William James Quotes

There are all these different areas of specialization. That's it. You have to be a specialist nowadays. There's no other way. I was an artist for a long time, but I was always into being a general practitioner. I did a little of this and a little of that. And nothing got me anywhere. You have to specialize. If you don't specialize, it takes you until you're about fifty years old before anybody notices that you're doing anything at all.

Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.

I'd go anywhere to work, so long as it's worth it.

I'm not interested in the mad race. I just like working with good people.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than... just eating breakfast, you know?

Let me put it this way: I don't plan to retire. What would I do, become a brain surgeon? I mean, a brain surgeon can retire and write novels, but a novelist can't retire and do brain surgery - or at least he better not.

I waited a long time to have children because I had this career that was kind of like my kid, it required as much nurturing.

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?

I promised my mom that if, after a year of putting 150 percent into my career it didn't work out, I would go back to school. I never did go back.

In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.

You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard.

One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place.

The goal is to work as much as possible in projects I respect and that will help me grow.

Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.

I am better at my job for being a mother and vice versa.

When you are 21 years old, and you work as a good professional, you must improve.

I initially moved to San Francisco to become a research associate for one of the top young heart surgeons in the country. Everything that I learned in that position is that skills, talent, and expertise are transferable.

If you choose to take care of yourself, you're going to get more mileage for your career.

When I first entered this business, I said, 'Well, this will be good to stay in for 10 years or so; then I'll start a family.' Then 10 years came, and I thought, 'I'm just hitting my stride. There's no way I'm leaving.'

In the long run, it's probably better to tie yourself down to one position and really become established in one area to be as good as you can in that position.

I'm open to anything, really. I love work.

I'm pretty happy with my career. I just know what I'm capable of.

For me, my career and passion is InMobi. So I hardly get stressed working for it.