Comments for Michael Levitt's Blog http://levittmike.com Random ideas Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:27:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Job Search Block by Edward Banana http://levittmike.com/2011/09/01/job-search-block/#comment-210 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:27:38 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-210 If everyone’s being fed the same line about passion being the ULTIMATE factor, then how does it distinguish itself these days while being so commonly subscribed as the solution? If everyone’s faking passion for a prospective job then how does that really stand out as a desirable attribute? How does passion translate to an online application that never allows you to say one word except what it asks for? It’s more important to employers that you’re the reliable workhorse who’ll take shit from them without raising a storm. They want an obedient chimp.

More people, fewer jobs. What’s left for the dreamers? Shitty customer service jobs, manual labor, dish washing, coffee shops… if you can even land that!

Who’s is connected and genuinely passionate about these awful career paths? Can you blame them for not being thrilled about working for some psychopathic corporation?

]]> Comment on Job Search Block by Edward Banana http://levittmike.com/2011/09/01/job-search-block/#comment-209 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:16:00 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-209 That’s your big solution? You don’t even go into anything of substance you just hand out some cliched answer. Have more passion for the shitty job you still probably won’t get than the other guy? You forget the dozen+ other guys probably are already maxed out on how pumped and pseudo enthusiastic they are. Yep, wear that smile ear to F’ing ear and you too can be a wal-mart store greeter or a gas station attendant!

More people. Less jobs. That’s the continuing reality we are facing.

Yea, let’s see how far ‘passion’ goes, how far wanting and desiring in vain for reality to align to our inner delusions (like that America still has ‘opportunity’ or that there are enough jobs out there) gets us. Maybe people need to start diverting that misplaced passion into changing the broken system into one that actually benefits its people (their dreams, their spirits, etc).

]]> Comment on Book Review: Hope Road by John Barlow by levittmike http://levittmike.com/2012/02/06/book-review-hope-road-by-john-barlow/#comment-198 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:10:47 +0000 http://levittmike.com/?p=988#comment-198 Thanks John, and thanks for writing such a great story!

]]> Comment on Book Review: Hope Road by John Barlow by John Barlow http://levittmike.com/2012/02/06/book-review-hope-road-by-john-barlow/#comment-197 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:03:10 +0000 http://levittmike.com/?p=988#comment-197 Hi Michael, thank you for that great review!

Best wishes, John Barlow

]]> Comment on Autopilot Customer Service? We’re to blame by levittmike http://levittmike.com/2012/01/09/autopilot-customer-service-were-to-blame/#comment-180 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:41:01 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=915#comment-180 Yes, George and Joanie were a great example on how to serve people. I try to walk around the office and engage with people, because it makes a difference!

]]> Comment on Autopilot Customer Service? We’re to blame by ryterrytesLyn http://levittmike.com/2012/01/09/autopilot-customer-service-were-to-blame/#comment-179 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:38:01 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=915#comment-179 Excellent observations and ‘orders’. And I bet I know the Big Boy you are talking about. They don’t make ‘em like George and Joanie any more. Sad.

]]> Comment on Book Review: Kicking at the Darkness by Brian J. Walsh, compliments of @GrafMartin by The Weekly Hit List: January 6, 2012 http://levittmike.com/2011/12/26/book-review-kicking-at-the-darkness-by-brian-j-walsh-compliments-of-grafmartin/#comment-177 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:58:04 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=862#comment-177 [...] Michael Levitt’s Blog [...]

]]> Comment on Book Review: I Love You Unconditionally…on One Condition: by @JoeyTheGrove by levittmike http://levittmike.com/2011/12/02/book-review-i-love-you-unconditionally-on-one-condition-by-joeythegrove/#comment-167 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:01:02 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=829#comment-167 I’m humbled that you took the time to read my blog. Blessings!

]]> Comment on Book Review: I Love You Unconditionally…on One Condition: by @JoeyTheGrove by levittmike http://levittmike.com/2011/12/02/book-review-i-love-you-unconditionally-on-one-condition-by-joeythegrove/#comment-166 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:00:37 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=829#comment-166 Thanks for the warm comments Paula!

]]> Comment on Book Review: I Love You Unconditionally…on One Condition: by @JoeyTheGrove by hotels near wembley stadium http://levittmike.com/2011/12/02/book-review-i-love-you-unconditionally-on-one-condition-by-joeythegrove/#comment-165 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:07:25 +0000 http://levittmike.wordpress.com/?p=829#comment-165 Can I just say, this blog is what got me by way of the day today. Every time I read it, I just get more and a lot more excited about whats next. Really refreshing blog and extremely refreshing ideas. Im glad that I came across this when I did. I really like what youve got to say and also the way you say it.

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