Archive for May, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Back in 1965, I was simply in the enthusiasm business. I had an idea I really liked, and I wanted to see if it would work. I told my boss, who liked it enough to ask me to write a proposal. Shortly thereafter, I found myself in the office of ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
A year later, I had a revelation so stunningly obvious you have to wonder why nobody came up with it earlier: Sports cars, in and of themselves, were not enough for those who bought them. They wanted accessories to make them more personal and authentic. And so they ordered wood ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
When I was 22, we had our second child. Reality and practicality loomed even larger. I recalibrated my dreams: Another 14 years of night school and I’ll have enough advanced degrees to be a high school guidance counselor. I’ll make $12,000 a year.
Enter the wise man.
Well, that’s how it works ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
“Ideas are only the beginning,” adults like to tell precocious youngsters. “Ideas are a dime a dozen.”
Easy enough for successful adults to say—they’ve already climbed a mountain or two. But when you’re a 19-year-old kid, born in the Bronx and raised in a small New Jersey town, and you’re not ...
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