Larry Kersten
Larry Kersten
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Discovery - A company that will go to the ends of the earth for its people will discover it can hire them for about 10% of the cost of Americans.
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Ambition - The journey of a thousand miles sometimes ends very, very badly.
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Pessimism - Every dark cloud has a silver lining, but lightning kills hundreds of people each year who are trying to find it.
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Mediocrity - It takes a lot less time and most people won't notice the difference until it's too late.
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Nepotism - We promote family values here almost as often as we promote family members.
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Overconfidence - Before you attempt to beat the odds, be sure you could survive the odds beating you.
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Failure - When your best just isn't good enough.
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Incompetence - When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.
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Blame - The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.
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Bitterness - Never be afraid to share your dreams with the world, because there's nothing the world loves more than the taste of really sweet dreams.
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Elitism - It's lonely at the top. But it's comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.
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Dysfunction - The only consistent feature of all of your dissatisfying relationships is you.
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Flattery - If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.
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Fear - Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea.