Venture Update March 2010

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15 May 2011 

QUOTES

Education is a an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.  

-- Oscar Wilde  

 

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

-- Confucius

   

Life is my college.  May I graduate well, and earn some honors.    

-- Louisa May Alcott 


Play your future in good hands -- your own.  

-- Unknown

 

The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford.  And I was afraid the day I walked out.

--Carly Fiorina   

 

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. 

--Friedrich Nietzche    

 

If there are no stupid questions, than what kind of questions do stupid people ask?

-- Scott Adams  

 

Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. 

--Benjamin Franklin

 

I'm not just a tree hugger, I kiss them too.

--Bumper Sticker 

WORD POWER


VOCABULARY   

Graduate Record Exam

 

cohorts: armed band 

 

ablution: washing

 

cathartic: purgative

 

sleight: dexterity

 

diffidence: shyness

 

acetic: vinegary

 

decant: pour over gently

 

browbeat: bully, intimidate

 

diffidence: shyness

 

reprieve: temporary stay

 

cortege: procession 

 

admonition: warning

 

arable: fit for plowing 

 

aegis: shield, defense 

 

concordat: formal agreement 

 

unequivocal: plain, obvious 

 

puerile: childish 

 

bumptious: self assertive 

 

lugubrious: mournful

 

parry: ward off a blow 

 
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Starcom MediaVest Group, an international branding and marketing firm, built bikes in South Beach for needy kids in Dade County.  Miami Beach Fire Chief Eric Yuhr arranged for delivery to kids selected by the Miami Mayor's Committee on Poverty.   

 

 

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Wintrust Mortgage, a service-oriented low-rate mortgage firm based in Chicago, came to Palm Springs for a half day of team building with yours truly, Venture Up.

 

DID YOU KNOW ... 
 
   
 

1.  Tipping at a restaurant in Iceland is considered an insult.

 

2.  If you are right handed, you tend to chew your food on the right side of your mouth, and vice versa.

 

3.  The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.  During the Renaissance it was fashionable to shave them off. 

 

4.  Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 but declined. 

 

5.  To make a kilo of honey, bees must collect nectar from over 2 million individual flowers.

 
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More than 250,000 people on 5 continents have participated in Venture Up programs since we began 1983.   

 

Venture Up aims to provide an uplifting experience to enrich your team players at work and in life.

 

 
 
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