Richard Koch Quotes

I don't want to be in any rat race.

I had a good career. I've been very fortunate.

My dream job has already happened.

I worked for Xerox for 4 years and after that I knew I was never going to be a corporate person. It wasn't my environment.

My fear was of being offered a job that would be kind of a full-time position at a veterans organization or even in the government... I'd prefer to not be that, to come up the Beltway every day.

At certain times, your career should be a party.

I'm happy with my career.

My career is my whole life, so if I'm not happy with that, it affects everything else.

I focus every day on my career.

I'm pretty happy with my career. I just know what I'm capable of.

I am happy with my career.

I'm very happy with my career, don't get me wrong.

You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.

People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud of, but the truth is careers and lives are tapestries.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

My career decisions have nothing to do with my personal life.

My goal is to stay happy in my work and to do quality work.

If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.

At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time.

I never think career.

A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night.

I've had a very fortunate career and I've loved every moment of it.

Having a career is a bit like navigating an Atlantic crossing - you have to make sure everything is keeping and is balanced.