Quotes About Specificity

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

I learned a long time ago that if I really wanted to bring my ideas into experience, I needed to write down my intentions. When you put pen to paper, you have little choice but to get specific. The actual process of forming your thoughts into words on a page is a creative act, a genesis, moving energy toward the very thing you want to experience.

Some say there's no magic formula. I say there is. It's just that the magic is different for everyone.

The less specific a prescription the more substance it takes to move the organism, the less efficient the herb or formula, and the more likely we are to force the organism to change, rather than gently stimulating it to renewed self-governance.

Nothing gives you confidence like being a member of a small, weirdly specific, hard-to-find demographic.

A CV is the way to express yourself and give that summary of your life. Keeping it specific to the topic, job, or career being presented.

The need that ravaged him was hotly specific, targeted to only one woman.

Freud called the first stage of life "polymorphous perverse." At birth infants are so undifferentiated that they have the capacity to receive erotic stimulation at every aperture of the body and any area of skin: from either or both sexes; from animals, food, objects, colors, currents of air, gradations of temperature. As we grow older, become socialized, and develop identity, the satisfactions we pursue become more specific.

KEY CONCEPT Superlative Praise = vague, exaggerated, and ineffective Wow, your homework is fantastic! Descriptive Praise = specific, true, and motivating You answered all the questions on this worksheet, even though you weren't sure about some of the answers. You didn't leave any blanks. You challenged yourself and wrote down something for every single question.

Because Descriptive Praise is so specific, it cannot be argued with; it is a fact. You're not making sweeping, exaggerated statements that can easily be disputed or discounted. Instead, you are describing, very specifically and in detail, what your child is doing that pleased you. Maybe he did the right thing, or maybe it was just barely okay, but it was an improvement on what he might have done. You can even notice and mention when your child is not doing anything wrong.

The interest of a parent in the life of his child has all the requisite specificity and intensity that could possibly be required of a "case" or "controversy" under Article III.

luego. No podía ser un chino en general, tenía que ser un chino de Sinaloa, un local de Mexicali, o uno de la calle Dolores en el df. Voy a añadir eso la próxima vez que lo cuente —dijo Macario.

The more specific your questions the better. If you feel that you can't really continue the conversation without asking questions, you need to ask specific questions.

Rule of Improv Comedy: Provide specific details for people to relate to, react to, and run with.

Effective storytelling is all about being as specific as you can and being as detailed as you can.

If you're too specific, people will purposely mishear you so they can be outraged about whatever thing that usually outrages them.

Becaise I love God, I want to handle his truth with accuracy, clarity, and specificity. I want to build bridges of understanding from the wisdom of the Word to the details of people's lives. And because I love people, I will not be satisfied with lobbing grenades of general truth at them. Rather, through good questions, committed listening, and careful interpretation, I will enter their world with the understanding necessary to bring Christ's help to where it is really needed.

How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?

Good description is fast, spare, specific, and showing. Weak description is slow, wordy, vague, abstract, and telling.