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Sklover's Thoughts For The Work Week
“To handle yourself, use your head. To handle others, use your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
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“Never look down on anybody unless you’re helping them up.” – Rev. Jesse Jackson
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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is a habit, not a virtue.” – Aristotle
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“Faith, it does not make things easy. Rather, it makes them possible.” – Bible Verse Luke 1:37
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“Why did I choose to study the universe? I would say the universe chose me.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D. Astrophysicist
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“The most powerful thing anyone can say to you is what you say to yourself.” – Unknown
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“Under Capitalism, man exploits man. Under Communism, it’s just the opposite.” – John Kenneth Galbraith
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“How does a child spell the word ‘Love?’ T – I – M – E.” – Unknown
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“Listen. I wish I could tell you it gets better. But it doesn’t get better. You get better.” – Joan Rivers
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“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.” – Vietnamese Proverb
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“Make a friend that does not look like you . . . You might change the world.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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“Long term interests are never advanced by shortchanging your central values.” – Pete Buttigieg
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“Helping someone through difficulty is where civilization begins.” – Anthropologist Margaret Mead
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“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” – Bob Marley
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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” – H.P. Lovecraft
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“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking, because its trust is not in the branch, but in its own wings.” – Charlie Wardle
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“When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” – Dale Carnegie
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“The last weeks of August hang at the very top of summer . . . like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning.” – Natalie Babbitt
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“It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed at the same time.” – Naomi Williams
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Thanks for your help back in 2017 with my layoff and negotiation for more severance - I had my baby girl that summer and was able to enjoy a few extra months at home which was invaluable. I finally landed another full time position in the fall of 2016 and have been taking your advice about "finding a rabbi within the organization" to heart - please keep up the amazing blog, it's been such a resource for me and many of my friends! Have a wonderful 2018 and Year of the Rooster :)
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“Timeless Truths about HR” - Nice Video, Alan! Thanks for setting the record straight about HR!
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