Quotes About Competence

Take a look around," the instructor had advised. "Ask yourself if there's anyone else who is better qualified to do the job. Not in the entire galaxy, but right there, at that point in time. If the answer is 'yes,' ask them to accept command, and do everything you can to support them. If the answer is 'no,' which it will be ninety-nine percent of the time, then take your best shot. That's all any of us can do.

To my Western eyes, they were paragons of graceful competence and imagined wholeness. Sina's

Is that why he didn't stay?" "No. He left because I no longer wanted to be in partnership with him." "You didn't? I mean, you don't?" "No." "Why?" "Because he pretends to be better at what he does than he is. I prefer people who are better at what they do than they think they are.

I imagine you're actually rather good at what you do, in spite of certain disadvantages. Disadvantage and peculiar competence can go hand in hand, I find.

And worse, they'll trample on it, inadvertently crush it, beneath a certain mediocrity inherent in professional competence.

He trusts his temperament. Wanting a universe that suits it, he believes in any representation of the universe that does suit it. He feels men of opposite temper to be out of key with the world's character, and in his heart considers them incompetent and 'not in it,' in the philosophic business, even tho they may far excel him in dialectical ability.

90% of all lawyers are incompetent in their chosen field of expertise.

If the techs are on it we're fine, but Briamiv and his buddy could fuck up a full stop at the end of a sentence.

We must now turn from considering the necessary struggle with language arising, as it were, from its very nature and the nature of the society it serves to the more ominous threat to its integrity brought about neither by its innate inadequacy nor yet by the incompetence and carelessness of its ordinary users, but rather engineered deliberately by those who will manipulate words for their own ends.

They think if something is simple enough to be put in a checklist, a monkey can do it. Well, if that's true, grab a pilot's checklist and try your luck with a 747.

An expert is simply someone who has more experience than you.

A woman with a mind is fit for any task.

I've always said that you were too smart to have a profession. Smart people are hopeless in the face of anything actual. They are terrible cooks. They cannot dress themselves. They are children who need guidance and protecting.

When you are learning how to do something, you do not have to worry about whether or not you are good at it. But when you have done something, have learned how to do it, you are not safe any more. Being an expert opens you up to judgement.

I know how to do this, I thought. I am good, at least, at this. I know all the steps to this dance

When you are learning how to do something, you do not have to worry about whether or not you are good at it. But when you have done something, have learned how to do it, you are not safe any more.

Confidence spark When interviewing for an ambitious assignment, make a list of the skills you have, the skills you need to learn, and the tasks that can be delegated. Now address your fear of not being able to handle the situation, and see the truth as it is. You have several skills, and you can learn or delegate the rest. Breaking down the job into its various parts may also help. What daily tasks can you do right now? Which ones will you assign to someone else?

when teams face significant performance pressure, they tend to defer to high-status members, at the expense of using expert team members.

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for others is genius.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

Asking 'Who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tennor in the quartet' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

Abbiamo bisogno di persone brave, non solo di brave persone.

An able man is a man who can do things, and his ability to do things is dependent on what he has in him. What he has in him depends on what he started with and what he has done to increase and discipline it.

That is very much like asking: "Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?" Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.