Winning Words 6/18/12
“Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.”  (Demosthenes)  In 1957, with 7 cars and a hunch, Jack Taylor began a rental car business.  Taylor was a former WW2 fighter pilot and named his company after the aircraft carrier on which he served, the Enterprise.  Hence, the story of the largest car rental company, with over 1 million vehicles.  Small opportunities can produce great results.    ;-)  Jack

 FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY:  Loved the "Winning Words", especially at the beginning of VBS season.  VBS was instrumental in our families' life as we all worked at one time or another.  Kimberly, Josh and Noah are on the first day of their VBS.  You never know when that will start a child or adult on the journey to believe.  The history of Enterprise  Car Rental was interesting!////FROM JACK:  From my point of view, the faith journey starts with baptism and involves the parents, the family, the sponsors, the Church and, of course, the Holy Spirit.  It's amazing how the Spirit of God works.  Even VBS can be a work of the Spirit.

FROM ME IN NEWPORT BEACH:  Nice story.  Never thought Enterprise was the largest car rental company.  Enjoy the summer and Tiger baseball.////FROM JACK:  In my retirement, just for the fun of it, I delivered cars for the local Chevy dealer.  I got to drive all models, including Corvettes and trucks.  I made deliveries to various Enterprise locations, and, in the process, heard the "E" story.

FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER:  Great WW today. Think I'll see if anyone wants to rent my VW. ////FROM JACK:  One of the "hottest" things now going is renting cars by the hour.  It's called ZipCar.  Maybe you could rent your VW by the second and call it, "Secs-e-Bug."

FROM BLAZING OAKS:  Wow! QUITE an enterprise!! I think I read, however, that over half of new businesses fail in the first year,  so the ones who do well, have beaten the "odds". A quote by Clark Little might  be appropriate: "Faith is not about everything turning out O.K.; Faith is about being O.K., no matter how things turn out!"  More power to those who succeed, and to those who learn a hard lesson through failure.////FROM JACK:  Demosthenes probably wasn't envisioning a car rental company.  I wonder if they rented chariots in those days?