“If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's the author. The author - you don't ever think about the author. Just think about the writer. So my advice would be, find a way to not care - easier said than done.” IfsThinkingWayWritingSaidDoneWould BeCareCareersAdviceEasierPercentPublishingEasier Said Than Done Author:Andre Dubus
“The team you belong to must come ahead of the team you lead: this is putting team results (e.g., organizational needs) ahead of individual agendas (e.g., the team or division you lead, your ego, your need for recognition, your career development, etc.) Confidentiality is respected downward more than it is respected upward. Organizational alignment is a direct result of this hierarchy (if it were the other way around, organizational alignment would be very difficult to achieve).” IfsWayNeedsWould BeIndividualDifficultResultsCareersTeamAchieveBuildingDevelopmentEgoDirectRecognitionEtcAgendasDivisionHierarchyTeam BuildingAlignmentCareer DevelopmentOrganizationalConfidentiality Author:Patrick Lencioni
“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
“It would be quite unusual for me to get deep into a project and then shitcan it. One of the advantages of having done this for a while is that I have a better sense than I used to of when something is or isn't working. Until I developed that sense, this was a pretty dicey career for me, both in terms of paying the rent, and emotional wear and tear.” DoneWould BeUsedTermCareersTearsEmotionalProjectsAdvantageUnusual Author:Neal Stephenson
“If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American parts, I would be virtually without a career.” IfsWould BeOpportunityCareersLimitsChinese Author:B. D. Wong
“But I grew up in a place where no one knew anyone in the entertainment business, I never knew it was an actual career. The closest I ever got to movies was going to watch them, and I thought that's the way it would be, so I never considered working in this business.” WayWould BeCareersWatchesGrewGrew UpEntertainmentClosestEntertainment Business Author:Joseph Kosinski
“Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Meyer have already accomplished more than most. I think the sky is the limit for them professionally. If they can inspire more women to "lean in," as Sandberg so famously describes it - to pursue a career and a family - that would be an incredible accomplishment. If they can, by their example as hands on mothers and high powered executives, show young women that they don't need to leave the workplace when they have children, they will be superheroes.” IfsThinkingNeedsChildrenShowsHandsWould BeYoungMotherCareersSkyExampleInspireLimitsIncrediblesPursueAccomplishmentAccomplishedExecutivesYoung WomenWorkplaceSuperheroSky Is The Limit Author:Willow Bay