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Michael Joseph Jackson Quote – Work Hard
“The most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and to work hard. Work like there’s no tomorrow. Train. Strive. Really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade if it’s […]
Read moreDeath from overwork – Can it be prevented?
The Japanese are working themselves to death. Labor activists have been trying to draw attention to the problem of karoshi, or death from overwork, for decades. Reliable statistics can’t be found, because it’s hard to prove causation in the case of someone who, say, worked 36 hours in a row several times in the same month and then died of […]
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Robert Frost Quote – More People Worry Than Work
“The reason worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.” – Robert Frost
Read moreMark Kingwell Quote – The Workaholic
“The workaholic colonizes his own despair at the perceived emptiness of life by filling it in with work.” – Mark Kingwell
Read moreGladwell Quote – Satisfying Work
“These three things – autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward – are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.” – Gladwell
Read moreGeorge Carlin Quote – Don’t Have Time For All That
“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that.” – George Carlin
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Frederick Douglass Quote – Work For All They Get
“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.” – Frederick Douglass
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