If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, will pay for any sales they can get. And they care little for the color or gender of the person who brings that business to the firm. Most will be glad to get the business even if it comes from a green, bisexual Martian.
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In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
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Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.
We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability.
We may not be able to offer long-term employment, but we should try to offer long-term employability.
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The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems his managers can solve, and never to act on problems when he is explicitly reviewing status. I once knew a boss who invariably picked up the phone to give orders before the end of the first paragraph in a status report. That response is guaranteed to squelch full disclosure.
He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
It is time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that’s the way the world is.
Debt is the worst poverty.
Debt is the worst poverty.
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.
