Career Quotes
In the early days all I hoped was to make a living out of what I did best. But, since there’s no real market for masturbation I had to fall back on my bass playing abilities.
Out of the current confusion of ideals and and confounding of career hopes, a calm recognition may yet emerge that productive labor is the foundation of all prosperity.
Expertise in a subfield was the key to a successful career as an engineer, and expertise was becoming a necessity for the mathematicians and computers as well.
Make a life while making a living.
It is a common enough mid-career urge: having taken care of life's immediate needs, some of us yearn to chase villains, right wrongs, fight on the side of the angels.
Take it from me, an authority on expertise: You can't trust experts.
During your job search, you must also be networking as much as possible, attending events, talks, lectures, and conferences where you’ll meet people you can add to your contact list.
You can’t get caught up in worrying about whether everyone you work with likes you. Ultimately you want the respect of your coworkers, but you don’t need them to be your buddies.
Who knows, you may be that close. You could be uncovering a blind spot or two away to take your career to the next height...
Come right out and say you want it: “It’s been great hearing you talk about the position. I’d love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.
Smile, look invested, and when you hand in certain projects, say you enjoyed working on them.
You should also have a bio that plays up your brand—this will be used for any kind of press or speaking engagement. Make it jazzy and exciting, and don’t be afraid of language that really touts you.
If you put your best foot forward and if you overcome your fears, you will surely be able to attain the heights of success
I dropped my gardening tools, threw my bicycle over a hedge and went in search of fortunes laid beneath the hangman’s noose.
In my illustrious career as a university student, I turned in over 100 papers so that one day, in the end, I got 1 paper in return.
Get yourself into something that you don't have passion for and feel like an idiot always.
Public speaking skills are an essential key to achieving career advancement and success.
If I don't keep this job, then my only future career-options are working in Argos, or being a prostitute, ' I say, w
What else can I do? Once you've gone this far you aren't fit for anything else. Something happens to your mind. You're overqualified, overspecialized, and everybody knows it.
My students should be afraid: choosing what kind of work you'll do to a great extent means choosing who you'll be.
You are all so good and I wish I were better. Now get out of here because I want to be where you are.
Your LinkedIn profile should leave no room for doubt about the kind of job you’re looking for and why you’re the best person for that position.
Your LinkedIn profile must include keywords for specific skills that match your desired job.
Helping others fulfill their dreams seems like an easy way to keep from living your own.
I slide to my knees and say, "Please let this be over." Then, I'm not ready for it to be over.
Just because you spent 4 years studying a subject doesn't mean you have to suffer the rest of your 40 years doing the same.
Our careers aren't paths so much as landscapes that are navigated.
In working-class France, when an apprentice got hurt, or when he got tired, the experienced workers said "It is the trade entering his body.
Success is not defined by status, money, education, career or another person but rather by the level of peace that I have within myself.
Be true to what naturally interests you - and be brave enough to turn an obsession into a profession.
Those that care for their career, more than their relationship, can find themselves alone.
Desperation works in job search as well as it does in dating.
Some people make enough, some people don’t, and it has nothing to do with their paycheck.
Being instinctively lazy, I see no point in working longer hours just to get out of debt !
Most of the people I know who are having trouble finding their life work are somewhat passive in style. They wait for something good to happen to them rather than make strong positive moves.
Organizing one's life to respond to a threat one felt powerless about as a child can be a source of enormous inspiration.
when true purpose calls, double mindedness, confusion and frustration come along.
One thing they do not teach you in college is what you will actually be doing in a career of your choosing.
Professional success is only partial success.
I've had dreams - there were three things I wanted to do during my career. I did them during my first year of Grand Prix.
I learned early in my career to not let myself get in the way of humor but, instead, find what is great in a talented person.
Being a chef isn't the ideal career to intersect with parenting, but I try to be in my kids' lives as much as possible.
I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
I started my career as a swimsuit model. My first big break in America was 2007, 'Sports Illustrated' Swimsuit Issue.