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Why You Should Fill Your Company With 'Athletes'
Forbes ^ | October 2, 2013 | David K. Williams

Posted on 10/05/2013 7:42:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 10/05/2013 7:42:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not to mention any names but my son’s company requires their people to be under a certain BMI number. If they are over they pay a percentage of their healthcare based on how far over they are.


2 posted on 10/05/2013 7:50:36 PM PDT by kempster
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most places you go into the employees look like fugitives from a fatfarm...
3 posted on 10/05/2013 7:52:34 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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Or maybe you should fill your company with people who are demonstrably skillful at the task you wish to hire them for?

Just a thought.

4 posted on 10/05/2013 7:54:37 PM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
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To: Chode

Been to a Wal-Mart lately?


5 posted on 10/05/2013 8:05:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: kempster

I’d have a lawyer in a New York minute.


6 posted on 10/05/2013 8:06:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do they have an officer linebacker?


7 posted on 10/05/2013 8:07:40 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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last night... it's always a freak show
8 posted on 10/05/2013 8:09:36 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep. Me too.


9 posted on 10/05/2013 8:10:44 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sure...put Barry Bonds, Mike Tyson or Mike McQueary type in a position of trust.


10 posted on 10/05/2013 8:11:17 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: kempster
GE has apparently tried this... at least the sexual harassment claims are down.


11 posted on 10/05/2013 8:13:36 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Joe 6-pack

Or Gerald Ford, Fran Tarkenton, Jack Kemp, John Elway, Gayle Sayers or Jesse Armstead?


12 posted on 10/05/2013 8:17:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: USNBandit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzToNo7A-94


13 posted on 10/05/2013 8:19:47 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No fat bastards.


14 posted on 10/05/2013 8:22:10 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: EEGator

Pain train comin’ ! Woo woo!


15 posted on 10/05/2013 8:24:58 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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I’d rather hire polite, well-spoken, intelligent nerds than arrogant, jacked-up, over-testosteroned meatheads.


16 posted on 10/05/2013 8:26:22 PM PDT by JediJones (The #1 Must-see Filibuster of the Year: TEXAS TED AND THE CONSERVATIVE CRUZ-ADE)
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To: Doomonyou

So you assume everyone here is fit and trim? I doubt it.


17 posted on 10/05/2013 8:30:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: kempster
bmi is a crap statistic. my bmi is near 30 and i play racquetball 2 + hours a week and walk at least every other day. my cholesterol and bp are great. half the linemen in the nfl are obese if judged by bmi. have them take a pt test to judge fitness, not some bs government chart.
18 posted on 10/05/2013 8:38:18 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (We should not fear our government. Our government should fear us.)
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To: autumnraine

I made the mistake of shopping earlier this afternoon, so I’ll miss the show tonight.


19 posted on 10/05/2013 8:38:29 PM PDT by 4Runner
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Athlete types are great for the lowest levels of an organization, coaches are great for team leaders and foremen, but you definitely don’t want athletes where you need people who can work and think independently, which is pretty much everywhere above “clerk”.


20 posted on 10/05/2013 8:38:32 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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