From Jeff Goldberg (edited)

Ed Koch was the first politician of stature I had ever interviewed, and I flubbed it. I wanted to ask him about the corruption cases that were just then being exposed, but he out-talked me, and I was too young to know that I should have simply forced my way back into the conversation. ...

As we were driving back into town, I told him about our first encounter, several years earlier, and I said his filibustering kept me from asking what I wanted to ask. Why didn't I interrupt, he asked. I told him I was abashed. He responded: "Being abashed is a waste of time."

From Gavin McInnes

The best part of having immigrant parents is the work ethic they instill. I was never without a job including the four years I was in college and have since had a very lucrative career as an entrepreneur. Daddy could have afforded to pay my rent after I moved out, but asking him would have been as absurd as me asking you. He’d assume I had a head injury or something.

From Jim Goad (edited)

In my high-school graduating class of 955 kids, I had the second-highest SATs but due to no looming sense of urgency and the fact that I had a roof over my head during my teens, my grades saw me graduating around 650th in my class. Then at 19, when my father died of colon cancer, it hit me—I’d either have to get my shit together quickly, or I’d become homeless in due time. With no safety net to cushion me, I hit the ground running, enrolled in college, and graduated at the top of my class. Without that gun to the back of my head and that carrot on a stick dangling in front of me, I likely would have lapsed into a life of petulant, indolent alcoholism.

Ever since then, my life has been an uninterrupted parade of having my balls busted and busting them myself. And I feel I’m the better man for it. Rather than choosing to spend my life fleeing from pain and conflict and challenges, I tackle them head-on as if I was wrestling a gator. I’m in my 50s, but rather than allowing my body to melt into a sagging blob of failing organs, I hew to a rigid exercise and dietary regimen that would make Yukio Mishima—or at least Travis Bickle—proud.

We are all social animals to some degree, but only the weakest among us are strictly social animals. It would be naïve to deny that one’s lot in life is often shaped by external influences beyond one’s control, just as it would be foolish to disregard the overwhelming influence of personal decisions and will power.

From The Daily Mail

Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a former Foreign Secretary and chairman of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee, said: ‘Much of what Tony Blair says is sensible.

‘The Islamic terrorists who kill people have the silent support of many more in their community who share their ideology, if not their methods.

‘But even combined, they represent only a small minority of British Muslims, and we must never forget that.

‘However, he appears to be still trying to justify the Iraq War rather than acknowledging that that war provided an unprecedented opportunity for the Sunni and Shia extremists to slaughter so many of their co-religionists.’

On May 22, 2013, The Recruiting Animal Show was pretty good. At least I think so. Listen yourself here.

Why was it good? Because the guest, Steve Nehez, took the time to plan what he wanted to say in advance. Here's the plan he sent me. It structured the whole show.

Hi Animal… Here's what I put together as sort of a roadmap for the show.  Hopefully this will make sense and transmit our differences (our structure and style of recruiting) through your format.

Additional discussion points

1.  Some of our clients have internal recruiters. Our purpose is to identify and direct recruit (under our definition) with very specific backgrounds.

2.  We call "needle in the haystack" searches "albino giraffes".  We limit our campaign on these to job boards, e-mail blasts, and the "robot".  We also insist with our client the sniper approach.  If we send one candidate, they'll guarantee at a minimum a phone call.

3.  US healthcare reform will eliminate benefit comparisons.  Offers in the future will be money and vacation based only.  We contend that educated professionals will NOT want to be part of the government healthcare and while there is still a "private option", those companies that continue to offer a private option will get the best talent.

4.  Prior to the final interview, we have our "candidate pact" discussion.  We tell each and every candidate that we are NOT here to sell them the job.  We are here to provide them the details they need to make an informed decision.

Let me know what you think.

Stephen Nehez, Jr. | Executive Recruiter

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I just published a short ebook on Amazon. It sells for $2.99.

It's called The Psychology of Job Hunting but it's really about the fear of cold calling and networking.

It's focus is self-image and boundary issues. That doesn't sound interesting but I tried to make it very colloquial and enjoyable to read.

I've been reading it myself again and I think some areas could use improvement so I'm interested in getting feedback from readers who disagree with what I've said or the way I've said it.

You don't need a Kindle to read it. You can download free software that allows you to read it on any device.

I set up a web page for it at Psychology of Job Hunting. com

You can read the first dozen or so pages for free on Amazon. Click Look Inside!

PS: I got my first review. Read it here

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