02/04/01: Cold Winter, Time

Hi,

I'm usually not a big sports fan, but my roommate Patrick is. He was
watching the UCLA vs. Stanford basketball game and I watched it with him.
I must admit that it was one of the most exciting college basketball games
I have ever seen. Congrats to all you UCLA alums and fans!

If you are interested in entrepreneurship and networking with others who
are, I would like to invite you to attend a monthly entrepreneurial dinner
that I'm organizing for the Anderson Alumni Association. I got the go
ahead to open it up to a few of my friends.

The February entrepreneurial group dinner will be on Tuesday, Feb 13th.
Our guest speaker will be Bruce Rognlien, founder and former CEO of
Associated Travel, the 15th largest corporate travel company. Bruce was my
TEC mentor and a great guy. I'm sure that you will really enjoy his talk.

Place: Daily Grill
Address: 100 N La Cienega Blvd # 120 (Beverly Blvd.)
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Phone: (310) 659-3100
Time: 7 PM
Cost: $25 - $30

Map: http://www.smartpages.com/home/dailygrill3

If you want to come, please RSVP at:

http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?66HAMMBMHAK3JQVD6MESMEM7

This week's website recommendation: I found this very useful website where
you can find links to all kinds of information. The URL is:

http://www.online-pr.com/directory.htm

This week's thought provoking question comes from a friend's request. He
wrote:

"Anyway, I'm contemplating changing jobs. I'm looking for something more
stimulating, exciting, challenging, enriching, or fun.

Can you please do me a favor? I'd like to get a sense of all the jobs
people wish they could accept, if lack of training or low salary were not
barriers. In your weekly thought provoking question, could you please pose
the following question:

"What job or jobs would you take for the intrinsic rewards of the job (ex.
educational, stimulating, challenging, exciting, enriching, or fun) if you
had the necessary training and if the financial compensation was not a
consideration?"

Reiko Muto and Ravi Bhasin forwarded the humor and inspirational pieces,
respectively.

Enjoy!

-Josh.
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Cold Winter

In October, the Indians asked their Chief if the coming winter was going to
be cold or not.

Not really knowing the answer, the chief replied that the winter will be
cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared.

Being a good leader, he then went to a phone booth, called the National
Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter to be cold?"

The man on the phone responded, "This winter is indeed going to be very
cold."

So the Chief went back to encourage his people to collect even more wood to
be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather Service again,
and asked again, "Is it going to be a very cold winter?"

"Yes," the man replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter."

The Chief went back to his people and ordered them to go out and bring back
every scrap of wood they could find. November came and went, but still the
weather had not turned cold. The Chief was afraid his prediction might be
wrong and he might be disgraced among his people, so two weeks later he
called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that
this winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely" the man replies, "the Indians are collecting wood like crazy!"
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Time

To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed a final exam.

To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby

To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of one minute:
Ask someone who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize the value of one second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.

To realize the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have.
You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.