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| 1e45fb2 | "No," Frank said. "I'm only a centurion." Jason cursed in Latin. "He means he can't control a whole legion. He's not of high enough rank." Nico swung back his black sword at another gryphon. "Well, then, promote him!" | heroes-of-olympus percy-jackson centurion frank-s-promotion frank-zhang house-of-hades jason-grace legion nico-di-angelo praetor promotion rick-riordan son-of-mars the-rise-of-frank-zhang | Rick Riordan | |
| f94fe9d | I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those that reach the top are the ones who are not content with doing only what is required of them. | job promotion | Og Mandino | |
| 5606251 | But in the military you don't get trusted positions just because of your ability. You also have to attract the notice of superior officers. You have to be liked. You have to fit in with the system. You have to look like what the officers above you think that officers should look like. You have to think in ways that they are comfortable with. The result was that you ended up with a command structure that was top-heavy with guys who looked good in uniform and talked right and did well enough not to embarrass themselves, while the really good ones quietly did all the serious work and bailed out their superiors and got blamed for errors they had advised against until they eventually got out. That was the military. | success careerism company-culture ladder-of-success business-leaders corporate-culture unfairness-of-life military promotion human-nature | Orson Scott Card | |
| 563338e | "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." | inspiration job promotion power | Marian Keyes |