#promotion

Devereaux is going with our pitch.” “Hey, that’s just great,” I said superperkily. “Wendell’s or mine?” “Yours.” “But you want to fire me. So fire me.” “We can’t fire you. They loved you. The head guy, Leonard Daly, thought you were, I quote, ‘a great kid, very courageous’ and a natural to do a whispering campaign. He said you had believability.” “That’s too bad.” “Why? You’re not quitting!” I thought about it. “Not if you don’t want me to. Do you?” Go on, say it. 298 ♥elavanilla♥ “No.” “No what?” “No, we don’t want you to quit.” “Ten grand more, two assistants, and charcoal suits. Take it or leave it.” Ariella swallowed. “Okay to the money, okay to the assistants, but I can’t green-light charcoal suits. Formula Twelve is Brazilian, we need carnival colors.” “Charcoal suits or I’m gone.” “Orange.” “Charcoal.” “Orange.” “Charcoal.” “Okay, charcoal.” It was an interesting lesson in power. The only time you truly have it is when you genuinely don’t care whether you have it or not. “Right,” I said. “I’m giving myself the rest of the day off. ↗

— Marian Keyes

#inspiration #job #power #promotion #courage

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul. ↗

— Gilbert Murray

#be careful #because #believes #body #careful

I think pot should be legalized, but I think the promotion of party culture is irresponsible. ↗

— Krist Novoselic

#i #i think #irresponsible #legalized #party

Humiliation is the only ladder to honoring God's Kingdom. ↗

— Andrew Murray

#humility #leadership #promotion #leadership

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion. ↗

— Albert Camus

#deaths #dreadful #every #except #him

After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#anymore #asia #boom #chan #go

As soon as you start making a record, things start getting lined up: the promotion, possibly even a tour. ↗

— Phil Collins

#getting #lined #making #possibly #promotion

The only risk of failure is promotion. ↗

— Scott Adams

#only #promotion #risk

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change. ↗

— Pat Riley

#be prepared #being #change #enough #other

The essence of a successful business is really quite simple. It is your ability to offer a product or service that people will pay for at a price sufficiently above your costs, ideally three or four or five times your cost, thereby giving you a profit that enables you to buy and to offer more products and services. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#promotion #success #business