Comments on: It’s All Greek to Me http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/ A Contrarian View of Life in the Recruitosphere Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:50:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: 991 Miles Connected by a Single Thread http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 991 Miles Connected by a Single Thread Tue, 19 May 2009 22:37:46 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-3296 [...] first bumped into Paul online when I was researching servant leadership so it comes as no surprise that he is picking the torch up and running with it [...] [...] first bumped into Paul online when I was researching servant leadership so it comes as no surprise that he is picking the torch up and running with it [...]

]]> By: 991 Miles Connected by a Single Thread: John Sumser's Recruiting Roadshow http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-130 991 Miles Connected by a Single Thread: John Sumser's Recruiting Roadshow Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:35:45 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-130 [...] I first bumped into Paul online when I was researching servant leadership so it comes as no surprise that he is picking the torch up and running with it again: [...] [...] I first bumped into Paul online when I was researching servant leadership so it comes as no surprise that he is picking the torch up and running with it again: [...]

]]> By: Recruitomatic http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-129 Recruitomatic Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:52:02 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-129 Wow! What a simply fantastic comment. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Wow! What a simply fantastic comment. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

]]> By: Yvonne LaRose http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Yvonne LaRose Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:54:48 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-128 It is the unquenchable thirst to exceed what was before. "What was before" can be the last accomplishment, a personal best or the record set by another. It is not for the sake of shaming another. It is simply because there is a mountain before us that holds the view of a new field that may be of interest, may hold even more reward than the last. And we know that if we merely sit idly in the current place, we will never know the possibilities. The possibilities are so immense. Pressing on in spite of adversity may seem like an heroic thing to do, or it may seem the most foolish. It depends on one's perspective. It depends on what the negative odds are. Having trained for the 1990 marathon while also running for elected office, I truly know that attempting 50 back-to-back marathons with no break for the sake of our body's recovery is tantamount to suicide. Likewise, that proposed 32-week blog swap could have been something very wonderful. Unfortunately, pettiness, gossip, vanity, avarice, jealousy got in the way. Thinking less of others belittled not only those despised but the results of what could have been. Trying to strive through a full eight months of that type of insanity -- complete with boycotting sites -- is the same as running a 50-day continuous marathon. But back to the nature of one who presses on in spite of certain odds, who competes in order to attain, the leader who strives to move forward and bring their group with them to greater fulfillment, it is part birthright, it is partly taught, it is partly learned from trial and fulfillment. Why rob society of those types of people? Why despise them? We should not. Actually, we should aspire to do likewise and not consider whether we have an impairment that will cause us to fail. Actually, we should only take note of when our own bodies give us warning signals to do an interval. Take the interval and when we've regained our wind, go back to the pace and the venture. It's necessary. Otherwise, there is waste, decay, sloth, a state of misery. Damn those who feel they can not and then get in the way of others who are willing to make the effort. Damn them for being less than they could be and for making society that much less. Damn them for taking us back to the pre-historic ages of paltry and meagerness. Yes, those who press forward are admirable for the fact that they have the courage to do so. But they do not do things in order to cause admiration from others. They do because they realize "it" must be done and because they believe it can be done and because they believe they can do it, in some way and to some degree. Their detractors? Sometimes they are beneficial because the detractors test the strength and endurance and force increased resourcefulness, richer attainment. It is the unquenchable thirst to exceed what was before. “What was before” can be the last accomplishment, a personal best or the record set by another. It is not for the sake of shaming another. It is simply because there is a mountain before us that holds the view of a new field that may be of interest, may hold even more reward than the last. And we know that if we merely sit idly in the current place, we will never know the possibilities. The possibilities are so immense.

Pressing on in spite of adversity may seem like an heroic thing to do, or it may seem the most foolish. It depends on one’s perspective. It depends on what the negative odds are. Having trained for the 1990 marathon while also running for elected office, I truly know that attempting 50 back-to-back marathons with no break for the sake of our body’s recovery is tantamount to suicide.

