guapet:

so my brother was telling me about this human resources certification he attended a while ago. in a panel, the panelist asked a bunch of people in attendance, “who here knows if an applicant for a job is right for it in under 60 seconds?”

hands shot up around the room, people smug about their ability to “weed out the riff-raff” when it came to hiring for their fortune 500.

“you should all be fired and probably in jail,” they said, waiting for the whole room to get uncomfortable, then continued, “because the only things you can really learn about a human being in under 60 seconds are all things that are fueled by prejudices and biases covered by american law. so now, i will teach you how to stop being racist, sexist, judgmental assholes and hire people that will better your company of employ.”

quietstorm3214:

When looking for someone to be with in a romantic relationship with, there’s no single thing more important than finding someone with a healthy willingness to grow (you need to have that characteristic as well). You can find someone who seems perfect for you, but that person is perfect right now. People change, life beats you up with it’s challenges. Your outlook on things change. I’ve been with the same woman for 8 years now and if she didn’t believe in my ability to grow we wouldn’t have lasted more than a few months. Just as important, if I didn’t show my willingness to grow through my actions we wouldn’t have lasted very long. The same thing works the other way around. So don’t look for the perfect person. Look for the person with a sincere willingness to grow and who responds to challenges, especially those you’ll inevitably face in your relationship, as an opportunity to grow and to learn about who your are at that particular time in your life. I know 50 years from now I’ll still be learning something new about my wife. Not because she hasn’t revealed her full self to me, but because I know that this human being, in all her wonder, will continuously be facing new experiences that will affect her disposition.