Kathleen Kelly: And what's so wrong with being personal, anyway?
Joe Fox: Uh, nothing.
Kathleen Kelly: Whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal.
You've Got Mail (1998)
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Earlier this week, You've Got Mail, was on in the background while I half-listened and strove to be productive with school work.
As a side note, I know this movie is less than mediocre but I'm a sucker for the Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks duo. They are MFEO. Additional and final side note, that little girl, Jessica, in Sleepless in Seattle was cutting edge with all her abbreviations.
At any rate, I stopped working when Meg Ryan's character Kathleen states that "it ought to begin by being personal." I put my pencil down and gestured both of my hands at the screen, saying "thank you!" I have been wrestling with these concepts of professional and personal and how they are sometimes posed in opposition to each other.
Everything about my job is entirely personal and I don't see how that can ever or should ever be eliminated, masked or altered. Taking things "personally" comes with the territory, but I think we navigate the land with this in mind.
Some might say that I'm arguing semantics...I say, heck yes I am. :)
Joe Fox: Uh, nothing.
Kathleen Kelly: Whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal.
You've Got Mail (1998)
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Earlier this week, You've Got Mail, was on in the background while I half-listened and strove to be productive with school work.
As a side note, I know this movie is less than mediocre but I'm a sucker for the Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks duo. They are MFEO. Additional and final side note, that little girl, Jessica, in Sleepless in Seattle was cutting edge with all her abbreviations.
At any rate, I stopped working when Meg Ryan's character Kathleen states that "it ought to begin by being personal." I put my pencil down and gestured both of my hands at the screen, saying "thank you!" I have been wrestling with these concepts of professional and personal and how they are sometimes posed in opposition to each other.
Everything about my job is entirely personal and I don't see how that can ever or should ever be eliminated, masked or altered. Taking things "personally" comes with the territory, but I think we navigate the land with this in mind.
Some might say that I'm arguing semantics...I say, heck yes I am. :)
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