Quotes About Proficiency

Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.

Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any.

The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.

A leading authority is anyone who has guessed right more than once.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

A man who knows a subject thoroughly, a man so soaked in it that he eats it, sleeps it and dreams it- this man can always teach it with success, no matter how little he knows of technical pedagogy.

Chose the niche that you enjoy, where you can excel and stand a chance of becoming and acknowledged leader.

People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.

The one sure way to success is to know everything you can about what you do.

Every single person in the world could be a genius at something, if they practiced it daily for at least ten years (as confirmed by the research of Anders Ericsson and others).

The French lawyer is simply a man extensively acquainted with the statutes of his country; but the English or American lawyer resembles the hierophants of Egypt, for, like them, he is the sole interpreter of an occult science.

Once you learn to do it, you'll be expected to do it.

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.

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.

The more you kill, the better you get 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.

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.

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

Courage is COMPETENCE!

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.