You can work a 8-hour shift without spirit, but it ain’t half worth much, you know? — poet Barbara Presnell
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Excerpt from: An Unordered List of Thoughts I Had During a Conference Call with a Potential Client Today: – There’s no way in hell this is going to be under thirty minutes. Why are you lying to me? It’s not possible. You know it’s not possible. You are a liar, […]
“I’ve never spent five minutes trying to keep my job, but I’ve spent every waking minute trying to do my job.” — US Women’s Soccer Coach Greg Ryan, on rumors he might get fired after a controversial choice to pick starting goalkeeper Brianna Scurry instead of Hope Solo for what […]
This from an academic friend who studies Japanese culture: “In management circles, it’s said that if you give an identical problem to a Japanese person and a Chinese person, the Chinese person will be faster at figuring out a solution. However, if you give an identical problem to a Japanese […]
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. – […]
“Impatience …always results from one cause: an underestimation of the amount of time the job will take. You never really know what will come up and very few jobs get done as quickly as planned. Impatience is the first reaction against a setback and can soon turn to anger if […]
“The Dark Star of High Intelligence “Astronomers have discovered that Sirius, the brightest star int he sky, has a dark companion: a lightless, infinitely heavy presence turning endlessly in space in a tight orbit with the blazing star. Hubris is the dark companion of personal brilliance… “Hubris is a powerful […]