Semi-Academic Eric’s Reviews > Marriott: The J. Willard Marriott Story > Status Update
Semi-Academic Eric
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Mr. Penney was a religious man, and he surrounded himself only with "good, clean-cut, decent Americans." And, just as Mr. Penney did, Bill staked his whole future on the value of hard work and good employees. Mr. Penney believed that hard work was what made America graet... "When the mind is educated and the hand left ignorant, the person is but half-trained."
— Apr 14, 2012 07:04PM
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Semi-Academic Eric
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Filling a need and filling it with service and accomodations of quality...
— Jan 17, 2013 10:28PM
Semi-Academic Eric
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...sure-fire formula of clean living, hard work, staying out of debt, and total confidence in the dividends, both spiritual and material, of the Golden Rule.
— Jan 17, 2013 09:23PM
Semi-Academic Eric
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where it began for Bill Marriott. It's an interesting life, an interesting story. And... I find myself needing to get on with my own life for now. Maybe there will be some more lessons in this book later. For now, I'll leave it here.
— Apr 30, 2012 11:09AM
Semi-Academic Eric
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Grandfather Marriott. three things people remembered. white shirt. regretted his refusal to go to school. absolute intolerance of disorder or personal slovenliness. "He wouldn't let anyone eat until everyone was clean - hair in place, hands and face scrubbed, and so on."
— Apr 30, 2012 10:59AM
Semi-Academic Eric
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At first, I jumped into the part of the book that most interested me. Now, I find myself wanting to read more about Bill Marriott's earlier years.
— Apr 26, 2012 10:42PM
