“There are people who want the comfort and structure of a job where they're given tasks and told what to do. I think it's actually a minority of people. The majority of people don't want that, but I'd say that the companies I've built are full of people with something to prove.” PeopleThinkingWantJobsGivenCompanyComfortProveBuiltTasksMajorityStructureMinorities Author:Mark Pincus
“Given Mr. Obama's lack of experience as an executive, and his past performance in crises such as the oil spill, it is reasonable for those of us who support the effort in Afghanistan to worry that he will not be up to the job.” JobsPastGivenEffortWorrySupportPerformancesCrisisOilReasonableExecutivesAfghanistanSpillsOil Spill Author:Jim Talent
“My all-time low is 62 at Bel-Air, but it was in match play, and I had two putts given to me from four feet. I'm playing only about once or twice a month. Full-time job. Full-time father. Full-time blonde.” TwoPlayJobsFatherGivenFourAirFeetMonthsLowsAll TimeBlondeFull Time JobsAll Time Low Author:Jack Wagner
“Even if there's controversy, I'm going to make the decision, and people are going to be happy in one instance and unhappy in the next. But that's the job I've been given and the job I'm going to embrace.” PeopleIfsJobsNextGivenDecisionEmbraceUnhappyInstanceControversy Author:Gina McCarthy
“What I love most in life happens to be the very thing that I do day-to-day, as my work. What would be my hobby, you know, happens to be my actual job. So I'm very lucky. Even if I didn't want to do as much work as I do, I'd still feel compelled to, because I so longed to be a full-time artist, and since I've been given that opportunity, I'd never want to let down the gift.” IfsKnowsWantFeelsStillsHappensWould BeJobsArtistOpportunityGivenLuckyHobbiesDay To DayCompelledLet DownLife Happens Author:Ryan Adams
“I have a theory that women are generally given space and appointed to jobs when the situation is tough. I've observed that in many instances. In times of crisis, women eventually are called upon to sort out the mess, face the difficult issues and be completely focused on restoring the situation.” JobsFacesGivenDifficultSpaceSituationIssuesTheoryToughCrisisFocusedInstanceMessRestoringTimes Of Crisis Author:Christine Lagarde
“I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.” IfsThinkingWayNeedsCountryDoneGovernmentSchoolJobsCultureGivenSportsTakenMarkRight WayGood JobCurriculumMaharashtra Author:Gagan Narang
“Sporting culture is needed where marks are given to students for sports in schools, jobs are assured for sportsperson, and sponsors are willing to support them through rough times.” SchoolJobsCultureGivenSportsSupportStudentsWillingNeededMarkRoughAssuredRough TimesSponsors Author:Gagan Narang
“My friends ... they usually rib me about how I just sleep in and watch Oprah and that I don't really have a proper job. I've given up arguing now, so I just agree with them, even though half the time I realise I've started work before they have. Still, it's best to keep the romantic idea alive. If they call around midday and ask if they woke me, I always say yes.” IfsStillsIdeasJobsAsksGivenSleepHalfWatchesAliveMy FriendsAgreeArguingRealisingGiven UpRibs Author:Markus Zusak
“Have I ever remarked on how completely ridiculous it is to ask high school students to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives and give them nearly no support in doing so? Support like, say, spending a day apiece watching twenty different jobs and then another week at their top three choices, with salary charts and projections and probabilities of graduating that subject given their test scores? The more so considering this is a central allocation question for the entire economy?” WantGivingDifferentSchoolJobsChoicesThreeAsksGivenSupportEconomyWeekSubjectsStudentsHigh SchoolTestsTwentiesSpendingRidiculousScoreGraduatesConsideringProbabilitySalaryProjectionDifferent JobsAllocationHigh School StudentsTest Scores Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky
“It's an interesting job, it's a fascinating job, I can't imagine anything that would have given me more satisfaction, and not everything I did was awful, but it was just writing another story in a world that's full of stories.” WorldWritingI CanBookStoriesJobsGivenInterestingImagineSatisfactionAwfulComicFascinatingComic Book Author:Dennis O'Neil
“But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job.” WellsJobsGivenEmotionSuccessfulFieldsEmotionalStrongerDetermineHandleOur RelationshipEmotional Intelligence Author:Daniel Goleman
“He wants to be his own man and be recognized for what he's done. He's not asking for anything because of his name. That was a tough situation to go into at Alabama, but he probably wouldn't have been given the job if the situation would have been different.” IfsMenWantHas BeensDifferentDoneJobsNamesGivenSportsSituationToughAskingAlabamaTough Situations Author:Don Shula
“My days in hostel were tough. I was ragged by my seniors. We were asked to wash their dirty clothes, do their odd jobs, etc. When it came to eating, we would be often given burnt rotis and milk that had awful odour. But, never once did I call home. I knew if I had to become a tough cricketer, I would have to handle the pressure.” IfsHomeWould BeJobsGivenEatingClothesToughPressureHandleAwfulDirtyOddEtcMilkSeniorCricketersRaggedOdd JobsDirty Clothes Author:Suresh Raina
“Whatever a 'superior' group has will be used to justify its superiority, and whatever an 'inferior' group has will be used to justify its plight. Black men were given poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'stronger' than white men, while all women were relegated to poorly paid jobs because they were said to be 'weaker.” MenSaidJobsUsedGivenBlackWhiteGroupsPaidStrongerDiscriminationSuperiorsJustifyInferiorsSuperiorityWhite ManPlight Book:Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions Source: Outrageous acts and everyday rebellions
“Working from home meant we could vary snack and coffee breaks, change our desks or view, goof off, drink on the job, even spend the day in pajamas, and often meet to gossip or share ideas. On the other hand, we bossed ourselves around, set impossible goals, and demanded longer hours than office jobs usually entail. It was the ultimate "flextime," in that it depended on how flexible we felt each day, given deadlines, distractions, and workaholic crescendos.” IdeasHomeHandsJobsGivenFeltGoalHoursWorkViewsBreakImpossibleShareDrinkOfficeUltimateCoffeeEach DayGossipDistractionDesksFlexibleVaryDeadlineSnacksPajamasWorkaholicCrescendoGoofsOffice JobsCoffee Break Author:Diane Ackerman
“This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I'm not a naturally boisterous person.” MayPersonsJobsGivenSurpriseGuardedContemplativeBoisterous Author:Ed Helms