Quotes About Expertise

There were also the Masters of Arcane Knowledge. Everyone begrudged their presence among the gifteds. These were the kids that could break down an engine and build it back again - no diagrams or instructions needed. They understood things in a real, not theoretical, way. They seemed not to care about their grades.

Influence at work requires that you know what you are doing, have reasonable plans, are competent at the task at hand.

IGNORAMUS, n. A person unacquainted with certain kinds of knowledge familiar to yourself, and having certain other kinds that you know nothing about.

The more you kill, the more you get better at it. And the better you get at killing, the less use you are for anything else.

When you know that you know "how" to do something, you're on your way to mastering it.

The girl worked the clutch and the gas and the brake expertly with her right foot, just as her father had taught her.

raise? He was outstanding in his field.

It makes you less ignorant to actually know what you're talking about, so listen to me.

psikoloji profesörü olan Jan Tonnes­vang'?n söyledi?ine göre, herkesin bir "ustal?k" duygusuna bir alanda iyi oldu?unu hissetmeye ihtiyac? var. ?nsan?n temel psikolojik ih­tiyaçlar?ndan biri bu. Bir konuda iyi oldu?unuzu hissetti?inizde ona çok daha kolay odaklanabiliyorsunuz; beceriksiz oldu?unuzu hissetti?inizde ise dikkatiniz da??l?p gidiyor.

Diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.

One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well.

At Oxford he learned that the importance of human beings has been vastly over rated by specialists.

When proved wrong, he was particularly exasperating; he always managed to suggest that she needn't have bothered to prove it. The point she made was never the relevant point, her arguments conclusive but barren, she was reminded that he had expert knowledge and she none, and that experience would not help her because she could not interpret it.

Courage is COMPETENCE!

Would it make you feel better if I pretended not to be making it up as I go along? [...] In that case, I know exactly what I'm doing, but please don't ask me about it in any great detail.

Deep work on simple, basic ideas helps to build true virtuosity—not just in music but in everything.

successful people regularly focus on the core purpose of their profession or life. True experts continually deepen their mastery of the basics. Trumpeting

True experts continually deepen their mastery of the basics.

The depth with which you master the basics influences how well you understand everything you learn after that.

You should trust any man in his own art provided he is skilled in it.

An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.

A slide rule always impresses, giving to the bystanders a feeling that the user thereof knows what he's about and will shortly come up with the answer.)

Asking a seamstress to mend is like asking Michelangelo to paint your garage.

Maintenance is as much art as it is science.