INSPIRATION FOR SALESPEOPLE: A COLLECTION OF HEARTWARMING QUOTATIONS TO MOVE THE SOUL

07/11 err.. 07/12

   Drat! I've somehow let this slide for a week, even though it doesn't really seem like it.  Oh, well.  It's not as though I'm on a schedule, although purportedly planning ahead and scheduling your tasks will make for better success.  Then again, it'll likely lead to high blood pressure, skyrocketing stress levels, and a generally unforgiving view on life.   Say, in other news, a series of evil harridans ruined the end of my day at work, driving up my stress levels and giving me an unforgiving view on life.  Isn't it funny how these things mirror each other?
    ... yeah, I know it isn't.  Anyway, on to the lame quotes.

1. "The road to success is always under construction."

Deeper meaning:
This is indicative of the irritating high-blood pressure, plan-every-second-of-your-life outlook on things.  Rather than accept your state in life, why not be perpetually unsatisfied? That way you can develop a towering inferiority complex, become ruthless and bitter, and never be happy.  It's a far preferable way to live, I guess...  Must be a virtual necessity for management.  Or at least junior management, at any rate. Then they can go after the evil bastards above them.

Apparently, the site Intrepidbaby.com is under construction too.  Whether this state will be perpetual or not is anybody's guess, but in any and either case, to the person who bought that domain name: I hate you.  Furthermore, I will find you. And then... Well, I can't really back that up. I probably won't even find you.  I really wish you hadn't bought the domain though :P.

Deeper meaning:
A nifty little piece of inspiration, this is basically a repetition of the obvious, one of so many that I'm forced to regurgitate.  I just love these 'secrets' that these quote hacks come up with.  First, if they're so secretive, why bother sharing them with every third-rate incompetent lout who happens to blunder his way into management? Secondly, they're so painfully obvious, they don't even really qualify as secrets.  I guess it just adds a certain cachet of mystique to the whole operation.  Personally, I prefer tediously long attention span as a solution to patience, but you know what they say... " A watched pot never boils." The question is, who are they, and why should I bother listening?

1. "The secret to patience is doing something meanwhile.."

An exception to this particular rule... It's a virtual guarantee that doing this won't increase your patience.

Deeper Meaning:
Belongs with the "too many cooks spoil the broth" family of lameass quotes.  This one, however, has a slightly different spin, and offers the outlook that inevitably, people are lazy and unwilling to do what needs doing.  By and large, this is probably true; that said, there's not much purpose in pointing it out.  And with such creative imagery too! Anyhow, the basic gist of this argument is that you should do stuff, because else it will get done by those more industrious(and presumably more qualified) than you.  Not a terribly compelling argument, on the whole....

3.   "Too many people offer to carry the bench when the piano needs moving."

Who would even want to attempt the bench for this thing?

4. "An insightful argument is worth a thousand mindless quotings.."

Amen to that.  The best part is, somebody actually made this quote- a fourth century Greek philosopher of some sort.  Anyhow, I guess that's about all there is to say about this.  That's all for today.

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