443. Career
Stop trying to get a job; get a career.
Stop trying to get a job; get a career.
You should spend more time taming your tongue than taming your hair; more time training your thoughts than training with weights; more time taking in ideas than spelling out your own; more time seeking truth than gathering verbal ammunition; more time investing in others than seeking your fame; more time arguing for justice than arguing your case.
Politicians are not to be trusted — not with what they say they’ve done, with what they say they’re doing now, or with what they say they’ll do soon.
You’ll only make this mistake once.
When you work for someone, they are your boss. When you work for yourself, everyone is.
“What you do in the natural, tangible realms of life will either open or close the door to what God wants to do in the supernatural, spiritual realm.”
—Your Dad
“Broken gets fixed. Shoddy lasts forever. Make sure it gets done right the first time. You never know when you’ll have the opportunity to revisit it.”
—From DesignAday.tumblr.com
Pursuing excellence means pushing past the good and even the very good.
“If in your working hours you make the work your end, you will presently find yourself all unawares inside the only circle in your profession that really matters. You will be one of the sound craftsmen, and other sound craftsmen will know it.”
—C.S. Lewis (29 November 1898–22 November 1963), author, professor, critic, academic
If you’re paying for it, insure it.
