Sometimes when you hire people who have to pass a Mr. Congeniality test, you end up losing some of the non-conformists who will give you different views and perspectives.
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We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.
When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.
I hate tests. It's a really lousy way to judge a person's ability.
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?
Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent.
Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.
The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
Human beings are pampered by the Lord. Their real tests don't come until later in life.
They told me at the end of that test that they wanted me to be a part of this project. I walked out and had a moment of clarity where I thought, not many people will ever have this moment.
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