“There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.” GivingHardGamesWinningSleepCareersCasesOur LivesSacrificeHard WorkGiving UpNotionAccomplishStealingZeroSomewhere ElseZero Sum Game Author:Maynard Webb
“The way to "find" the perfect career is to give up the notion that you will ever find it, stumble across it, or that it will somehow magically find you, and to get to work designing it.” WayGivingPerfectCareersDesignGiving UpNotion Author:Nicholas Lore
“Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion that it could, in effect, be made illegal to imply ridicule of a religion or to lampoon religious figures.” MadeChristianReligiousMy OwnCareersAtheismEffectsFiguresNotionPositive AtheismBackgroundsIllegalRidiculeAghast Author:Rowan Atkinson
“One of the greatest mistakes that people make who pursue self-discovery is they neglect to develop their careers. There is a popular notion that those who seek enlightenment should abandon the things of this world.” PeopleWorldShouldSelfSuccessMistakeCareersThis WorldBuddhismEnlightenmentDiscoveryNotionSelf DiscoveryPursueAbandonNeglect Author:Frederick Lenz
“This whole notion of the acting career as a monopoly where you rise to power... it doesn't really work that way. I don't ever really feel powerful in any way. It's kind of the same thing it's always been: You just figure out what you want to do and you do it.” WayWantFeelsKindWholePowerfulActingCareersFiguresNotionWhat You WantMonopolyRise To Power Author:Michael Shannon
“as for the possibility of 'having it all,' career and family with no sacrifice to either, that is a myth we would do well to abandon, together with the pernicious notion that a woman who chooses one of the other is somehow deficient.” WellsTogetherCareersSacrificePossibilityNotionMythAbandonPernicious Book:My Beloved World Source: My Beloved World
“And lastly, when other things in life get tough, when you're going through family troubles, when you're heartbroken, when you're frustrated with money problems, focus on your work. It has saved me through every single difficult thing I have ever had to do, like a scaffolding that goes far beyond any traditional notions of a career.” ProblemDifficultCareersFocusTroubleToughNotionSavedTraditionalWorking ItThings In LifeFrustratedHeartbrokenDifficult ThingsScaffoldingMoney Problem Author:Teresita Fernandez