“Your Mission starts where you are,Not where you think you should be.Sometimes we're tempted to think that our current position/job/situation is a barrier to our mission, but, in fact, it is where it starts.” ThinkingShouldSometimesFactsJobsSituationPositionCurrentsMissionsBarriersWhere You AreTempted Author:John Ortberg
“In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school.” WantSchoolJobsImpossibleDecidedFlyingWhere You AreJudgedAirlineGradGrad SchoolSeniority Author:W. Richard Stevens
“I think a scientist's job is to explore the Universe, to explore the cosmos around us. People always want to know - why is that useful? Well, on just pure fundamental grounds, on some level it's like art, it's like umm, music, it's aesthetics, it's like philosophy. You want to know where you are in the Universe.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWellsArtPhilosophyJobsUniverseLevelsPureScientistFundamentalsCosmosWhere You AreAesthetics Author:Brian Schmidt
“The concept of time, as it’s commonly understood by normal people with normal jobs and normal goddamn lives, doesn’t exist on the road. The nights spread out like the dark, godforsaken highways that distinguish them, and the days run together like Thanksgiving dinner smothered in gravy. You never really know where you are or what time it is, and the outside world starts to fade away. It’s cool.” PeopleKnowsWorldRunningTogetherJobsNightDarkNormalUnderstoodConceptsSpreadDinnerWhere You AreFadesHighwaysOutside WorldFade AwayGravyThanksgiving DinnerConcept Of Time Book:How to Kill a Rock Star Source: How to Kill a Rock Star