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		<title>Alcohol Served at Work in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally after many years of searching I have found a company to work for that serves alcohol in the office all day. We are free to partake in the alcohol without restriction, well the only restriction would be waiting for the alcohol to be re-stocked&#8230;
Unfortunately it&#8217;s not the drinking type of alcohol, its alcohol to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally after many years of searching I have found a company to work for that serves alcohol in the office all day. We are free to partake in the alcohol without restriction, well the only restriction would be waiting for the alcohol to be re-stocked&#8230;</p>
<p>Unfortunately it&#8217;s not the drinking type of alcohol, its alcohol to wash your hands throughout the day&#8230; &lt;insert sad face here&gt;  I wonder how it would go mixed with some orange juice and a few ice cubes&#8230;</p>
<p>It is actually very common to see this washing alcohol wash in companies and restaurants in Japan. With the all the press H1N1 flu has been getting  this is certainly a step in the right direction. The challenge is to get people to use the alcohol to wash their hands as there has been many occasions where I have witness a lack of hand washing from people leaving the small room&#8230;</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Alcohol Hand Wash</p>
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		<title>5 Minutes: Groundhog Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>-Paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join me on my commute from home to the office. This weekday ritual takes one hour thirty minutes door to door. I managed to keep it down to 5 minutes long with a backing track you should recognize if you have been in Japan for a while. You get a cameo appearance of ST&#8217;s which [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join me on my commute from home to the office. This weekday ritual takes one hour thirty minutes door to door. I managed to keep it down to 5 minutes long with a backing track you should recognize if you have been in Japan for a while. You get a cameo appearance of ST&#8217;s which is a Monday and Friday event only.</p>
<p>Please head over to <a title="Vimeo" href="http://www.vimeo.com" target="_blank">Vimeo</a> to see this and <a title="Paul Hartrick Vimeo" href="http://vimeo.com/videos/search:hartrick/sort:newest/format:video" target="_blank">my other videos and High Definition</a>.</p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/1888218?pg=embed&amp;sec=1888218">5 Minutes: Groundhog Friday</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/paulhartrick?pg=embed&amp;sec=1888218">Paul Hartrick</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&amp;sec=1888218">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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		<title>The daily routine some call work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending some time on Entre Card, the new craze taking the blogging world by storm, I happened by an offer by a very generous and very creative blogger. After a few emails, on a soon to be uncovered idea, I ended up on his web site and was captivated by the first post the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After spending some time on <a href="http://entrecard.com" title="Entre Card" target="_blank">Entre Card</a>, the new craze taking the blogging world by storm, I happened by an offer by a very generous and very creative blogger. After a few emails, on a soon to be uncovered idea, I ended up on his web site and was captivated by the first post the I saw.</p>
<p>Before I get into that I must fulfill one of my commitments and pledge my allegiance to <a href="http://www.hellomonsters.com/" title="Hello Monsters" target="_blank">monsters.</a> I truly believe that throughout the ages monsters have been  unfairly treated and I think society should stop the unfair persecution now&#8230;<a href="http://www.hellomonsters.com/" title="Hello Monsters" target="_blank">Monsters Rock</a>! ok enough silly talk&#8230;.</p>
<p>The first post on his web site I saw was titled &#8220;<a href="http://www.cheaprevolution.com/the_cheap_revolution/2007/11/top-20-entrepre.html" title="Top 20 Entrepreneurial Quotes" target="_blank">Top 20 Entrepreneurial Quotes</a>&#8220;. The quotes I then read  certainly give inspiration when you believe things are getting to hard, too tough and you are struggling in your day to day tasks. They also reflect what it takes to be successful in life and business.</p>
<p>Early on in my career used to get questioned a lot about how much I would invest in my own career rather than waiting for my various employers to offer some half baked training with strings attached. Hence I am now reaping the rewards for the hard effort and  investment in one of the biggest influences in my life, Work! I recommend all those unhappy workers out there read the quotes at the bottom of this post and start to make changes to take you to a much happier life.</p>
<p>Not only do I truly enjoy my work, I see it more of a well payed hobby at times, but let me stress it wasn&#8217;t always like that. It only through planning, caution, persistence and hard work that you can ultimately turn what some see as a daily nightmare into an integral and enjoyable part of your life.</p>
