Quotes About Expertise

A workman should know his tools, and not use them to breaking. The same went for people.

Aprende cuál es la diferencia entre asesores y agentes o corredores. Hay mucha gente que recibe asesoría de vendedores, no de asesores de verdad.

If I haven't done badly, it's because I've become indispensable to too many like David Abbott. I have in my head a thousand facts they couldn't possibly recall. It's simply easier for them to place me where the questions are, where problems need solutions. (Alfred Gillette)

There's one good thing about being in the bomb disposal unit: No superior officer is ever looking over your shoulder.

Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value.

Steel can be any shape you want if you are skilled enough, and any shape but the one you want if you are not.

The range of human knowledge today is so great that we're all specialists and the distance between specializations has become so great that anyone who seeks to wander freely among them almost has to forego closeness with the people around him.

The difference between a good mechanic and a bad one, like the difference between a good mathematician and a bad one, is precisely this ability to select the good facts from the bad ones on the basis of quality.

If you want to build a factory, or fix a motorcycle, or set a nation right without getting stuck, then classical, structured, dualistic subject-object knowledge, although necessary, isn't enough. You have to have some feeling for the quality of the work.

They were wise in their own skills, but most of them seemed to think that that made them wise in everything, which did not appear to be the case.

The real skill is to manage and reward the people who are smarter than you in some technical area. That is why companies have a board of directors.

A genius is someone who excels at something. But a genius isn't necessarily good at everything. In fact, a genius usually has a special ability in one area while being pretty average in others.

A person may be highly educated mentally

He encouraged us to work with people smarter than we were and to bring smart people together to work as a team. Today it would be called a synergy of professional specialities.

Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.

In fact, it's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

Investing is much like flying. If you've been to flight school and spent a number of years gaining experience, then flying is fun and exciting. But if you've never been to flight school, I'd leave the flying to someone else.

Buffett himself says, Diversification is protection against ignorance. (It) makes very little sense for those who know what they're doing.

One lesson from rich dad that has become crystal clear over the past 20 years is the importance of choosing teachers who have actually DONE what you want to do.

He often admitted that schools reward people who study more and more about less and less.

To get on the financial Fast Track, become an expert at solving a certain type of problem. Do not diversify like Type-B investors are advised to do. Become an expert at solving one type of problem, and people will come to you with money to invest.

Professionals have coaches. Amateurs do not

She was an expert in dealing with situations without precedent.

I don't claim to know much: cards, fucking, and dentistry about covers it," Doc said.