10 Mispronunciations that make you sound stupid

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#1: Realtor
Many people — I’ve even heard it from people on national TV — pronounce this word REAL-uh-ter. Is this a case of wide-spread dyslexia, transposing the a and the l? It’s REAL-tor. That’s it. You’d think only two syllables would be easier to pronounce, but apparently not."

Think things through

Soaring on Ridgelift:

"Part of being a venture capitalist is meeting with a lot of companies trying to raise money. Regardless of the stage of the company, the most common issue I see (and therefore the biggest hurdle to raising money) is a failure to think things through.

Thinking things through means having a picture in your mind about the different aspects of the company; what is needed to get the product/service to market, sell it, build revenue, become profitable and create value in the company."

Found this article on Stu Phillips blog Soaring on Ridgelift. I was thinking the same thing last night in regard to life, the failure to think things through leads to all sorts of problems. As demands increase the discipline to stop, focus and think becomes increasingly difficult.

A380 - lands in SF

Emirates' decked-out A380 jet drops by SFO:

"'I've never seen an aircraft like this - it feels like you're in a cruise ship,' said Mark Ludwig, CEO of AirTreks, a San Francisco travel agency"

800 Passengers!!

Useless Fact

"The U.S shreds 7000 tons of used currency each year."

$15,515.50 per person - do the math

from - cakemusic.com NEWS:

"ExxonMobil is off the hook for billions in punitive damages related to the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill. In 1994, the oil giant was ordered to pay $5 billion in punitive damages. In 2006, that amount was cut to $2.5 billion. Last week, the Supreme Court slashed the amount once again, to $507.5 million. By a 5-3 vote (Exxon stockholder Samuel Alito sat out), the court reasoned that punitive damages should not exceed what the company paid to victims for economic losses. Since the accident, Exxon has paid $3.4 billion in various fines, penalties, cleanup costs, claims, and other expenses. The $507.5 million will be divvied up among 32,677 commercial fisherfolk, seafood processors, landowners, native Alaskans, and small business owners. Exxon, which posted a record-breaking annual profit of $40.6 billion in February, makes $507.5 million in approximately 12 hours of sales." - I am in the wrong business.