The Big Apple: “Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get from the work you didn’t do”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from March 22, 2015

“Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get from the work you didn’t do”

"Don’t be upset by/with the results you didn’t get from/with the work you didn’t do” is a motivational saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying has been cited on Twitter since October 6, 2011, and is of unknown authorship.

Twitter
Kellz
‏@K3llz757
Don’t be upset with the results you didn’t get from the work you didn’t do
10:18 AM - 6 Oct 2011

Twitter
Rachael Rhiannon
‏@rayray_rhiannon
“@momma2tayndyl Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do.”
10:36 AM - 6 Oct 2011

Twitter
jennfer slovinski
‏@JENNSLOVINSKI
Thought of the day: “Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do
5:54 AM - 7 Oct 2011

Twitter
Kimberly Luttrell
‏@KimMLuttrell
Today’s thought: Don’t be upset with the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do!
7:58 AM - 7 Oct 2011

Twitter
Rebecca Rainone
‏@RaindancerToo
“Don’t be UPSET with the RESULTS you DIDN’T get with the WORK you didn’t DO. If you want to see changes, you MUST TAKE ACTION!”
7:10 AM - 27 Oct 2011

reddit—GetMotivated
Yeah it’s true. Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get from the work you didn’t do. (i.imgur.com)
submitted March 7, 2013 by badpecan

SavingAdvice.com
15 Tough Love Money Quotes
By Jeffrey Strain, August 22nd, 2013
(...)
“Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do.”

Google Books
How to Overcome the Power of the Golf Ball
By Ollen Stephens and Andrew D. Cohn
Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse
2014
Pg. 29:
“Don’t be upset
By the results you
Didn’t get with the
Work you didn’t do.” – Lee Milteer, Success Expert

Motivational Gym Quotes
November 16, 2014
Don’t be upset by the results you didn’t get with the work you didn’t do.

Posted by Barry Popik
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