Every now and then you run across a company that’s different. Lululemon is one of those companies.
Lululemon Athletica is an international retail chain focused on marketing and selling yoga athletic and running apparel.
Steve Borek, Founder and CEO of End Game Business, in the foreground at Dharma Yoga Syracuse in Liverpool, NY.
LULU’s stock and financial performance has come under scrutiny this past year. The leadership team is looking to re-position themselves moving forward, I’m sure.
I’m not here to discuss how they’ll make their way out of the current slump. I want to point out why they’re unique.
Lululemon’s overall vision is “interpreted” as: “To elevate the world from mediocrity to greatness.”
Powerful stuff.
The other thing I like about Lululemon is they don’t have one of those boring mission statements nobody truly pays attention to or cares about. Instead, they have what they call a Lululemon Manifesto.
The manifesto is more of a listicle of inspirational sayings meant to get their tribe energized and attract their ideal client.
Perhaps you can use one of the bullet points as a theme for 2014.
Peruse the list and let me know what jumps off the screen for you.
- Drink FRESH water and as much water as you can. Water flushes unwanted toxins from your body and keeps your brain sharp.
- A daily hit of athletic-induced endorphins gives you the power to make better decisions, helps you be at peace with yourself, and offsets stress.
- Do one thing a day that scares you.
- Listen, listen, listen, and then ask strategic questions.
- Write down your short and long-term GOALS four times a year. Two personal, two business and two health goals for the next 1, 5 and 10 years. Goal setting triggers your subconscious computer.
- Life is full of setbacks. Success is determined by how you handle setbacks.
- Your outlook on life is a direct reflection of how much you like yourself.
- That which matters the most should never give way to that which matters the least.
- Stress is related to 99% of all illness.
- Jealousy works the opposite way you want it to.
- The world is changing at such a rapid rate that waiting to implement changes will leave you 2 steps behind. DO IT NOW, DO IT NOW, DO IT NOW!
- Friends are more important than money.
- Breathe deeply and appreciate the moment. Living in the moment could be the meaning of life.
- Take various vitamins. You never know what small mineral can eliminate the bottleneck to everlasting health.
- Don’t trust that an old age pension will be sufficient.
- Visualize your eventual demise. It can have an amazing effect on how you live for the moment.
- The conscious brain can only hold one thought at a time. Choose a positive thought.
- Live near the ocean and inhale the pure salt air that flows over the water, Vancouver will do nicely.
- Observe a plant before and after watering and relate these benefits to your body and brain.
- Practice yoga so you can remain active in physical sports as you age.
- Dance, sing, floss and travel.
- Children are the orgasm of life. Just like you did not know what an orgasm was before you had one, nature does not let you know how great children are until you have them.
- Successful people replace the words ‘wish’, ‘should’ and ‘try’, with ‘I will’.
- Creativity is maximized when you’re living in the moment.
- Nature wants us to be mediocre because we have a greater chance to survive and reproduce. Mediocre is as close to the bottom as it is to the top, and will give you a lousy life.
- lululemon athletica creates components for people to live longer, healthier and more fun lives. If we can produce products to keep people active and stress-free, we believe the world will become a much better place.
- Do not use cleaning chemicals on your kitchen counters. Someone will inevitably make a sandwich on your counter.
- SWEAT once a day to regenerate your skin.
- Communication is COMPLICATED. We are all raised in a different family with slightly different definitions of every word. An agreement is an agreement only if each party knows the conditions for satisfaction and a time is set for satisfaction to occur.
- What we do to the earth we do to ourselves.
- The pursuit of happiness is the source of all unhappiness.
All of that is hurting my brain, and yet most of it is great stuff. The sweating thing & exercise thing are probably one and the same. And the thing about scaring oneself once a day… now that’s intriguing, and I know what it means but I’m not sure I’m up to it. I enjoyed this though; made me think.
Mitch, I was torn between listing the entire manifesto or breaking it up into pieces over several posts.
I’m going to focus on one or two in 2014. I’m not sure which ones yet.
Let’s have lunch while you’re in town.
I was wondering how such a manefesto aligns with outrageously overpriced products.
Ha! Kelly, I don’t purchase their clothes but I know they are of higher quality. Yes?