Quotes About Competence

I want to be perceived as a guy who played his best in all facets, not just scoring. A guy who loved challenges.

The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.

Those who need leaders are not qualified to choose them.

Those who need leaders are not qualified to choose them. In a sense, asking people to make political decisions is like asking them to forecast the weather. They're not in a position to do so, and it is silly to expect them to. Democracy entails people who run their businesses well being forced to run their businesses poorly by people who can't run businesses at all.

I once asked Leon Festinger, one of the smartest men in the world, whether or not he ever felt inept. He replied, "Of course! That is what keeps you ept.

You've worked for the government too long to imagine they have the resources or competence to cover shit up. Never attribute to conspiracy that which can adequately be explained by clusterfuckery.

Ortak seçimi demek, bir bireyi, muhtemelen en yetkin (örne?in bilgili ve hünerli) ve i?birli?ine en yatk?n (örne?in üzerine dü?en i?i yapmaya ve pay?na dü?en kadar?n? almaya e?ilimli) olan? i?birli?i orta?? olarak tercih etmek demektir. Zorunlu i?birli?ine dayal? avc?l?k-toplay?c?l?k ba?lam?nda hiç kimse taraf?ndan seçilmemek elbette ki?inin ölümüne yol açacakt?r.

this was the fundamental hypothesis of the senior staff, shared by Walsh and everyone else: Trump must know what he was doing, his intuition must be profound.

Almost all the professionals who were now set to join him were coming face to face with the fact that it appeared he knew nothing. There was simply no subject, other than perhaps building construction, that he had substantially mastered.

she refused to leave anything to someone else that she could do better herself.

Arjun: ...the men are talking because you're beautiful. Sita: ...I would much rather they talk about me because I'm skilled.

What does she need with architecture?" "The same thing my mother needed with eight languages," I replied boldly. "She commanded the best diplomats in the world, but she refused to leave anything to someone else that she could do better herself.

He always had this thing about him, that he wouldn't nominate himself to run in the race. But if he was put in the race, he would want to win it. It's a strange thing. He has a healthy disrespect - and respect - for his own ego. He knows what he's capable of, and he would not push himself forward. He would rather hang back in the shadows and be discovered.

Maybe I dance to a different drum, but I get the job done well. I need to be accommodated, not managed.

I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.

When all a person's relevant skills are needed to cope with the challenges of a situation, that person's attention is completely absorbed by the activity.

Sometimes fields that are not competent in the domain take control over it.

They detest you only because you stand so high above other men, and that is something that mediocre souls can never endure. And yet in each one of us lies the latent faculty of surpassing others. Of that I am sure.

Those that can, do; those that can't, teach; and those that can't teach, administrate.

The hard reality is that immersion works only when people are actually fluent in something.

I never look for help when I'm the one who loaded the bases.

Do not say to yourself, "I've got a book in me!" (huge cliché anyway) and assume that means you are also competent to write a book.

I can change a tire, but I couldn't change a fuse on the computer panel on my car.

Work hard, know your shit, show your shit, and then feel entitled.