Word: ethic
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...towards her team. “Before the race, I think of all the training I’ve put it in, and I feel that I owe it to myself and my team to put my hardest work in,” Silva says. And with a work ethic like this, Silva promises to have many stellar performances to complement her first showing...
...does not speak Chinese. “I’ve been trying to find balance,” she told the audience. “I look for people who can accept me for being Asian American.” But for many others in the room, ethic organizations provided a source of familiarity and comfort as they made the transition into college life. “The fact that we’re treated the same based on skin color and being dehumanized can give us shared experiences to bond over,” said Michelle E. Crentsil...
...deeper than greed. I don't think it's hugely surprising that people who go into investment banking are greedy. People who went into investment banking in the '20s weren't altruistic. They wanted to get rich too. Nonetheless, their ambitions was much more tempered by the Protestant work ethic. It was more rooted in a moralistic view of the world and in community. At any investment bank, there are hundreds of people who work there who live thousands of miles from any relative. They're completely detached from anything like a community. If you live in a village...
...Devil Wears Prada,” a book and major motion picture centered on an unnecessarily cruel caricature of a boss—one part business savvy, three parts bloodthirst. Yet “The September Issue” showcases a witty, driven businesswoman with a demanding work ethic, not unlike that of Cutler himself.“My training was fairly intensive,” Cutler recalls of his involvement in the arts at Harvard during the 80s. Working towards a special concentration in Dramatic Theory and Literature, he cut his teeth as a director in a number...
...think after the long - we're now experiencing the hangover after the long party over the last 10 to 15 years. You're starting to see saving rates go up. In some ways that's perceived as a conservative ethic, but it actually is just a responsible ethic, a sense of our actions have consequences, we have a responsibility to the next generation...