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Discover Your “Why…”

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Affection, Conscious, Existence, Man's Search for Meaning, Philosophy, Quotes, Responsibility, Viktor E. Frankl, Waiting, Work on March 7, 2026| Leave a Comment »

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how”.

― Viktor E. Frankl
From his book: “Man’s Search for Meaning“

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No Worries

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Goals, Oprah Winfrey, Philosophy, Quotes, Significance, Success, Work, Worry on December 13, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Don’t worry about being successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.

— Oprah Winfrey

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Meanwhile…

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dreaming, Loafing, Philosophy, Playing, Preparation, Quotes, Sleep, Study, William Arthur Ward, Wishing, Work on September 28, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

― William Arthur Ward

[I would have said: “…and dream while others are worrying.” But that’s just me… — kmab]

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Rewarding Work

Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged https://misfloetry.wordpress.com, Love, Miss Floetry, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, Rewarding Work, Work on December 23, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Love is work. It’s appreciation of strengths, forgiveness of faults. It’s acceptance of the whole person, not just the parts that are easy to love. It’s a struggle, not a fairy tale. That’s why choosing the right person is so important. Love is about knowing who you want there beside you when you’re at your most weak and vulnerable. Who can give you hope when it seems as though you have none left? Who can pull you out of the darkness when it envelops you? Who is worth going through the struggle for? Love is work, but it’s the most rewarding work you’ll ever do.

— missfloetry
This was from a post titled: “Rewarding Work“
It was located at: https://missfloetry.wordpress.com

[I followed this site for quite a while. Unfortunately, the post / site has been deleted.
As to the post… I guess I’ve been lucky. My love hasn’t been THAT much work. — kmab]

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Gravy

Posted in Career, Economics, General Comments, Humor, Work, tagged Economics, General Comments, Gravy, Labor, Retirement, Social Security, Work on September 30, 2024| 2 Comments »

“It normally takes seven to seven and a half years of retirement for the average American to “recover” all of the funds paid into their Social Security retirement funds during their forty odd years of work. After that, every payment SSA provides you is gravy (mostly interest earned on the funds you withheld in trust / savings with SSA).“

For the last few years I have been charting my progress on getting back all of the funds I’ve paid into Social Security. Waaay back in ’02 or ’03 I attended a briefing about SSA and got the above information. It turns out I misheard or didn’t quite remember the information provided… It seems the seven year mark is for the entire amount paid into SSA by you and by your various employers (not “just” what you paid in individually). In any case, tomorrow marks the start of my eighth year of retirement (drawing SSA). Congrats to me for making it to the gravy! — kmab

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And I Do Think About This A Lot

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Competition, Daniel Craig, Philosophy, Quotes, Work on September 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I don’t say: ‘can’t do that’, ‘won’t do that’. I’ve never thought in that way about work. The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I’m one of the least competitive people you’ll ever meet. Except with myself.

— Daniel Craig

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Appearances Can Be Deceiving

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Opportunity, Philosophy, Quotes, Thomas Edison, Work on June 8, 2024| 2 Comments »

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

― Thomas Edison

[For most of my young-adult work life, a suit and tie was “normal”, if not required, in order to “get ahead” at a job / company. — kmab]

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Shine Now

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Buddha, Future, Health, Meditation, Past, Philosophy, Present, Quotes, Work on May 2, 2024| 2 Comments »

Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine.

— Buddha

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

— Buddha

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I Choose To Work (And Vote)

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Acrimony, Angst, Co-Human Harmony: Using Our Shared Humanity to Bridge Divides, Democracy, Philosophy, Quotes, Rev. Gudjon Bergmann, Voter Participation, Work on March 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »

As acrimony gets a tighter grip on democratic society, good people can either sit on the sidelines, debilitated by angst and daily distractions, or they can overcome indecision and work towards harmony.

— Rev. Gudjon Bergmann
From his book: “Co-Human Harmony: Using Our Shared Humanity to Bridge Divides“

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Six Down, 1-1/2 To Go: I Can Almost Smell The Gravy

Posted in Career, Economics, General Comments, Humor, Work, tagged Economics, General Comments, Gravy, Labor, Retirement, Social Security, Work on September 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It normally takes seven to seven and a half years of retirement for the average American to “recover” all of the funds paid into their Social Security retirement funds during their forty odd years of work. After that, every payment SSA provides you is gravy (mostly interest earned on the funds you withheld in trust / savings with SSA).

One to one-and-a-half years to go! — kmab

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Proof On A Creaky Day

Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Experience, Lawrence Powell, Letters, Letters Of Note, M. F. K. Fisher, M.F.K. Fisher: A Life in Letters, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Proof, Quotes, Struggle, The Aging Process, The Rewards Of Old Age, Work on September 15, 2023| 4 Comments »

Work is slower than it used to be, and I know that I do things partly in order to prove that I am still alive enough to finish them. I’m working hard, and I think you are too. I honestly believe that there are things that make the long experience worth struggling through, although now and then, on a creaky day, it is rather difficult to accept what are too loosely called “the rewards of old age.” I don’t mind looking old, but at times I resent the infirmities of the Aging Process.

Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, age 73
Letter to Lawrence Powell, 18th Apr 1982
From the book: “M.F.K. Fisher: A Life in Letters“

[Found at one of the blogs I follow: Letters of Note
The specific post is: https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/i-think-one-of-the-noblest-projects

Please visit the original site and support it if you are able. — kmab]

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For Most People It’s Called “A Day Job”

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Albert Camus, Day Job, Life, Philosophy, Quotes, Work on June 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It is normal to give away a little of one’s life in order not to lose it all.

— Albert Camus

[AKA: “Earning a living” or “Work”. — kmab]

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Two More From Eleanor

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Contribution, Death, Eleanor Roosevelt, Peace, Philosophy, Quotes, Talk, Work on May 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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Preparation Meets Opportunity

Posted in Career, Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged Luck, Opportunity, Philosophy, Preparation, Quotes, Work on May 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Luck means the hardships and privations which you have not hesitated to endure, the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appointments you have never failed to keep; the trains you have never failed to catch.

— Max O’Rell

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Squeeze Your Opportunity

Posted in Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Albert Einstein, Greatness, Judgement, Opportunity, Other Blogs, Philosophy, Quotes, ram H singhal, Value, Work on March 29, 2023| 4 Comments »

We cannot predict the value our work will provide to the world. That’s fine. It is not our job to judge our own work. It is our job to create it, to pour ourselves into it, and to master our craft as best we can.

We all have the opportunity to squeeze every ounce of greatness out of ourselves that we can. We all have the chance to do our share.

— Albert Einstein

[This quote was found on one of the blogs I follow: ram H singhal
The specific post is: I have done my share \| ram H singhal (wordpress.com)
Please visit the original site if you have a few spare minutes. — kmab]

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