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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (45151)5/28/1998 12:15:00 PM
From: jim kelley  Read Replies (2) of 176387
 
CTC ,

I always liked the word "lugubrious". It sounds like you could use it as a substitute for motor oil in your car.

I am an entrepreneur. I started my own company designing, building and selling instrumentation and test computers because I did not know that I could not do it. So I was both optimistic and ignorant. I wanted to be like Tom Swift. People used to come up to me and say " How can you do that ? I can't do that." But I had an edge on them. I did not know I could not do it because I was ignorant. Now I am rich and still ignorant.

So, I reached the conclusion that I could actually do anything that I really wanted to do. While these other people could not do anything because they were convinced that they could not do it. So, be careful what you believe about yourself. I personally prefer to be delusional and do the impossible. It is much better than the being rational, objective and totally hamstrung.

Michael Dell just did not know that it was impossible for a young man to begin a company in his dorm room and later go on to compete with the titans of the computer industry. I am glad he was ignorant too. I am sure that people told him that he would never make it without a college degree.

Regards,

Jim Kelley
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