Quotes About Skill

The only way to go fast, is to go well.

It is not the language that makes programs appear simple. It is the programmer that make the language appear simple!

There are two parts to learning craftsmanship: knowledge and work. You must gain the knowledge of principles, patterns, practices, and heuristics that a craftsman knows, and you must also grind that knowledge into your fingers, eyes, and gut by working hard and practicing.

When we say that trust is an emotional skill, this implies that emotional competence is a necessary part of trust.

The maneuvers by which Stalin steered his faction to a conclusive victory over the other three are testimony to his extraordinary skill as a political strategist; they have been cited as a textbook example of the art of coalition strategy.

First, it is essential that you begin with one skill that you can master, and that serves as a foundation for acquiring others. You must avoid at all cost the idea that you can manage learning several skills at a time.

acting is an art, not a gift from God. Learn the art.

You will know when your apprenticeship is over by the feeling that you have nothing left to learn in this environment.

Al maestro cuchillada.

la importancia de mantener las relaciones más estrechas posible con los clientes; la necesidad de conservar las ideas en el nivel más simple y realista posible; el valor de crear un producto superior y de ganar por habilidad, en oposición a hacer que todo apunte a ganar dinero.

But it's not what you have that brings you victory, it's how you use it.

Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

Cada cual tiene su suerte en las manos, como un escultor la materia que convertirá en figura. Pero con ese tipo de actividad artística es igual que con los demás: nacimos apenas con la capacidad de realizarla. La habilidad para hacer de ese material lo que queramos debe aprenderse y cultivarse atentamente. —JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

The time that leads to mastery is dependent on the intensity of our focus." ? Robert Greene, Mastery I love it because it is true :)

I had much rather be confined to one element, and be admired in that, than be a goose in all!

Leonardo ansiaba aprender todas esas habilidades, pero pronto descubrió algo en sí mismo: no podía hacer sencillamente lo que se le encargara; debía convertirlo en algo propio, inventar en vez de imitar al maestro.

patience is a skill—it does not come naturally.

Let us call this sensation mastery—the feeling that we have a greater command of reality, other people, and ourselves. Although it might be something we experience for only a short while, for others—Masters of their field—it becomes their way of life, their way of seeing the world.

the source of their success (the various power players in history) could almost always be traced to one single skill or unique quality that separated them form the others.

What makes your mind stronger, and more able to control your emotions, is internal discipline and toughness. No one can teach you this skill; you cannot learn it by reading about it. Like any discipline, it can come only through practice, experience, even a little suffering.

When you look at the exceptionally creative work of Masters, you must not ignore the years of practice, the endless routines, the hours of doubt, and the tenacious overcoming of obstacles these people endured.

But if, to avoid the taint of power, you attempt to treat everyone equally and fairly, you will confront the problem that some people do certain things better than others. Treating everyone equally means ignoring their differences, elevating the less skillful and suppressing those who excel. Again, many of those who behave this way are actually deploying another power strategy, redistributing people's rewards in a way that they determine.

In the absence of genius there is always craftsmanship.

Writing can be learned, but not taught.