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Kennedy failed to change many minds that night because a large majority of those in the room (many still in high school, I'm sure) had already been indoctrinated by the objectivist ethic, and it's certainly true that whatever Kennedy offered, however reasonable, was rejected by the pre-dominantly objectivist audience...
...child. Upon graduation, Kevin had shipped off to Wall Street like so many of his money-driven go-go '80s peers. It wasn't his first choice, but he had outstanding student loans. His parents thought it proper that he pay them off, and get some of that work ethic into his mind to wear off the towered Ivy League mind-set he then had. He worked the Street for a few years, moving from firm to firm in the usual procession, making a good living while working...
...down the importance of being Chinese to his success--but that is a very Chinese thing to do. Instead, he cites immigrant drive: "People get to this new world, and they want to carve out their place in it. The result is dedication and a higher level of work ethic." He adds, "You always retain a bit of an underdog mentality." And if they work assiduously and lie low long enough, even underdogs will have their...
...they are doing well, most Americans are worrying that they do not have a clear picture of what their lives will be like next year, or the year after. A new four-year study of employee attitudes spells out the damage that has been done to the work ethic and the traditional American optimism about building a better future by ten years of downsizing. "People are living their lives in chapters now," said John R. Stanek, chief executive officer of Chicago-based International Survey Research Corp., which surveyed workers at 1,000 corporations employing more than 25,000 people. "Anyone...
...recalls your favorite professor, started acting at the age of 11, studied mime in Paris and worked in theater while majoring in mythology and folklore at Oberlin College. Her theatrical vision was shaped most decisively by a four-year stay in Indonesia, where she absorbed a whole non-Western ethic of theater. "I was so inspired by being in a culture where theater was the fundamental form of communication," she says. "In Bali, ritual performances are as important as going to school. Theater is not something you pay to see; everyone participates...