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Living a Longer, Healthier, and More Fun Life with Chip Wilson
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Chip Wilson, the creator of Lululemon and SOLVE FSHD, stands as a pioneer, business innovator, philanthropist, and a person affected by a rare disease. His passion for fitness led him to build a successful career in designing athletic wear, but a diagnosis of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD), a degenerative muscle condition, altered his active lifestyle.
On This Episode We Discuss:
- 0:46 Working on the Alaska Oil Pipeline as a 17-year-old
- 4:30 Saving money young and becoming an entrepreneur
- 7:05 Following trends and founding Lululemon
- 8:36 Chip’s initial dream and vision for Lululemon
- 11:45 Combining Italian design ethics with quality western fabrics for an amazing Lulu product
- 14:20 The feeling of leaving the Lululemon Board of Directors
- 17:00 The takeaways from Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 and Something Happened
- 24:15 Reading the top 100 biographies and admiring those with integrity
- 33:44 Using the culture of an organization and leadership as a strategic advantage
- 38:18 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
- 40:05 Chip on losing muscle when exercise and movement is so necessary for his way of life
- 44:27 Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with FSHD
- 46:58 Chip’s advice to those suffering from rare diseases and their caregivers
- 49:24 What progress that has been made to find a treatment for FSHD
- 52:35 Why Chip and SOLVE FSHD donated to help fund the funded the laboratory at n-Lorem
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