by Stan Phelps | Dec 12, 2022 | Pink Goldfish
It was meant to disparage some motorcycle riders. After an incident in Hollister, California in 1947, the American Motorcycling Association allegedly said, “99% of the motorcycling public are law-abiding; there are 1% who are not.” Instead of seeing this as an insult...
by Stan Phelps | Nov 25, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch.”This quote by author e.e. cummings exemplifies a story about Scotty Connal and Richard John...
by Stan Phelps | Oct 21, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
Squid Game was rejected for over 10 years because people thought it was too complex and not commercial enough. Writer Hwang Dong-hyuk was rejected by all the studios. Living with his mother and grandmother at the time, he was forced to sell his laptop due to financial...
by Stan Phelps | Aug 10, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
“No one walks into McDonald’s’s and gets disappointed when they don’t see filet mignon on the menu.” This quote was from the former CEO of Spirit Airlines.Spirit actually began as a trucking company in Michigan in 1964. The Clippert Trucking Company started...
by Stan Phelps | Jul 26, 2021 | Pink Goldfish
Are you STORYWORTHY? Dave Grohl is. “If you want more stories told about you, you need to be worthy of a story.” This is my favorite quote from the Foreword for Pink Goldfish 2.0 by Jay Baer. Earlier this week, Grohl and his band the Foo Fighters released...