Likewise, that proposed 32-week blog swap could have been something very wonderful. Unfortunately, pettiness, gossip, vanity, avarice, jealousy got in the way. Thinking less of others belittled not only those despised but the results of what could have been. Trying to strive through a full eight months of that type of insanity — complete with boycotting sites — is the same as running a 50-day continuous marathon.

But back to the nature of one who presses on in spite of certain odds, who competes in order to attain, the leader who strives to move forward and bring their group with them to greater fulfillment, it is part birthright, it is partly taught, it is partly learned from trial and fulfillment.

Why rob society of those types of people? Why despise them? We should not. Actually, we should aspire to do likewise and not consider whether we have an impairment that will cause us to fail. Actually, we should only take note of when our own bodies give us warning signals to do an interval. Take the interval and when we’ve regained our wind, go back to the pace and the venture. It’s necessary. Otherwise, there is waste, decay, sloth, a state of misery.

Damn those who feel they can not and then get in the way of others who are willing to make the effort. Damn them for being less than they could be and for making society that much less. Damn them for taking us back to the pre-historic ages of paltry and meagerness.

Yes, those who press forward are admirable for the fact that they have the courage to do so. But they do not do things in order to cause admiration from others. They do because they realize “it” must be done and because they believe it can be done and because they believe they can do it, in some way and to some degree. Their detractors? Sometimes they are beneficial because the detractors test the strength and endurance and force increased resourcefulness, richer attainment.

]]> By: Maureen Sharib http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Maureen Sharib Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:45:00 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-127 Yep, Amitai, I monetize everything I can get my mitts on! How else r they gonna' know who ta' call? ;) Maureen Sharib Telephone Names Sourcer TechTrak 513 899 9628 Yep, Amitai, I monetize everything I can get my mitts on! How else r they gonna’ know who ta’ call?
;)

Maureen Sharib
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513 899 9628

]]> By: Recruitomatic http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Recruitomatic Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:58:33 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-126 That is an interesting question, Maureen. It reminds me of a lesson I once learned about the difference between aptitude testing and skills assessment. I have the aptitude to run a marathon but if I tried I fear would not get beyond the mailbox! Amitai Givertz Advertising Department Are-U-Monetizing-My-Blog-Or-What, Inc. 513 899 9628 That is an interesting question, Maureen. It reminds me of a lesson I once learned about the difference between aptitude testing and skills assessment. I have the aptitude to run a marathon but if I tried I fear would not get beyond the mailbox!

Amitai Givertz
Advertising Department
Are-U-Monetizing-My-Blog-Or-What, Inc.
513 899 9628

]]> By: Maureen Sharib http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Maureen Sharib Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:47:51 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-125 It's an interesting subject - this "fire in the belly", this "unquechable thirst". Is it a birthright it or is it learned? Is it character or characteristic or are they the same? I cotton to the birth explanation - you? Maureen Sharib Telephone Names Sourcer TechTrak 513 899 9628 It’s an interesting subject – this “fire in the belly”, this “unquechable thirst”. Is it a birthright it or is it learned? Is it character or characteristic or are they the same? I cotton to the birth explanation – you?

Maureen Sharib
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513 899 9628

]]> By: Peter Gold http://blogversity.com/recruitomatic/2006/08/23/it%e2%80%99s-all-greek-to-me-2/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Peter Gold Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:50:05 +0000 http://recruitomatic.amitaigivertz.com/?p=56#comment-124 Yep, it may be Greek, or Spanish or whatever. We do it (marathons, Mds [Marathon des Sables - google for it!], mountain marathons etc) because we can, because something pushes us to test ourselves against me, you, him, it..... Once you're in, only injury keeps you away - and being away is the real pain!! Yep, it may be Greek, or Spanish or whatever. We do it (marathons, Mds [Marathon des Sables - google for it!], mountain marathons etc) because we can, because something pushes us to test ourselves against me, you, him, it…..

Once you’re in, only injury keeps you away – and being away is the real pain!!

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