人生价值探讨：传递快乐DELIVERING HAPPINESS.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Not sure how to handle * * Ok to relinquish rights with exception of smiley faces * Ok to relinquish copyright * Ok to relinquish copyright * * * * * If the research shows that vision / meaning / higher purpose leads to HAPPINESS… What is your company’s higher purpose? What is your higher purpose? Delivering HAPPINESS My new book is titled “Delivering Happiness” Now available in bookstores * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From John Korioth My name is John Korioth. I also go by the nickname “College.” It’s a long story I can tell you later, but yes, I did finish college. When I did finish college in 1990, the economy was almost as bad as it is today, and it was tough to get a job. A friend of mine was opening a bar and asked if I wanted to bartend until something more substantial came long. Nineteen years later, and I am still in the business. There have been some ins and outs during those 19 years, but today I co-own a bar (SIX) in Austin, Texas. We have 14 investors, and it just so happens that one of the more famous investors is Tour de France Champion Lance Armstrong. I have known Lance for more than 15 years, and he is one of my best friends. When he was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1996, I left the bar business to co-found the Lance Armstrong Foundation with Lance. After three years of being the executive director, I left and went back into the bar business. I still help out at the Foundation as much as I possibly can and as much as they will let me. It is something that will always be close to my heart. We opened “SIX” in 2005, and just like a lot of new bars, things seemed to be great at first. We were the new game in town, and things were rolling our way. The nice thing about the bar business is when you first open and you do it right, you can really cash-flow fast. Everyone loves you when you’re new. The deciding factor in the bar business is, how do they love you afte