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Endings & new chapters · Home & hospitality
비행기에서 운 것은 무서워서가 아니었습니다. 어머니가 싸 주신 김치를 김포 공항에서 다 버리고 온 것이 그제야 생각나서였습니다. 그때는 그것이 제일 큰일인 줄 알았지요. 살아 보니 이민이라는 것은 큰 결심 한 번이 아니라 작은 이별 만 번입니다. 그래도 갑니다. 가서, 새 땅에서 김치를 새로 담그면 됩니다. 맛이 좀 다르면 어떻습니까. 그것이 그 땅의 우리 집 맛이 되는 것입니다.
To someone younger: 다 가지고 갈 수는 없습니다. 담그는 법만 가져가면 됩니다.
— 박순자 (Park Soon-Ja) · 애넌데일에서 31년간 세탁소를 꾸린 할머니Demonstration
Endings & new chapters · Work & calling
For nineteen years, every question anyone asked me — at dinner, at church, at my daughter's games — was really a question about the company. Then one Tuesday it belonged to someone else, and I found out I'd quietly sold them my answer to "who are you" along with the trucks. Nobody buys that on purpose. It just goes in the box with everything else. Rebuilding an answer takes longer than the earnout, and there's no banker for it.
To someone younger: Build one thing the company can't own. Start it the same year you start the company.
— Marcus Reyes · Built a freight company for nineteen years, then sold itDemonstration
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