“I called it Kinko’s because of my nickname — because I had this really kinky hair. If you think about it, the first thing a baby learns is ‘Googoo, gaga,’ and if you think of good businesses like Kodak, Xerox, Google, people remember consonants — which was why Kinko’s was a good name. But really I had this big head of curly hair and before being called ‘Kinko’ I was ‘Pube Head.’ So I thought Kinko’s was better than Pubo’s.” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsBigsRememberNamesHairBabyGoogleNicknamesGood BusinessKinkyGagaConsonantsBig HeadsXeroxCurly HairKodakKinky Hair Author:Paul Orfalea
“If I find a great idea, I work on it at the beginning, then bring in other people to make things work. Actually, I've always been good at getting out of work.” PeopleIfsIdeasGreat Idea Author:Paul Orfalea
“If you go on vacation for one week, you'll come back to two weeks of work. If you go on vacation for two weeks, you'll come back to four weeks of work. If you go on vacation for three weeks, people seem to figure it out for themselves.” PeopleIfsTwoSeemsThreeFourWeekFiguresGoes OnVacationTwo Weeks Author:Paul Orfalea
“If you’re going to enjoy the picnic that life really is, you’d better learn to like yourself not despite your flaws and so-called deficits, but because of them.” IfsEnjoyLike YouSelf LoveDespiteFlawsLove YourselfEnjoy LifeDeficitPicnicsLike Yourself Author:Paul Orfalea