<p>The quotes below are from people from various walks of life. Everyone from <em>Mahatma Gandhi to </em><em><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197789505_0">Donald Trump</span>.</em></p>
<p>Thank you Sergey for these quotes, as you requested on your <a href="http://www.cheaprevolution.com/the_cheap_revolution/2007/11/top-20-entrepre.html" title="cheaprevolution.com">blog</a> I am sharing with others&#8230;</p>
<p align="center"><strong> Top 20 Entrepreneurial Quotes</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>I have not failed. I&#8217;ve just found 10,000 ways that won&#8217;t work &#8211; <em>Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist</em></li>
<li>The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary &#8211; <em>Vidal Sassoon, entrepreneur</em></li>
<li>Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won&#8217;t, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can&#8217;t &#8211; <em>Anonymous</em></li>
<li>A good idea is ten percent implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent - <em>Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur, investor, author</em></li>
<li>Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph; a beginning, a struggle and a victory &#8211; <em>Mahatma Gandhi, political and spiritual leader</em></li>
<li>Failure defeats losers, failure inspires winners &#8211; <em><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197789505_1">Robert T. Kiyosaki</span>, author, entrepreneur, investor</em></li>
<li>Entrepreneurs average 3.8 failures before final success. What sets the successful ones apart is their amazing persistence &#8211; <em>Lisa M. Amos</em></li>
<li>Once you say you&#8217;re going to settle for second, that&#8217;s what happens to you in life &#8211; <em><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197789505_2">John F. Kennedy</span>, U.S. President</em></li>
<li>In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable &#8211; <em>Dwight E. Eisenhower, U.S. President</em></li>
<li>The greatest reward in becoming a millionaire is not the amount of money that you earn. It is the kind of person that you have to become to become a millionaire in the first place &#8211; <em>Jim Rohn</em></li>
<li>Some people dream of great accomplishments, while others stay awake and do them <em>- Anonymous</em></li>
<li>Experience taught me a few things. One is to listen to your gut, no matter how good something sounds on paper. The second is that you&#8217;re generally better off sticking with what you know. And the third is that sometimes your best investments are the ones you don&#8217;t make &#8211; <em><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197789505_3">Donald Trump</span>, real estate and entertainment mogul</em><strong> </strong></li>
<li>The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities - <em>Michael Gerber, author, entrepreneur</em></li>
<li>An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping he&#8217;ll quickly learn how to chew it &#8211; <em>Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries</em></li>
<li>The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It&#8217;s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer, not a dreamer &#8211; <em>Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese&#8217;s</em></li>
<li>I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful &#8211; <em>Warren Buffet,</em> <em>investor and billionaire</em></li>
<li>I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others&#8230; I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent &#8211; <em>Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist</em></li>
<li>Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn&#8217;t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover &#8211; <em><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197789505_4">Mark Twain</span>, author</em></li>
<li>There is a tide in the affairs of men<br />
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;<br />
Omitted, all the voyage of their life<br />
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.<br />
On such a full sea are now afloat;<br />
And we must take the current when it serves,<br />
Or lose the ventures before us &#8211; <em><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1197789505_5">William Shakespeare</span>, author</em></li>
<li>Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration &#8211; <em>Thomas Edison, inventor and scientist<br />
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		<title>Found this on You tube</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long boring story but basically I have worked for this company in various forms and under different names for a long time, originally in Melbourne now in Japan. It&#8217;s a very old marketing video, it&#8217;s the first time I have seen it. Hope you enjoy seeing a small glimpse of what I do..if you actually [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Long boring story but basically I have worked for this company in various forms and under different names for a long time, originally in Melbourne now in Japan. It&#8217;s a very old marketing video, it&#8217;s the first time I have seen it. Hope you enjoy seeing a small glimpse of what I do..if you actually can make it all the way through the video&#8230;.take notice of the axess car, i did probably 50% of the engineering design on that baby..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTInKE9JgEs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTInKE9JgEs</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTInKE9JgEs"></a></p>
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