“He's a family man and a businessman. He spent his career building successful companies. Then, he saved the 2002 Olympics and brought pride to our nation. As governor, he balanced the budget, cut taxes, and created jobs. The president America needs is Mitt Romney!” MenNeedsJobsAmericaNationsPresidentCompanyCareersSuccessfulCuttingBuildingPrideTaxesSavedBudgetsBalancedGovernorsOlympicsBusinessmanRomneyFamily ManSuccessful CompanyBudget Cuts Author:Reince Priebus
“The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.” SelfSecretCompanyCareersPathPlayerTeamMembersAchievementDirectEntrepreneurMeaningfulSoccerFulfillmentExecutivesPerformersGreat TeamSoccer PlayerTeam MemberSelf Fulfillment Author:Maynard Webb
“Gossip and slander are not victimless crimes. Words do not just dissipate into midair. . . . Words can injure and damage, maim and destroy - forcefully, painfully, lastingly. . . . Plans have been disrupted, deals have been lost, companies have fallen, because of idle gossip or malicious slander. Reputations have been sullied, careers have been ruined, lives have been devastated, because of cruel lies or vicious rumors. . . . Your words have such power to do good or evil that they must be chosen carefully, wisely, and well.” LifeWellsHas BeensLyingEvilLostDealsCompanyCareersPlansCrimeChosenReputationFallenDamageGossipIdleRuinedViciousRumorSlanderDevastatedMaliciousIdle GossipRuined Life Author:Wayne D. Dosick
“I don't think there is room for 'artistic temperament.' Professional artists understand art is a business. If businesses ran their companies like many artists do their careers, they would not stay open a year.” IfsThinkingYearsArtArtistRoomsBusinessCompanyCareersArt IsArtisticRanTemperamentArtistic Temperament Author:Jack White
“Early in my career when we went to golf tournaments and charity dinners I noticed businessmen and executives would give the players their cards. Well, they're giving you their cards for a reason. I said to my wife, 'All the guys get these cards and then when they get to the parking lot they rip them up or throw them away. It's really weird.' My wife .. said maybe you should just sign a picture and mail it to them. You know, 'Great playing golf with you,' or whatever. So, I did and lo and behold some of those guys I sent pictures to way back then are now CEOs at big companies.” KnowsWayGivingShouldWellsSaidReasonBigsGuyCompanyCareersWifePlayerGolfCharityDinnerMy WifeCardsExecutivesMailCeoBusinessmanRipTournamentsParkingPlaying GolfReally WeirdParking LotBig CompaniesGolf Tournaments Author:Tie Domi
“You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.” WayLittlesHas BeensMotivationalLawWinningBitsCompanyStepsCareersWeekDesignSpringTrainingBuiltGoldBrandsFirmSensationsOperaMedalGold MedalsGreat CompanyLaw Firms Author:Seth Godin
“So I just always drew. But never took that as a career path. I ended up in the computer business, and found myself as the vice president of sales and marketing for a computer accessories company.” FoundPresidentCompanyCareersPathComputerMarketingVicesVice PresidentAccessoriesCareer Path Author:Dan Povenmire
“Fresh out of college, you tend to join a company because it's a job. But, you tend to stay because it becomes a career; you start to feel at home. In the beginning of your career, you're focused on you: 'I like this place because I'm doing rewarding work; they take good care of me; the people are nice; there's runway for me,' etc.” PeopleFeelsHomeCareJobsCompanyCareersNiceCollegeFocusedEtcRunway Author:Ursula Burns
“Everybody's career is different. In this new age of being able to talk to the whole world at once, the possibilities are staggering, really, to be able to do things yourself. But I've always enjoyed my relationship with the record company.” WorldDifferentWholeAgeAbleCompanyCareersRecordsPossibilityWhole WorldEnjoyedNew AgeRecord CompaniesStaggering Author:Lyle Lovett
“Make a total commitment to your company, your job, and your career. Uncommitted people have no future.” PeopleJobsCompanyCareersCommitmentDedicationUncommitted Author:Brian Tracy
“There are those who build careers and companies just out of being popular on Instagram, but theres nothing behind them.” BehindsCompanyCareersInstagramBeing Popular Author:Margot Robbie
“The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world I was in. A lot of companies had a great deal of money.” WorldActorsDealsCompanyCareersNew York Author:Gaby Hoffmann
“Lack of opportunity breeds dreams of escape. But professionals and managers who have invested in their careers do not leave the work force as frequently as discouraged workers in lower status occupations. Instead, they keep working, but they escape emotionally by defining achievement in professional, not company, terms. ... Thus, the potential for being stuck as career uncertainty grows takes its toll in weakening attachment to any particular employer.” DreamOpportunityForceGrowsTermCompanyCareersParticularAchievementWorkersStuckManagersUncertaintyAttachmentOccupationDiscouragedDefiningEmployersTollsWeakening Book:Men and Women of the Corporation: New Edition Source: Men and Women of the Corporation: New Edition
“My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.” PeopleCompanyCareersWorstDadPaidMy DadLots Of MoneyBusinessmanBest Company Author:Topher Grace
“It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.” LongParentActingCompanyCareersPlayerFeetLandStageIndiaEnglandPerformingCourtesyUp And Down Author:Felicity Kendal
“Stryker was a company that allowed me, when I had my knee replaced and I got the Stryker GetAroundKnee put in, to get my career back and get my life back.” CompanyCareersKneesReplaced Author:Fred Funk
“What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it.” ArtistCompanyCareersRecordsBloodSixAlbumsHarmThese DaysDryLongevityDrainsRecord CompaniesSingles Author:Elton John
“The business model piece is we're always talking about competing more effectively. If you're starting a company or career you don't want to compete. You want to create a monopoly. We want to invest in a company that has a good plan to create a monopoly.” IfsWantCompanyTalkingCareersPiecesPlansModelsInvestingStartingCompetingMonopolyBusiness Models Author:Peter Thiel
“Being an entrepreneur is really exciting for me. Whether it's creating something or just building a company and giving others the opportunity to build a career, I think it's exciting to be at the helm of these types of activities.” ThinkingGivingOpportunityCompanyCareersBuildingTypeActivityCreatingExcitingEntrepreneurCreating SomethingHelm Author:Anousheh Ansari
“It's never happened to me before, in my career, and never will again. It's a one-off experience. It's a rare treat to have a cast together for six years. Crews come and go, and a few of them have been there throughout, but not many. It's rare, in my experience, after 26 years, to have had a proper company in a show that enjoys each other's company, and who is such a fine bunch of people and actors. To have struck a chord with people, and to have had that combination, is extremely rare.” PeopleYearsHas BeensShowsTogetherActorsEnjoyCompanyCareersHappenedFineSixTreatsCastsBunchCombinationCrewChordsComes And Goes Author:Hugh Bonneville
“An MBA is a great degree for career paths like investment banking, finance, consulting, and large companies. An MBA is not necessarily the right path for starting a tech company. You should be building a prototype, not getting an MBA in that case.” ShouldCompanyCareersCasesPathBuildingDegreesInvestmentStartingFinanceBankingRight PathConsultingCareer PathPrototypeMbaLarge CompaniesInvestment Banking Author:Guy Kawasaki