Future Ceo Gifts

'Long term I want to enhance my leadership skills and ascend the corporate ladder. Short term I want a mocha latte.'

'We're under capitalized. As soon as we reach the break even point we'll buy a lemon.'

'I'd love to play house, Kevin, but I've got a business to run.'

'Someday, all of this liability exposure will be yours!'

'One day this will all be...' 'Just die already!'

I need to set upmy own company.

'You have a board of directors meeting when the little hand's on the three and the big hand's on the 12.'

A salesman father waves to his son at the maternity ward.

'One day all this will be yours... thank god!'

Kid selling lemonade has a picture of the founder: himself

Looking for Leadership.

'Our school computers are one year old. How can we be competitive in the job market if we're being trained on obselete equipment?'

'Can I be a decision maker? Well, yes and no.'

"In five years from now I see myself as your boss. Hire me and you get a nice raise."

'Interesting. At first, I didn't pick her as dominant.' - Child chairs meeting at Toys Inc.

'The school computers are six months old. How can I be expected to be competitive in the job market if I'm trained on obsolete equipment?'

'One day son, all this will be theirs'.'

'I owe all my success to being potty-trained at an early age.'

"When do you teach us how to become motivated?"

'If I'd had someone to help me when I started, I might have made CEO...actually, I did make CEO, but you know what I mean.'

'Keep asking for more allowance. It's good practice for negotiating future stock and option grants.'

'Someday, daughter, this will all be yours.'

"My mom's having a baby. That automatically moves me into a middle management capacity within the family infrastructure."

"I need a job! I'll do anything! I'll relocate!"

Look out, here comes the old man

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

'Cheer up! In 30 years time you could be sitting in my chair.'

'Maybe one day, this will all be yours, son...I need to see if you've got what it takes to make it as a C.E.O. in the ruthless world of a corporate boardroom before I hand it over and let you sit in that chair.'

Lemonade Futures

"Honey, is the car filled up? My project here is finished and after my lunch I'm taking a new job in South America."

"...and now a few words from the class know-it-all."

'I'd like to be one of those people who sets targets for other people.'

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, NOW HIRING, 'Okay, you're hired -- now, I want you to forget everything you learned in pre-school.'

How to Start your Own Telecomms. Company

'I started a whole new business, Mom! Kids are paying me to complete their college applications.'