Raine Maida Quotes

What we know is the workplace is more demanding than ever before.

The biggest stress for me at New York Magazine was when I was a middle-of-the-pack editor, and I had no control over my own schedule.

At an individual level just as much as a corporate level, this notion of if you're not really passionate about the work you're doing in a world of mounting pressure, you're going to experience more and more stress. You're going to burn out. You're going to become marginalized.

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.

There's no real downside to any sort of work that I do. I'm all so grateful for it, but I wouldn't say that animated work is just a walk in the park. It is easy, it's really fun, but I don't know why I really stress myself out every time I'm about to go in.

I work hard, and managing an inventory-based business can be extremely stressful. The upside is that, as long as I get my job done, I can take time off pretty much any time I want.

I do a job and am lucky enough to do a job that I love, but it is a hard one. I'm not saying it is as hard as working in a coal mine, but it is still difficult in a different way. Sometimes you have to go through very strong emotional journeys and then come back to yourself. And that can be difficult to control.

I try very hard not to take work home, but it can be tricky. Sometimes it feels as if you are wearing your costume underneath your own clothes! I suppose things are always ticking away in the back of your mind.

The thing to me about this sport, all the fans, everyone that watches, everyone that has a career has had a bad day at work. If you have a project, you have a quota that you have to meet, you can screw up at it. At the end of the day, you get to go home to your family; you can bring your work home with you or not.

When things get stressful and crazy and you think to yourself, 'When will this get easier?' it won't, because that's what a career feels like.

That's kind of been my entire career, the stress and pressure.

I work. And I think about work, and I freak out about work, and I think about how much I think about work, and I freak out about how much I think about how much I think about work, and I think about how freaked out I get about how much I think about how much I think about work.

I studied business in school, so I worked for Chanel in marketing. And I also worked part-time in an office. So I had office jobs. And then I realized I needed to get the hell out of there, just realizing there was no fulfillment.

I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.

I usually spend my free time worrying about when I'm going to work next.

Any staff that works 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, is bound to get burned out.

I don't think this business encourages you to be present. This is a business that's always pushing you to think about your next thing.

There's nothing worse when you have a job, and you read something, and you're like, 'God. How am I possibly going to make this work?'

I've only ever had two vacations in my whole career, and I've been in the industry over twenty-something years!

Too many people limit their happiness and success by assuming that taking time off from work will send a negative message to their manager and slow their career advancement.

I don't want to be known in my life for what I do from 5 to 9 in the mornings.

I seem to be very busy, and I seem always to be working.

In this job, you're constantly surrounded by people. There are a lot of demands on your time. And I guess those moments when you can switch off and get away from it are really important.

I just got a lot of expectations and pressure on me, but it is what it is. I've got the best job in the world, I work two or three hours a day and get paid handsomely for it.

I have a crazy work schedule.