"Speaking to a capacity crowd in Lee Lecture Hall, Richard E. Goldman, retired Executive Vice President of Men’s Wearhouse, challenged IBS students to take their futures into their own hands and to begin by focusing inward."

Listen to Richie's discussion with Sue Oliver on "The Passions and Possibilities Project", a show dedicated to bold, talented individuals who have made the big leap fully into their passions (aka Passioneers).

"Richard E. Goldman took a single store with a hand-painted sign and helped turn it into a national brand: Men's Wearhouse. Along the way he faced personal and business challenges, and used what he's learned through yoga to help him make it through. Arguing against the general opinion that his success, and others, is due to pure 'luck', Goldman gives precise examples of how using yogic techniques and practices helped him design his own luck."

"Here's a title you gotta love — 'Luck by Design: Certain Success in an Uncertain World.' This book is far more than the typical guide to business success. It's actually a handbook for both personal and business success."

"[Richard E. Goldman] may be best known as the marketing guru who turned the Men’s Wearhouse into a household name. In his book, he outlines several management principles that are also available on the 60 Second Online University site.

We liked them so much that we thought we’d share them here, too."

"Everything that arises in your life is there for one purpose only -- to teach you to exercise an underutilized aspect of your life. Because work involves contact with other people, the underutilized aspects of your life can become more apparent as you compare and contrast yourself with others. Of course, this can only happen when you're present. Sometimes this can be particularly painful; it's a natural reaction to resist and avoid those aspects of ourselves that are weak. But sometimes the most painful lessons are the ones that have the most benefit in the long run."

"Decide right now that you're going to be successful, and decide right now that you're going to be able to handle that success when the time comes. 'Ha!' you might say -- 'I should be so lucky! I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.' If you want to design your own luck and put yourself on the path to success, start planning for it now. The graveyard of successful people who didn't know how to handle their success is full. There's no need for you to join them."

"Q: Why did you write [Luck by Design] now?

Richie: Actually the timing of the book and what’s going on in the world are a coincidence—or is it Luck by Design? There's a steady drumbeat of negativity surrounding each of us today. It seems like the worst time to be out of work, or to be a new college graduate, to be anyone looking for a job. Yet you are hopeful, your book is hopeful. Why?"

"Richard E. Goldman says he doubts he was put on Earth to 'clothe baby-boomer men.' Instead, the now retired executive vice president of Men’s Wearhouse wants to help guide the children of those baby boomers, and his own, by sharing his life’s experience."

"Amidst the glitterati and the bustle of the Clinton Global Initiative are the 'quiet voices' of individuals and NGO’s trying to affect change on this planet.

This year one remarkable individual comes to mind… His name is Richie Goldman and he has pledged himself to find the money, partnerships and muscle to alleviate the suffering of the people of Ecuador…"

"An apology (of sorts) to the children of all baby boomers:

The great baby boom generation—the radicals of the 60’s and 70’s—who were going to change the world and bring peace to mankind have not quite done so. In fact, the baby boom generation (of which I’m part) has changed the world, but not for the better. What have we done? We have compromised your future, we have left you a world that is more perilous, more in debt and far less safe than the one we inherited. Here’s a small sampling of what he have done:

---We have divorced in one out of every two marriages, leaving our children on unstable and uncertain ground.

---We have done little to create 'peace' in the world—witness the current conflict in Iraq. In fact, this recent tarnishment of the image of the US around the world is something that might prove difficult to correct."

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