always wanted to be a lawyer and had failed the lsat. i m not a good test taker. so then that led me to try out to be goofy at disney world, but you have to be 5 8 and i m only 5 6 . so i worked at disney world for three months and then i sold fax machines door to door for seven years. that s what was going on in my life. i had never taken a business class, i ve never worked in fashion or retail, but i knew that i wanted to be self-employed. i had really been visualizing that. i had been manifesting that. i was very clear with my intentions that i wanted an idea. and if the universe gave me the idea, i would take it and run with it and create it on my own and sell it, because i knew i could sell fax machines. i didn t really like fax machines or half the time understand them, but if i could come up with that idea that i was excited about, then i would not waste it. so you ve got the idea. you ve done some research. now you ve got to get somebody to make the prototype. how do you do
machines. i didn t really like fax machines or half the time understand them. but if i could come up with the idea i would excited about, i would not waste it. so you ve got the idea. you ve got, you ve done some research. now you ve got to get somebody to make the prototype. how do you do that. so after i cut the feet out of my pantihose, i went, i did two things right away. when you have an idea, the first thing i did was go to uspto.gov, the united states patent and trademark office website. i searched if there was a footless body-shaping pantihose in existence. can you search that? yes, you can. you can look for patents. i found ha there wasn t one and the other thingdy was went it a website called thomasregister.com which lists the manufacturers in the united states by product. so i typed in shapers and undergarment and i got my list of manufacturers and i started calling them on the phone. cold call. cold calling them. which i was pretty good at
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from the soul of what has to be done in america. he made a profound point, no fax machines, no cell phones, no social media. he s appealing to the heart, to the soul of the people of what has to be done. all the tools are in front of us to make this happen for the next generation. it s a real great challenge. i thought it was a fabulous speech. the next speaker, randy wi winegarder in, president of the union of teachers. august 28, 1963, dr. martin luther king, junior, and thousands of others marched on washington for jobs and freedom. congressman john lewis was the youngest speecher and now 50 years later, i am the youngest speaker. [ cheers and applause ]
cigarettes and fax machines, so long to funky carpet and bad lighting. some of today s newsrooms actually look like the four seasons compared to newsrooms of the past. even our refreshments have evolved. coffee, that s a no-brainer, but what about booze? the huffington post is renovating its d.c. office and it includes a yoga room, an open air breakout space and a kegerator, with not one, but two taps. according to the ceo, ariana huffington, taking care of yourself makes you more product i ve, more creative and less stressed. taking the time to recharge, whether by taking a nap, doing yoga or taking time to meditate will make you a more effective and happier employee. many are going to say naps and yoga aren t going to help productivity, they ll kill it. napping on the job, as a reporter how does that help? you close your eyes for two seconds and you ve lost a story. so the huffington post is standings by their nap rooms and whatnot. after all, a well rested