There are three things that motivate employees - food, money and fear.
— Ron Swanson, Parks & Rec via a colleague when talking about interns.
Hearing this song last night made me cry. Sara explained that she wrote it on a plane after thinking about her freshman in college — where you’re an adult away from your parent’s house, but “all of the shit of being an adult,” hasn’t hit yet.
She played it with a small harmonium and the concert hall was dead silent. I was able to simply absorb her words and the emotion and I cried… just like she explained she had cried for the loss of her youth when she wrote the words on that plane years ago.
It’s amazing how music connects us and how so many of our emotions are universal between our fellow humans. I wish people would remember that more often.
(Source: Spotify)
My parents made a point to take me to interesting places during my childhood, it’s only now that I truly understand the value of those family trips. We visited Falling Water when I was a freshman in high school and I remember being truly amazed at how the house brought nature inside. We were there in the winter with snow and ice on the ground. I want to see it again in the spring some day.
Being honest may not get you many friends, but it’ll always get you the right ones.
— John Lennon
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MT, New York, NY
I like this one. A similar mantra I always use is: “Come with dignity, leave with dignity.”
PR is more than a set of tactics or tools. It’s a mindset; the ideas that come from PR people are different than those that come from advertising people. Both are engaged in storytelling, but the PR idea stimulates discussion and has the potential to play out over years. A PR idea has to start with relevancy and newsworthiness.
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Richard Edelman, President & CEO
6 a.m.
I realized today that this is week 6 of OBC. That’s working out an average of 4 days every week (sometimes five, other days six if I get ultra motivated and go to yoga on Saturdays). I’ve never been this committed to anything before. Training for my half marathon was different - there was an end goal. I’m just doing this to… do it. It’s a really cool feeling for someone who’s never been too athletic.
This week has been hard. I’ve been tired and a bit under the weather so it’s been harder to get out of bed when the alarm screams at 5:15 a.m. Today was particularly hard:
30 Push Ups - 30 Sit Ups - 30 Squats - 30 Heel Clicks - 110 Fire Hydrants - 110 Friday Nights - 110 Supermans - 30 Mountain Climbers - 30 Mountain Jacks - 20 Burpees - 10 Out and Back Sprints
That said - I’m sore, but motivated and pleased with the progress.
Twentysomethings since the Boomer Generation have been making cautious decisions in the hope of avoiding midlife crises.
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Agreed.
Via Abby Miller on the Huffington Post (via edelman8095)
