#careers

Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeated by their creative force, which has, indeed, so overcharged the capacity of bricks and mortar that it must needs harness itself to pens and brushes and business and politics. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#artists #arts #careers #creativity #empowerment

Give serious thought to why your company should care about your strategy. Specifically, find problems that the board wants to be solved. What are senior managers scared of? Part of becoming a credible strategic thinker is learning effective approaches to selling ideas for your situation. You’ll know that you’re getting better at selling (or pitching) strategy when managers start coming to you when there is strategic thinking to be done. ↗

— Max McKeown

#change #improvement #leadership #problems #promotion

Unless she married soon, Bond thought for the hundredth time, or had a lover, her cool air of authority might easily become spinsterish and she would join the army of women who had married a career. ↗

— Ian Fleming

#careers #marriage #women #marriage

Not so much in Canada, but certainly in the US, as I'm sure you know, money is all, and if they can get another 26 programs of the same thing even though it advances the culture or those actor's careers not at all it doesn't matter. ↗

— Rowan Atkinson

#advances #another #canada #careers #certainly

I've only been making records since 1991. When you look at the long-standing careers of people like Joni, it's not very long! ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#careers #i #joni #like #long

Some people are really good at maneuvering their careers and images and I'm not one of those people. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#good #i #images #maneuvering #people