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시계는 패션이 핵심이다. 누구도 시간을 보려고 시계를 사지 않는다. 자기만족이라고 하는 사람도 있지만, 그건 본인 마음을 잘 모르는 거다. 호텔은 서비스가 중요하다지만, 호텔에서 서비스는 기본이다. 차별화 요소가 없다. 호텔은 장치산업이다. 시간이 지나서 낡으면 가치가 떨어진다. 호텔은 시설 그 자체가 핵심 경쟁력이다. 맥도날드는 영업 이익을 많이 남길 필요 없다. 어차피 돈은 부동산으로 벌 거니까. 스타벅스는 손해 […]
아무 때나 오지랖을 부리며 살던 시기가 있었다. 그때 배운 건 좋은 의도로 도와도 남 인생에 함부로 간섭하지 않는 게 대부분 낫다는 거다. 당시에 내 능력 밖의 일을 도와주려다 보니 결과적으로 안 도운 게 나은 상황이 발생했다. 아무것도 안 하는 게 오히려 더 좋을 수 있다는 걸 깨달았다. 한 가지 원칙을 정했다. 내가 책임질 수 있는 […]
“누군가를 원망하며 시간을 허비하기에 인생은 짧다.”– 일론 머스크 유튜브 자기계발 분야 중 매일 즐겨보는 채널이 신사임당과 신박사tv다. 최근 그 두 분이 공저로 책을 썼다길래 바로 사서 읽어봤다. 책에서 인상 깊게 봤던 챕터가 있어서 이렇게 따로 다뤄 보고자 한다. 이 5가지만 피해도 멋진 인생을 살 것 같다.
Once a group of 50 people were attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each attendee one balloon. Each one was asked to write his/her name on it using a marker pen. Then all the balloons were collected and put in another room. Now these […]
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see […]
A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the […]
There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn to not judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the […]
An old man walked across the beach until he came across a young boy throwing something into the breaking waves. Upon closer inspection, the old man could see that the boy was tossing stranded starfish from the sandy beach, back into the ocean. “What are you doing, young man?” He asked. “If the starfish are […]
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit […]
Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or to help you figure out who you are or who you want to become. You never know who these people may be (possibly your […]