Chicago, Kevin Rollins, Experiment
I'm back from Chicaaago, and had a great time in a great city.
Fortunately I stayed with friends, so didn't have to pay for housing. The whole trip was pretty cheap considering I stayed for 5 nights and was constantly out & about.
$300 plane flight
$350 spending.
5 days Total = $650
This was actually way under budget, yet I didn't hold back on any expenses while there.
Now I must meet my goals for the next few months, and I'll take another trip.
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Some Random Observations:
--Work hard now, because you can't redo it later.
--Don't have regrets.
--Dream Big.
Pretty standard stuff, but important nonetheless.
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I just finished my taxes, and I filed independently for the first time. I used TurboTax, and it was relatively painless. For 2006 I've been keeping excellent financial records, so next tax season should be a cinch...I'm actually looking forward to it!
Also, I've had experience with the homeless before in my bottled water experiment, but next week I'm doing a "homeless experiment" where I'll actually be homeless for a few days to see what I can learn. I'm not sure how it'll go, but that's why I'm doing it!
Fortunately I stayed with friends, so didn't have to pay for housing. The whole trip was pretty cheap considering I stayed for 5 nights and was constantly out & about.
$300 plane flight
$350 spending.
5 days Total = $650
This was actually way under budget, yet I didn't hold back on any expenses while there.
Now I must meet my goals for the next few months, and I'll take another trip.
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Some Random Observations:
- Flying with ear plugs makes plane flights so much more pleasant.
- I give Chicago two thumbs up.
- My Treo 700w actually came in handy.
- Favorite picture during the trip:
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On Tuesday I saw/met Kevin Rollins the CEO of Dell at a speech he gave at UT. He was brought in to speak about ethics by a Mormon organization. He's Mormon himself, so he also talked about how his upbringing has helped him bring strong business ethics into the company.
He originally started out as a consultant for Dell in 1993, but then soon was escalated to regional manager, then overseer of North American operations, then CEO. His speech was mainly geared towards how ethics is a strong virtue at Dell. Of course I've never heard a CEO say otherwise about their company!
--Work hard now, because you can't redo it later.
--Don't have regrets.
--Dream Big.
Pretty standard stuff, but important nonetheless.
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I just finished my taxes, and I filed independently for the first time. I used TurboTax, and it was relatively painless. For 2006 I've been keeping excellent financial records, so next tax season should be a cinch...I'm actually looking forward to it!
Also, I've had experience with the homeless before in my bottled water experiment, but next week I'm doing a "homeless experiment" where I'll actually be homeless for a few days to see what I can learn. I'm not sure how it'll go, but that's why I'm doing it!
Labels: Meeting CEO's
posted by Neville @ 1:03 PM
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19 Comments:
seems kinda hardcore.
I'm curious about your new experiment too...you're crazy Nev (In a good way!)
Consider selling sheets of "Poetry".. perhaps mini bracelets... or "art"....even "good luck" rocks. they will all increase your earnings as a homeless guy.
There use to be a blog about a homeless guy.... he would go into the library and blog about being homeless.. argh I forget the addy.
Started a blog for downpayment on a house.
http://me2money.blogspot.com
Take look Nev let me know what you think.
Maybe, if possible, you can do the same and post it.
In any case, good luck and don't let anyone steal your shoes..
I'm glad you had fun. Hmm we had something like that at Rutgers last week for our Acts of Good Will week. People volunteered to sit in cardboard boxes even amid the rain, followed by the hail, followed by the snow. Good luck with that, man. btw, you're blog has inspired me to start my own...check it out when you get a chance: It's at www.rohailrizvi.com
This is what happens when you're to good to accept job offers out of college.
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