A personal notebook
Thoughts, notes, and ideas.
Writing about whatever I’m trying to understand.
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The 6 Basic Fears
On page 202 of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, he covers The 6 Basic Fears They are: The fear of poverty The fear of criticism The fear of ill health The fear…
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Fresh Inc. – How to become (or not become) a CEO
This is an accurate perspective, in my opinion, of the value of owning your own company. He [William Johnson, CEO of Heinz] talked about the “qualitative, intangible skills” that leaders acquire from failures, citing…
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510 W. Smith Rd. Medina, Ohio 44256 Real Estate Listing – My mom’s house
You all know my mom’s house is for sale right? Well, check it out here: 510 W. Smith Rd. Medina, Ohio 44256 Real Estate Listing – My mom’s house
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Local Akron Area Groups
I want to join a group in the area. These are some that I’m giving consideration to: Young Professionals of Akron (YPA) – a non-profit organization dedicated to providing young professionals in the greater Akron…
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Inspirational Quotes
I found a good site of quotes. I pulled out some of the ones I particularly liked. But you can see the full list here: World of Inspiration – Inspiration, Motivation, Inspirational & Motivational…
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Relationship Assessment – Do you have a healthy relationship?
Here’s a site that was recently put up from a friend of ours at SageRock. I haven’t taken the assessment yet. But I plan to. Check it out: Relationship Assessment – Do you have…
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YOGA – What I learned today
Calm, Centered, Present-ness Effort and Surrender. Of the two, Surrender is much more powerful. I’ve learned that in other days practicing Yoga. I learned today, surrender means being in the present. Effort is living…
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Wal-mart History
Sam Walton Author: Sam Walton How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World and W… Author: Bill Quinn Sam Walton was the shrewd businessman behind the world’s largest retailer. After working his way through…
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Ford Motor Company History
Ford Motor Company entered the business world on June 16, 1903, when Henry Ford and 11 business associates signed the company’s articles of incorporation. With $28,000 in cash… As with most great enterprises, Ford…
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Goodyear Corporate History
The 38-year-old founder, Frank Seiberling, purchased the company’s first plant with a $3,500 down payment – using money he borrowed from a brother-in-law. The rubber and cotton that were the lifeblood of the industry…
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Kinko’s History
In September 1970, Paul Orfalea, just out of college, borrowed enough money to open his first photocopy shop in Isla Vista, the campus community of the University of California at Santa Barbara. Instead of…
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FedEx History
In 1965, Yale University undergraduate Frederick W. Smith wrote a term paper about the passenger route systems used by most airfreight shippers, which he viewed as economically inadequate. Federal Express was so-named due to…