5-Star Career Quotes

“A 5-star career is part of a 5-star life; a 5-star life is not an outcome of a 5-star career.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“The exciting news is that you’re not only the customer who wants a 5-star career; you’re also the one and only person who has the power to manufacture it. Once you understand the relationship between you as the customer and you as the manufacturer, nothing can stop you in your quest for quality.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“Applying a systems perspective to your life would mean managing all the parts as a unified whole to achieve your mission. It also means ensuring that all the various parts of your life work together in a fully interconnected, unified, and mutually beneficial manner. Compartmentalization is out, just as silos are frowned on in corporations. You may have heard about breaking down organizational silos. Now, it’s time to break down the silos within yourself.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“Whether you’re 22 or 52, you can avoid having a bum career by making corrections as early as possible. To do that, you’ll need a process to identify and/or to avoid missteps in the here and now.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“Regardless of the details of your story, your time bank is growing smaller every day. You are the manufacturer! You have the power to set the tone and control the factory floor.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“Earning a diploma, certification, or degree and developing a skillset does not independently guarantee anything. They are a beginning. Everything, anything, or absolutely nothing can potentially happen as you spend the precious time you have to be alive. The exciting news is that you are a manufacturer, and with that comes tremendous power. As the manufacturer of your career and your life, you can create the outcomes you want.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“I hope your road hasn't been too challenging. If it has, take heart! I've come to acknowledge that there are some wounds and regrets that time cannot fully erase; however, time provides opportunities for healing and renewal, a shift in composition, and a scar capable of fading.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“As wonderful as it is to have clarity, I want to reach back to my younger self, through the years and past all the pain I put through. I want to go back and somehow shorten the winding road she's starting down. I would go to the night she sat pointing at her Bible and tell her how much intrinsic value she had, just waiting to be unleashed.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“I hope your road hasn’t been
too challenging. If it has, take heart! I’ve come to acknowledge that there
are some wounds and regrets that time cannot fully erase; however, time
provides opportunities for healing and renewal, a shift in composition, and
a scar capable of fading.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“As wonderful as it is
to have clarity, I want to reach back to my younger self, through the years
and past all the pain I put myself through. I want to go back and somehow
shorten the winding road she’s starting down. I would go to the night she
sat pointing at her Bible and tell her how much intrinsic value she had,
just waiting to be unleashed.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“We can be motivated out the wazoo by gaining an understanding of all these power packed psychological truths yet somehow lack the basic engine needed to turn all that positive advice into the outcomes we desire. The science of quality management needs a seat at that table. Without it, a perplexing gap can be created when we set out to apply all that psychologically proven information to produce the specific type of life or career we want. Understanding how quality is defined, built, and managed was the missing link for me.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“There is objective and subjective data in your story. It’s possible to identify, compile, and process that data to gain insight on how you can apply the science of quality management to your career.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“Whether you’re aware or not, your personal philosophy and mindset create a culture around you; think of it as a vibe.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career

“Life is not a process. The life you have, right now, is the result of a process.”
― Penelope Przekop, 5-Star Career