Quotes About Discipline

far in Outliers, we've seen that extraordinary achievement is less about talent than it is about

eight-year-old because he's too small. So he doesn't get the extra practice. And without that extra practice, he has no chance at hitting ten thousand hours by the time the professional hockey teams start looking for players. And without ten thousand hours under his belt, there is no way he can ever master the skills necessary to play at the top level. Even Mozart—the greatest musical prodigy of all time—couldn't hit his stride until he had his ten

The beginning is hard, [Levin] went on. By the end of the day they're restless. Part of it is endurance, part of it is motivation. Part of it is incentives and rewards and fun stuff. Part of it is good old-fashion discipline. You throw all of that into the stew. We talk a lot here about grit and self-control. The kids know what those words mean.

We talk a lot here about grit and self-control. The kids know what those words mean

Go to any Western college campus and you'll find that Asian students have a reputation for being in the library long after everyone else has left. Sometimes people of Asian background get offended when their culture is described this way, because they think that the stereotype is being used as a form of disparagement. But a belief in work ought to be a thing of beauty.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good

take control of the machinery of achievement, in other words—not just in sports but, as we

los que están en la misma cumbre no es que trabajen un poco o bastante más que todos los demás. Trabajan mucho, mucho más.

Herhangi bir ÅŸeyde dünya klasman?nda bir uzman olmay? saÄŸlayacak ustal?k düzeyine ulaÅŸmak için 10 bin saat pratik gerektiÄŸine iÅŸaret ediyor nörolog Daniel Levitin.

Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness.

The emerging picture from such studies is that ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert—in anything

whose students are willing to concentrate and sit still long enough and focus on answering every single question in an endless questionnaire are the same countries whose students do the best job of solving math problems.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that

And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.

Sus investigaciones sugieren que una vez que un músico ha demostrado capacidad suficiente para ingresar en una academia superior de música, lo que distingue a un intérprete virtuoso de otro mediocre es el esfuerzo que cada uno dedica a practicar. Y eso no es todo: los que están en la misma cumbre no es que trabajen un poco o bastante más que todos los demás. Trabajan mucho, mucho más.

La práctica no es lo que uno hace cuando es bueno. Es lo que uno hace para volverse bueno.

Investment success accrues not so much to the brilliant as to the disciplined.

Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]

Discipline has been a key factor to my success.

There is no short cut to success, but there are guidelines to success!

If you cannot score just a point each day, you shall score zero points at the end of your days

It's what you do every day that counts. Eating seven apples on Sunday won't keep the doctor away!

You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That's the secret of success.

Do ordinary things extraordinarily well.