Sentences with phrase «pinnacle of one's profession»

Thiel had then passively boarded a conveyor belt that would carry him from college to Stanford Law School, and thence to a position as a young transactional lawyer at New York's Sullivan & Cromwell, a position near the pinnacle of that profession.

She has reached the pinnacle of her profession both by heeding the lessons of her wise Latin family and by accepting graceful help from the white world beyond.

Despite achieving the pinnacle of his profession, after retiring in 1970, partly due to his controversial book Ball Four, he missed the game so much that he worked his way back to the majors.

Jones never attained the pinnacle of his profession — a rich man recruited him to drive the Indianapolis 500 in 1960, but Jones turned the offer down, fearful of abandoning his full - time job with the telephone company in Tallahassee.

Jordan Pickford possesses all the attributes to reach the pinnacle of his profession and is «so far ahead» of most of his peers.

An emotional Messi said it was «unbelievable» and thanked everyone who had helped him reach the pinnacle of his profession as he picked up the trophy in Monday night's gala awards ceremony at Zurich's Kongresshaus.

Unite, national officer Ian Waddell said: «BAe workers» are at the pinnacle of their profession.

A brilliant composer, John Burroughs (Mapother), has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a second child.

Indeed, that King, at the age of 29, in peak condition and at the pinnacle of her profession and training hard, beat a 55 - year - old former world champion whom the film takes pains to reassure is not only not training, but also drinking and womanizing and popping mysterious pills while doing a full - blitz promotional campaign (he played the entire first set in a branded windbreaker), says the opposite, I think, of the intended message.

Teachers at the pinnacle of the profession should also receive significantly higher salaries.

Because they've been at the pinnacle of their profession for so long, there's the feeling they can somehow do it forever.

With the genuine success of an artist reaching the pinnacle of her profession, Friedman enjoys the «quiet confidence» of working with an extraordinary art dealer in Hollis Taggart.

He reached the pinnacle of his profession when the United Nations featured his graph in its 2001 climate report.

After all, Sonia Sotomayor, Sandra O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsberg have all made it to the pinnacle of the profession in spite of their feminine names.

Those who reach the pinnacle of their profession do so by toiling relentlessly behind the scenes over the years, and so will you if you want to match their achievements.

Here's what most will go through to reach the pinnacle of their profession.

The great thing about the business of real estate is that once you have achieved the pinnacle of your profession, you get to start the process again.

The great thing about the business of real estate is that once you have achieved the pinnacle of your profession; once you have sold a property or helped someone find a home, you get to start the process again.