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” First prize is a Cadillac El Dorado. Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” Alec Baldwin as Blake in Glengarry Glen Ross
The image conjured up is of a fast-talking, cheaply dressed guy with a face unctuous and pocked with acne. He avoids eye contact but acts like your best friend even though you just met. He is not someone one would trust with important financial decisions.
This is how I picture the typical sales guy. Which is highly ironic since I have been in and around
Comments closedOr, why i re-thought the value of identity.
It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
A couple months have passed since I spent a Monday night in the hospital so I could have a scan of
Comments closed“Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely the were to crack.” – Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings. My…
Comments closedAdversity toughens manhood, and the characteristic of the good or the great man is not that he has been exempt from the evils of life,…
1 CommentThe ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.- Aristotle The “e”, “d” and “c” keys are…
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