The Jeff Pulver Blog: "Oh, the Places You'll Go": Great 5th Grade Graduation Address

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June 23, 2005

"Oh, the Places You'll Go": Great 5th Grade Graduation Address

When the retiring elementary school principal read Dr Seuss's " Oh, the Places You'll Go!" yesterday at my kid’s 5th grade graduation, many of the words hit home.

The words also brought out an equivalent in my mind of how the VoIP industry is in many ways also:

"...off to Great Places!...

You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own..."

"You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you..."

Re-reading the story it is easy to see direct parallels in the words and our recent history.

The adolescence of VoIP is very interesting time in the history of the commercial VoIP industry.

Hopefully we can all take the words from Dr. Seuss to heart and learn from them.

And to all the June graduates this year, no matter what age, a quick read of "Oh, the Places You'll Go" will give you a smile and provide an interesting, positive perspective on the future.

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Posted by: K² at June 23, 2005 10:28 AM

Jeff,
Outstanding - that book was my graduation gift from my parents upon attaining an undergraduate degree from Notre Dame, May 1990. Brings back the memories....as voip continues its charge into the mainstream, it will be awfully fun in the next few years to see which investment opportunities provide the biggest lift. All the best from the republic of texas,
john

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June 23, 2005

"Oh, the Places You'll Go": Great 5th Grade Graduation Address

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