“As I got further into my career, as a character of color, if I was going to have the types of opportunities I felt I deserved, and continue to have them, I was going to have to start creating those opportunities for myself.” IfsCharacterOpportunityFeltCareersColorTypeCreating Author:Lance Reddick
“I made a very bad mistake; I miscounted these scraps of information on the record as 92, and in continual homage to this man who had been so influential to me, I began creating or constructing my own films on this so-called "magic" number of 92 ... but when I eventually made a film about John Cage and met him, I explained this to him, and he found it very amusing because there are only 90 stories on the two sides of the record, and I'd based three years of my filmic career on this mathematical error!” MenYearsMadeTwoStoriesFilmThreeFoundSidesMy OwnNumbersMistakeCareersRecordsMagicInformationMetsCreatingErrorsMathematicalThree YearsCagesInfluentialAmusingTwo SidesScrapHomageBad Mistake Author:Peter Greenaway
“I HAVE no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary.” MenChildrenSchoolBornNaturalDifferencesEffortMoralBoysCareersTeachWrittenObjectsBabyCreatingUniversityBe GoodProofContraryTalesChainsAgencyApplicationSteadySoleHypothesisPretensionNurseryImpliedUnqualifiedNo PatienceProfessional CareerI Have No Patience Book:Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences Source: Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences
“If your dominant intent is to feel joy while you are doing the work, your triad of intentions - freedom, growth and joy - will come quickly and easily into alignment. See your "career" as one of creating a joyful life experience. You are not a creator of things or a regurgitator of what someone else has created or a gatherer of stuff. You are a creator, and the subject of your creation is your joyful life experience. That is your mission. That is your quest. That is why you are here.” IfsFeelsJoyStuffGrowthCareersCreativitySubjectsCreationCreatingIntentionCreatorMissionsLife ExperienceQuestsJoyfulDominantAlignmentJoyful LifeTriads Author:Esther Hicks
“Most of us think that decisions such as where shall I live, with whom shall I partner, what shall I pick as a career for my life are the most important decisions that we make. But from the point of view of the universe these decisions are not that important. Within you, you have already made decisions about who you are, what the universe is and how you will relate to other people and how you will relate to the universe and these decisions are creating consequences in your life moment by moment.” PeopleThinkingMadeImportantMomentsUniverseDecisionViewsCareersCreatingPicksConsequenceWho You ArePoint Of ViewPartnersRelateWithin YouImportant Decisions Author:Gary Zukav
“A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating.” PeopleWritingEnoughSocialCareersMediaFiguresCreatingAspectSocial MediaMomentumMerchandising Author:Tyler Hilton
“I just really enjoying creating in general; I used to also write stories and play music and do different crafts, but illustration ended up being the creative outlet that I focused on for my career. I feel like illustration gives me the flexibility to tackle more abstract or loose ideas, as well as just enjoy the process of putting time into developing a skill.” GivingFeelsWritingWellsIdeasDifferentPlayStoriesUsedProcessEnjoyCareersCreativeSkillsCreatingGive MeFocusedCraftsDevelopingAbstractFlexibilityOutletsIllustrationCreative Outlets Author:Julie Dillon
“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
“My priorities are really about creating balance in my home, making sure that I have enough time with my kids, making sure that I have the time to do the things that I want to do with my career, and to continue to make movies.” WantEnoughHomeKidsCareersBalanceCreatingPrioritiesEnough Time Author:Nia Long
“This is a slow business to have success in. There are exceptions, but for the most part it's kind of like the last writer standing.... I've got gray. I've got plenty of gray. I'm creating a career slowly, like a coral reef.” KindLastsCareersCreatingStandingPlentyExceptionGrayReefsCoral Reefs Author:Robert Reed
“Our government's investments in science, technology and innovation are ensuring that ideas move from the lab to the marketplace faster, creating jobs and opportunities for Canadians. Through our investment in Mitacs Elevate, we are providing training and new career opportunities for talented researchers while ensuring that local businesses such as Vision Extrusions stay competitive and continue to create jobs here in Woodbridge.” IdeasGovernmentJobsMovingOpportunityVisionCareersTechnologyCreatingTrainingInnovationInvestmentLocalsFasterProvidingMarketplaceResearchersLabsNew CarCreating JobsScience TechnologyNew CareerCareer OpportunitiesLocal BusinessTechnology And Innovation Author:Julian Fantino
