摘自-SHOW YOUR WORK!
“In our business you don’t quit,”says comedian Joan Rivers. “You’re holding on to the ladder. When they cut off your hands, hold on with your elbow. When they cut off your arms, hold on with your teeth. You don’t quit because you don’t know where the next job is coming from.”
“Work is never finished, only abandoned.”—Paul Valéry
You can’t plan on anything; you can only go about your work, as Isak Dinesen wrote, “every day, without hope or despair.”You can’t count on success; you can only leave open the possibility for it, and be ready to jump on and take the ride when it comes for you. One time my coworker John Croslin and I came back from our lunch break and our building’s parking lot was completely full. We circled the sweltering lot with a few other cars for what seemed like ages, and just when we were about to give up, a spot opened and John pulled right in. As he shut off the car he said, “You gotta play till the ninth inning, man.”Good advice for both the parking lot and life in general.
