FW: Monday Learning

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From: Ankur Malik [mailto:ankurms@realacad.org]
Sent: Mon 5/10/2010 10:06 AM
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Subject: Monday Learning

Dear , 

Hope you are doing well. To fight the Monday blues, here is a RealAcad learning.

1. 'FedEx' strategy: Remember the famous story of a Yale undergraduate student who turned a 'C-' term paper into a $27 billion business?
Fred Smith was a student at Yale in 1965. He received a class assignment to develop a business plan. He passionately wrote about the inadequacy of passenger routes for air cargo and the need for a new system for airfreight. He proudly turned in the paper, but only to get a 'C-' grade. The professor declared it impossible and impractical, and scribble in the margin, "It will never work." Undeterred Fred went on with his idea and started a company based on his idea. This company is what we know as FedEx, a $27 billion delivery juggernaut that delivers over 5 million packages daily.
This week, let's remember to treat our beliefs with at least an attempt to make them real.

2.  Real learning starts after we learn to laugh at ourselves:
"Caution: The contents of this bottle should not be fed to fish." - Actual warning on a bottle of shampoo for dogs.   :)


Best regards,
Ankur
www.realacad.org

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