Quotes About Performance

When you call upon a Thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.

The Human Resources Scorecard: Measuring the Return on Investment (ButterworthHeinemann, 2001),

Deliver more than you promise.

Tipsy actress Vera Charles (who had 'more changes of costume than facial expression,' according to one critic to whom she never spoke again) ...

it's possible that procrastinators are not inherently lazy or useless individuals; rather, they're simply faced with tasks which do not match their skill levels or personal motivations.

was just unable to follow the very, simple rules of improv comedy because I was too self-conscious. It was the classic case of being too in your own head, which fuels the cycle of self-consciousness and impaired performance.

Great storytelling and improv are all about setting the right framework with intimate details and telling the story that gets the right emotional payoffs from the crowd.

Those that win at office politics definitely aren't the top performers.

So if you're dealing with a nonperforming employee, particularly on issues related to work ethic, I suggest that you begin by asking three questions: Has this employee received a written job description? Have you published some sort of general, written policy that outlines requirements for practical work issues like starting time, lunch breaks, stopping times, making or receiving personal phone calls, etc.? Does this person understand how you like to receive reports?

You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do. There

Soy Ruh hasta la médula, y cuando ha terminado la escena, sé salir del escenario.

Ella esta ahora en los bastidores, a punto de salir a escena. Preparemos el escenario para su entrada...

Offstage I worry and sweat. Onstage I am calm as a windless winter night.

But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.

El hábito no hace al monje, pero si quieres interpretar un papel, necesitas el disfraz adecuado.

Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse.

My fingers darted, then danced, then flew. I played hard as a hailstorm, like a hammer beating brass. I played soft as sun on autumn wheat, gentle as a single stirring leaf.

Think then, how do you entertain the people who have seen your act a thousand times? You dust off the old tricks. You try out some new ones. You hope for the best. And, of course, the grand failures are as entertaining as the great successes.

But still, I will try. She is in the wings now, waiting for her cue. Let us set the stage for her arrival….

Tests were fine and good. Tests were important. Tests were like rehearsal. But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know. Kilvin

I was onstage. And there is nowhere in the world I am more comfortable than on a stage.

at the end of the day, I am a trouper first and all else second. As such, I couldn't ignore the chance for a little showmanship.

Tests were fine and good. Tests were important. Tests were like rehearsal. But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.

You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.