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“In a professional once engaged, the performance of the job comes first.”

Firsts Jobs Work Performances Engaged

Author:Garson Kanin

“Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out the ordinary and the expected - even if they do it very well. The extent to which a job is routinized fails to give an advantage to anyone doing it because 'success' is seen as inherent in the very establishment of the position and the organization surrounding it. Neither persons nor organizations get 'credit' for doing the mandatory or the expected.”

People Ifs Giving Wells Persons Jobs Work Failing Position Ordinary Advantage Performances Organization Credit Expected Establishment Inherent Competence Competent

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.”

Giving Believe Hard Work Performances Significant Always Believe

Author:Yani Tseng

“Do not waste a minute - not a second - in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it.”

Ifs Trying Doe Work Minutes Waste Performances Merit

Book:Atlantic Essays

Source: Atlantic Essays

“Your earning ability is largely determined by the perception of excellence, quality, and value that others have of you and what you do. The market only pays excellent rewards for excellent performance. It pays average rewards for average performance, and it pays below average rewards or unemployment for below average performance.”

Values Work Ability Pay Quality Perception Performances Excellence Rewards Average Determined Excellent Earning Unemployment Excellent Performance

Book:Earn What You're Really Worth: Maximize Your Income at Any Time in Any Market

Source: Earn What You're Really Worth: Maximize Your Income at Any Time in Any Market