Quotes About Performance

Con eso se redefine la labor esencial del líder: ayudar a la gente a alcanzar la zona cerebral donde puede dar lo mejor de sí, y a permanecer en ella.

Quando os músicos de jazz foram comparados com os músicos clássicos quanto a funções cerebrais, mostraram mais indicadores neuronais de consciência de si mesmos. Conforme disse um músico de jazz, «no jazz, é preciso sintonizarmo-nos quanto ao que o nosso corpo está a sentir, para sabermos quando avançar para um solo».

In a company everyone is part of the system, and so feedback is the lifeblood of the organization, the exchange of information that lets people know if the job they are doing is going well or needs to be fine-tuned, upgraded, or redirected entirely. Without feedback people are in the dark; they have no idea how they stand with their boss, with their peers, or in terms of what is expected of them, and any problems will only get worse as time passes.

Some people are all self-presentation, with no substance to back it up. The varieties of social intelligence are no substitute for the other kinds of expertise that a given role may call for.

Brain studies find that having a champion athlete start pondering technique during a performance offers a sure recipe for a screwup.

Os estudos sobre o cérebro verificam que um atleta campeão começar a ponderar sobre a sua técnica durante um desempenho é receita certa para o fracasso.

se contrata a los directores generales por su intelecto y su pericia empresarial y se los despide por su falta de inteligencia emocional».

One source of frustration in the workplace is the frequent mismatch between what people must do and what people can do. When what they must do exceeds their capabilities, the result is anxiety. When what they must do falls short of their capabilities, the result is boredom. But when the match is just right, the results can be glorious. This is the essence of flow.

Management isn't about walking around and seeing if people are in their offices," he told me. It's about creating conditions for people to do their best work.

Don't break my heart just yet, or ask me to lose my reverie on the sticky floor... let me believe I'm the guy they all paid to watch all big and mighty, in the dark where I guess I belong.

Wilson showed that the cognitive losses from multitasking are even greater than the cognitive losses from pot smoking.

You'd think people would realize they're bad at multitasking and would quit. But a cognitive illusion sets in, fueled in part by a dopamine-adrenaline feedback loop, in which multitaskers think they are doing great.

Take out a dollar bill and look at it," he said. "Now pat yourself on your back because you are looking at a certificate of performance.

differences in economic performance are chiefly dependent upon spiritual rather than physical characteristics.

Any dollar given to you voluntarily, no matter the physical form, is a certificate of performance and validation of a job well done.

The words control, technique, and performance arise from a certain illusion, that of believing that a woman is longing for "a good lay." She is longing for much more than that; she is longing for a deep connection with the totality of her being.

What's normal is for things to work. What's not normal is for things to fail.

For me, there is no strategy that is divorced from profitability

You need confidence to play under pressure.

When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.

I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.

The nice thing about doing a weekly record is you're rehearsing all week and working on getting the script better. Come Friday, when it's time to actually film it, you feel like you've done most of the work!

Don't text or twitter during the show. Just live your life. Don't keep telling people what you're doing. Also it lights up your big dumb face.

Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.