Show Worth

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. - Aesop 


And only fools and the young think people can't tell the difference.


(Other posts on Character) 

Convincing Others

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument. - Robert Half


Similarly, convincing yourself that you are God's gift to the world doesn't convince the world.


(Other posts on Superiority) 

Changing Direction

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. - Lao Tzu 


If you do not have a direction you will end up where you are.


(More posts on Goals) 

Want a Pay-Raise?

If you are only doing what you are getting paid for, and doing it no better than the average employee, then your pay is most likely right where it should be. - Bo Bennett


An employee earns pay raises.


(Other posts on Money) 

Looking for Work?

Many people quit looking for work when they find a job. - Unknown


What they were never taught was that getting a job is an opportunity for getting a better job.


(More posts on Opportunity) 

Paid by the Hour

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. - Jim Rohn 


I sure wish they would teach this in school.


(Other posts about Work )

Pet Peeves

Peeves do not make very good pets. - Bo Bennett


And no one would probably notice if you got rid of them.


(Other posts on Perfection)

Competent Imagination

Competence is not the same thing as imagination. - Seth Godin


And to a certain extent they are mutually exclusive. It takes both kinds but when you find the one who has both - hire them.


(Other posts on Imagination)

Liberty for All

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. - Robert Green Ingersoll 


Unfortunately political correctness does not make such a distinction.


(Other posts on Liberty)

Impossible Partnerships

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie. - Robert Green Ingersoll


Kind of makes you wish wonders would cease.


(Other posts on Truth)