."

"I want to define success by redefining it. For me it isn't that
solely mythical definition - glamour, allure, power of wealth, and the privilege from care. Any definition of success should be personal because it's so transitory. It's about shaping my own destiny."

"An entrepreneur is very enthusiastic and dances to a different drumbeat, but never considers success as something which equates to personally wealth. That never enters our consciousness. We have incredible enthusiasm, and I think part of the success of any entrepreneur is energy. If one has that energy one can create a wonderful enthusiasm. Entrepreneurs have this real belief that their
lives are about services and leadership."

[Alaska]

yes, heard over the news just now in car radio.