“What is success? I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position. My career has had a level of serendipity all along. I've never planned anything out more than a few years.” ThinkingYearsImportantLevelsCareersAchievePositionImportant ThingsRelateTitlesJust BeingCeoSerendipity Author:Paul Polman
“The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder, but I no longer think that metaphor holds. It just doesn’t make sense in a less hierarchical world... Build your skills, not your resume. Evaluate what you can do, not the title they’re going to give you. Do real work. Take a sales quota, a line role, an ops job. Don’t plan too much, and don’t expect a direct climb. If I had mapped out my career when I was sitting where you are, I would have missed my career.” IfsThinkingWorldGivingRealJobsCan DoLinesCareersRolesToo MuchPlansSkillsSittingDirectMetaphorTraditionalMake SenseTitlesClimbsWhere You AreLaddersEvaluateResumesReal WorkQuota Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“Who is telling us about the false self today? Who is even equipped tell us? Many clergy have not figured this out for themselves, since even ministry can be a career decision or an attraction to "religion" more than the result of an encounter with God or themselves. Formal religious status can maintain the false self rather effectively, especially if there are a lot of social payoffs like special respect, titles, salaries, a good self image, or nice costumes. It is no accident that the religious "Pharisees" became the symbolic bad guys in the Jesus story.” IfsSelfStoriesTodayGuyJesusSocialReligiousDecisionResultsCareersNiceSpecialAccidentsAttractionTitlesEncountersMinistryFormalCostumesBad GuysSalarySymbolicClergyPayoffPharisees Book:Immortal Diamond: The search for our true self Source: Immortal Diamond: The search for our true self
“I really moved through my career based on curiosity about something. I never looked at a title and said, 'I want that.'” WantSaidCareersMovedCuriosityTitles Author:Anne Sweeney
“I never lost any of my titles. I moved up in weight a few times. At the end of my career, the guys that beat me didn't beat the Jeff Fenech that I know.” KnowsEndsGuyLostCareersBeatsWeightMovedTitles Author:Jeff Fenech
“If I didn't even stand a chance of winning races and competing for the title, I don't think I would be that interested in continuing my career.” IfsThinkingWould BeWinningChanceRaceCareersTitlesContinuingCompetingWinning The Race Author:Michael Schumacher