Anita Roddick
Anita Roddick
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick, DBEwas a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals and one of the first to promote fair trade with third world countries...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 October 1942
success business thinking
Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.
fun opposites firsts
First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction to everyone else.
powerful government pockets
Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.
keys agility speed
Speed, agility and responsiveness are the keys to future success.
special mediocre
Be special. Be anything but mediocre.
communication passion people
People I work with are open to leadership that has a vision, but this vision has to be communicated clearly and persuasively, and always, always with passion.
giving wealth function
the function of wealth is not to accumulate it but to give it away as productively and responsibly as you can.
looks world supermodel
There are 3 billion women in the world who don't look like supermodels and only 8 that do.
inspiring believe commitment
I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.
crazy believe people
It is true that there is a fine line between entrepreneurship and insanity. Crazy people see and feel things that others don't. But you have to believe that everything is possible. If you believe it, those around you will believe it too.
inspired active outraged
Get informed. Get outraged. Get inspired. Get active.
responsibility greed should
The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed
fun powerful passionate
My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.
business individuality firsts
Be daring. Be first. Be different.