“I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught myself to make and later design furniture. I have continued to go my own way, always consciously needing to feel that I am moving forward.” WayFeelsFirstsCountryMovingHouseMy OwnCareersDesignTaughtCreatingIndependentLifestyleMoving ForwardFurniture Author:David Trubridge
“Unlike most experts in her field, Erika Andersen has an approach to being strategic that's sensible and accessible. With her, you feel capable of creating the business, career and life you want. She's to strategy what Suze Orman is to personal finance!” WantFeelsCareersFieldsApproachCreatingCapableStrategyFinanceExpertsSensibleStrategicPersonal FinanceCareers And Life Author:Nancy Tellem
“An incredible advertising career is not about creating an incredibly amazing ad, it's about making an incredible amazing ad every single day of your career, it's about getting those adds killed, and resurrecting them over and over again. It's about your season average not that occasional home-run.” HomeRunningCareersCreatingSeasonsAddIncrediblesAverageAdvertisingAdsOccasionalHome Run Author:Lee Clow
“I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years down the line." Sleepwalking wasn't a vehicle for me, it was a film that pushed the envelope. I want to produce good stories, versus creating a niche where I can look after myself as an actor.” WantYearsLooksI CanIdeasStoriesMightHappensFilmActorsLinesCareersProduceCreatingLet MeVehicleLongevityVersusNicheGood StoryEnvelopesSleepwalking Author:Charlize Theron
“I'm not a plotter or a schemer. I'm a guy that looks at problems and tries to solve them, which I have done all of my career, creating jobs in Washington, creating jobs in Ohio.” TryingLooksDoneProblemJobsGuyCareersCreatingSolveOhioCreating Jobs Author:John Kasich
“It's hard: you get older, you have a career, the normal frustrations that come with what you do when you wear your heart on your sleeve and you try really heard. I was exhausted, and I couldn't quite see the magic of creating at that time. That's all. I couldn't get into it, and Andy [Kim] slowly resuscitated me, and that's how I made Darlings.” TryingHeartMadeHardCareersMagicHeardNormalCreatingFrustrationExhaustedDarlingSleevesKimHeart On Your Sleeve Author:Kevin Drew
“I guess part of my ambivalence about pursuing music as well as acting is that acting is already one of the most difficult careers to create for yourself, I must be insane to embark on creating two careers in two of the most difficult fields. But I have really different ambitions with music; I just want to stay in love with music. I want it to continue to be a means of expression for me that feels like it's mine, and something that feels community-based.” WantFeelsWellsMeanTwoDifferentDifficultCommunityActingCareersFieldsMinesExpressionAmbitionCreatingInsaneAmbivalence Author:Lola Kirke
“Probably the biggest mistake that I made personally is I knew early on that I wanted to go into start-ups and creating kind of software that could help change the lives of millions of people. And basically what I did is I kind of went, okay, well, I need a set of titles and I need a checklist of skills, and I ran through all that, and that wasn't a useless thing, but what I didn't realize, and, you know, and no one gave me the right advice for doing this, is that actually your network, in essentially, is your career.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWellsKindMadeHelpingWantedRealizingMistakeCareersMillionsAdviceSkillsCreatingOkayUselessTitlesRanSoftwareBiggest MistakeChecklistsUseless Things Author:Reid Hoffman
“Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status - there's joy in that.” IdeasJoyArtistFunWealthCareersDestinyTypeFindingsCreating Author:Queen Latifah
“Creating emotion was what my career was all about. I wanted people to laugh at me; I wanted people to cry with me. I wanted people to feel good or to think about something when they watched me. I think that's why, even not being an Olympic champion, I have such a huge following around the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsWantedEmotionCareersLaughingCryHugeCreatingFollowingFeel GoodAround The WorldChampion Author:Johnny Weir