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	<title>Jonathan Wijaya Loe&#039;s blog &#187; Story</title>
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		<title>From a junkyard dog to a Millionaire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 08:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Loe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a story about a man who ever failed at anything and sold his blood for $7 a pint when he was young, but now he sold his company for $75 million. The person in this story is Bob Williamson. I took this story from my monthly magazine, Reader Digest. Personally, I think this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a story about a man who ever failed at anything and sold his blood for $7 a pint when he was young, but now he sold his company for $75 million. The person in this story is Bob Williamson. I took this story from my monthly magazine, Reader Digest. Personally, I think this story is so inspiring that I wanted to share this on my blog.</p>
<p>Here goes his true story.</p>
<p>In 1970, when I was 24, I hitchhiked to Atlanta and, ironically, ended up on Luckie Street. I was anything but lucky at the time. I was a drug addict and was wanted by police. Everything I owned was in a pillowcase. I had decided I was going to either straighten up or commit suicide. I sold a pint of blood for $7 and got a room for a night at the Luckie Street YMCA. The next day, I landed a job cleaning bricks, then moved into a boardinghouse and slowly started making my way back.</p>
<p>But luck wasn&#8217;t on my side just yet. I got into a head-on collision in a borrowed car and was hurt so badly, I was in hospital for three months. While I was there, I took to reading the Bible. I picked it up out of boredom and really thought I would disapprove of it. But I read the New Testament, then the Old, and then the New again &#8211; every word of it. And at that moment, I started to feel a gentle, steady pull of encouragement. Even though I had the morals of a junkyard dog. I felt forgiven and event loved.</p>
<p>Shortly after I left the hospital, I met a wonderful young woman, whom I married six months later. She was like something out of the Brady Bunch, as opposite to me as you could imagine, but we&#8217;ve been married now for 38 years and have a large, loving family. I went to become a pillar of the community and a successful businessman. In fact, I just sold my software company, to ninth business I founded, for $75 million.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t believe in coincidence or luck, I believe in God. And if there&#8217;s a lesson I learned from this, it&#8217;s that God seems to show his strength and power through weakness. I think he picks the down-and-out on purpose to demonstrate what&#8217;s possible. But it isn&#8217;t always an aha moment. He doesn&#8217;t just bless you and heap on the millions. Rather, God shows you the way and supplies the opportunities. Then it&#8217;s up to you to set the goals, devise the strategy, and, most important, provide the man-hours. That&#8217;s the way you get to lucky street.</p>
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		<title>Clarity in Instructions&#8230; For Management</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan Loe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received an interesting email which reads.

OFFICE MEMO:

All members of staff please note that there will be one drink limited per person at this year's Annual Party.

P.S.  And please bring your own cup!

Regards,
Management]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday I received an interesting email which reads.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>OFFICE MEMO:</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>All members of staff please note that there will be one drink limited per person at this year&#8217;s Annual Party.</strong></p>
<p><strong>P.S.  And please bring your own cup!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Regards,<br />
Management</strong></p>
<p><em>And what happened at the annual party !!! (Scroll down to observe) .</em></p>
<div id="attachment_29" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-29" title="The specifications were Missing in the Memo (Size Of Cup)" src="http://blog.jloe.net/wp-content/uploads/28-300x225.jpg" alt="The specifications were Missing in the Memo (Size Of Cup)" width="300" height="225" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The specifications were Missing in the Memo (Size Of Cup)</p></div>
<p><strong>Moral of the story</strong>:<br />
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Be very specific in your daily life including project work</span>. Give proper specifications and instructions&#8230; <img src='http://blog.jloe.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>What&#8217;s your thought? <img src='http://blog.jloe.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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