got that JOB.
I was so excited !
That dishwasher job did not pay very much but was enough to put food on the table for my parents and me, and pay our rent.
I was 21, a dishwasher with a masters in nuclear physics because of my poor English at the time.
I learned then
- that some people will look down on you, and some will not, that however successful we become we should not look down on anyone
- that you are not your job
- that you can be happy, creative and valued no matter what you do
One day the owner introduced me to someone - that someone shook my dishwasher's hand, and was very gracious and polite.
Later I found out he was an Executive Vice President at Morgan Stanley, a big company.
That handshake touched my heart for the rest of my life.
I do not remember his words, but I remember how he made me feel, and how that handshake changed me.
As a former dishwasher I say - do good, be humble, be remembered
I was so excited !
That dishwasher job did not pay very much but was enough to put food on the table for my parents and me, and pay our rent.
I was 21, a dishwasher with a masters in nuclear physics because of my poor English at the time.
I learned then
- that some people will look down on you, and some will not, that however successful we become we should not look down on anyone
- that you are not your job
- that you can be happy, creative and valued no matter what you do
One day the owner introduced me to someone - that someone shook my dishwasher's hand, and was very gracious and polite.
Later I found out he was an Executive Vice President at Morgan Stanley, a big company.
That handshake touched my heart for the rest of my life.
I do not remember his words, but I remember how he made me feel, and how that handshake changed me.
As a former dishwasher I say - do good, be humble, be remembered
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