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Mayor Bloomberg was awarded an honorary degree at Fordham University's commencement yesterday. While he wasn't the marquee speaker—that was Tom Brokaw—he did get to tell the graduates a little something: "I am not going to tell you right here the secrets to success, although it never hurts to be the first one into the office each morning-and the last one to leave. I am not going to tell you how to choose a career, but it doesn't hurt to pick that first job based on how much you'll learn, not how much you'll earn. I'm not going to tell you how to avoid getting fired, because I have been fired, and it was the best thing that ever happened to my career. I am not I am not going to tell you how to spend your free time, but there's nothing more important than giving back to your community."
Bloomberg's "Secrets To Success" At Fordham Graduation
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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Kind of a passive-aggressive speech by the mayor.
Fordham claimed it was "couched in humor."
"I'm not gonna tell you that cheating is the easiest way to win, cause then someone might figure out how I've done it all these years."
How did Bloomberg cheat? The US election system is based in part in funding and Bloomberg has much more than many. But is it cheating?
Interesting. I don't know Tom Brokaw's stand on abortion, but I know the Mayor is Pro-Choice. I congratulate Fordham for its ability to honor someone who disagrees.
Unlike Notre Dame which went all Opus Dei on Obama's ass, but where did it get them? Their football team sucks.
what? first in the office and last to leave crap?
that don't work anymore. it's WHO you know and How Rich your Daddy is. I hope no one is falling for this.
I agree with him. Your first job is a throw away, because no one will hire you if you don't have experience and without that first job you wont have experience. That means long hours and getting pissed on by everyone else at the office. Your first three jobs should not last more than a year and a half all together.
Second way is to hit the lottery and tell them all to screw themselves.
Third is to marry Bloomberg's daughter.
Yeah, right Bloomberg. There is more to life than working in the office. It's not about how much you know, but who you know and how to use those people to your advantage.
Also it helps when you come from a wealthy family.
I'm surprised he didn't say Don't Take Vacation Time.
If I'm not mistaken, I think Bloomberg came from rather humble beginnings - so let's not use the usual blanket excuses here...
I second that. I'm pretty sure Bloomberg is a self-made billionaire. He started his company on a severance package he received when he got fired. I suppose that explains, "... I have been fired, and it was the best thing that ever happened to my career."
what's rather humble beginnings? it could mean different things to different people, just like making 100K in the city is considered "poor" or "middle class".
did his parents had shoes or a pot to piss in?
$ 100 k is NOT "poor" or "middle class" in the part of New York City I live in.
I'm a Harlemite (a REAL one, not an import from below 110th st) and up here, less than $ 30,000 a year is "poor", between $ 30,000/yr and $ 60,000/yr is "middle class" and anything above that is "rich".
Lot of crying going on here.
The BS river runs deep.
As Ricky Roma would say "Your excuses are your own"
"he was fired from Salomon Brothers and was given a $10 million severance package." Now who the fuck here on this blog has ever received that kind of money because they were fired? If you were fired from my business there would be a reason you were fired and you would get shit. OK maybe two weeks pay if I felt nice. Basically you fucked up something. Now why would any business give a person $10 mil for fucking up?
Give me $10 mil and let me go out and see what I can do with it.
I think he lost a battle of politics at Salomon Brothers. And $10 million was probably compensation to go away and keep quiet.
Keep quiet about what? Some Jewish Israeli conspiracy? What? Did someone or some organization get Jewed and they didn't want other people to know about it?
I heard a secret about ..., I can't mention the name, but give me $10 million and I wont say a word. I'll go away. I hear the condos in Williamburg are going cheap now. I'll go away, I promise.
THE SECRETS TO SUCCESS - in just four easy steps
By Mayor Michael Bloomberg
1. Get a job on Wall Street - and be the biggest cutthroat in the office
2. Start your own business,using the contacts you made at your Wall Street job - but make sure you are selling a product that you have a monopoly on, you don't want to have to compete on price, quality or customer service.
3. Hire pretty young White or Asian girls with big boobs as your salespeople. Make them wear short skirts, low cut and/or see through tops, and make them flirt with male customers, especially the lonely, balding, middle aged divorced ones - but do NOT allow those bitches to get pregnant! If they do - tell them to KILL IT!!!!! [then deny it when they sue you for discrimination]
4. After you make $ 5 billion dollars, buy yourself a powerful public office (mayor of a major city will work just fine) and use your large charitable donations to buy the political support of the not for profit community (they're like whores without clear heels - their loyalty comes cheap, and once brought, they will do your bidding like lapdogs
See, kids? It's easy - anybody who doesn't become a billionaire like me is a lazy dirtbag, who doesn't want to work!
If I knew it would be that easy I wouldn't have gone to graduate school. Thanks Gregory for the info. Better late than never they say.