Naive

《三峽好人》 finally arrived! Joyo.com has done a better job this time, since instead of just using an evelope, they're using a box! It's still shipped from Hong Kong, I guess they must have set up an FC over there. Anyway, the only thing that's missing is the zip code--not sure if they forgot to put it down or I may had missed it on my end. Anyway, the shipping took less than 10 days for only $2. The total cost is less than what Yesasia offered ($5.99 + shipping). I'm impressed.

May be I was too tired, I didn't pay much attendtion to the movie. Don't get me wrong, it's a good one! What catched me the most was that every one in the movie seems to be going no where in life--whether you're a worker, a leader, a businessman, or someone who is just looking for love, every one is so 失落, 無依... It's easy to disassemblage and build up the Three Gorges Dam, but it's not as easy to rebuild people...

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I can't believe that the business class has so many people -- 26 in total! The instructor Michael Odell is pretty experienced and effective, although most of the time we spent on learning how to deal with different taxation issues. I was hoping to get more inspiration from the class, rather than this purly technical stuffs.

One thing I got out from the class, was that I'm actually pretty naive... how so? There was a T/F quiz at the end of the class, see what I answered:

1. With a good product or service, at a fair price, customers will always come to you. (true??)
2. Before starting your own business, the first step is getting a business license (true??)
3. An entrepreneur is someone who is willing to take extreme risks? (true??)

All of them, of course, are false.

Sigh.

Mike gave every one of us his book at the end of the class, 《Marketing Plans for Lemonade Stands: The Micro-Business Owner's How-to Guide to More Sales & Bigger Profits》, which seems to be a pretty good book. Read this quote:

Field of Dreams: If you build it they will come. No they won't! The baseball story Field of Dreams is a movie fantasy. No matter how good our product, service, or idea, they will not come. We must go to them. If we don't, our venture will fail.