Quotes About Competence

Because in your political system, neither brilliance, nor even basic competence, seem to be prerequisites for getting elected to an office. Instead, the skills required seem to be popularity, and an ability to lie shamelessly with every breath, make false promises, and trash your opponents.

In any profession, you will be respected if you are good at your job – not because you are good at talking about your beliefs. It may be quite irrational, but the fact is that, if you are recognized as being outstanding on one thing, you will be listened to on all sorts of subjects in no way related to it... and so, if you are going to be really effective [for your cause] in your place of work, you must set out to be the best man at your job.

there is the one that simultaneously insists that women are in every meaningful way exactly the same as men, possessing the same traits and competencies and able to challenge them on the same turf at any time. Yet simultaneously, magically, they are better than men. Or better in specific ways. All this seems perfectly

When competent, sensible people do something stupid, the smartest move is to try to figure out, first, what kept them from seeing it coming and, second, how to prevent the problem from happening again. Talking

Responsibility is doing ones work neatly, without the instruction and monitoring by anyone.

The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.

To be sure that we are not just falling for the Halo Effect, we really need a different measure of performance altogether—one that assesses individual skill directly rather than by inferring it from outcomes that might be determined by forces beyond the individual's control.

Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

Each trick mastered will free you just a little more from your feelings of inadequacy and frustration.

Here's my theory about meetings and life: the three things you can't fake are erections, competence and creativity.

Knowledge and ability were tools, not things to show off.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.

If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, it'll be Kallis or Dravid.

One of the few greatest satisfactions of this life is to handle problems efficiently and well.

According to sales management expert Lee Salz, it takes a minimum of eight months for new salespeople to perform at the same level as their tenured colleagues—even if they're experienced sellers.

Keep developing your expertise; it sets you apart.

She was a good if sloppy writer.

Self-discipline is also built on competence, persistence, and the willingness to assume accountability for results. Competence is more than skill and ability; it's attitude and experience.

Are you surrounded by rock stars or lip-synchers?

According to an CFR article published in 2017, members were not happy with the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency. "The Trump administration seems determined to muddle through its foreign policy without initial guiding principles, benchmarks for progress, or the means of adjudicating between competing objectives, and with a wildly improvisational leadership style that has no precedent in recent history.

The only thing Earl Weaver knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

Success is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced?