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I used to think that if you cared for other people, you need to study sociology or something like it. But….I [have] concluded, if you want to help other people, be a manager. If done well, management is among the most noble of professions. You are in a position where you have eight or ten hours every day from every person who works for you. You hav... See more
Clay Christensen • How Will You Measure Your Life?
Novelist Marilynne Robinson on how to handle good luck:
"I can only make sense of my unaccountable good fortune by assuming that it means I am under special obligation to make good use of it."
Source: The Paris Review Interviews: Volume IV
"I can only make sense of my unaccountable good fortune by assuming that it means I am under special obligation to make good use of it."
Source: The Paris Review Interviews: Volume IV
3-2-1: Two steps for better results, the qualities of a great career, and how to handle good luck
Compensation is the easiest of the three areas to assess because the bulk of the information is contained in a single document, usually called the proxy statement. This is the form that companies mail shareholders around the time of the annual meeting, and it details how much executives are paid and what perks they get.
Pat Dorsey • The Five Rules for Successful Stock Investing: Morningstar's Guide to Building Wealth and Winning in the Market
As GK Galbraith said "The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself."
We are mindful of the dangers of high welfare and unemployment benefits, watching the consequences of this compassionate policy on the job-seeking habits of the unemployed. Visiting the major cities of the industrial countries, I am struck by this curious phenomena of high unemployment and yet a shortage of waiters, cab drivers, nurses and garbage
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