Quotes About Proficiency

The twisted thing about doing what you're good at is that you aren't really good at it until you do it over and over and over again.

If there is something you think you can do well, perfect the action.

Business doesn't cut you any slack because of your gender. You're either good at what you do or you're not.

I am equally capable of doing club songs, slow rock songs and any other kind as well.

My power is a characteristic of my skill, no different than someone who's smaller and has speed as their skill.

At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room.

The smartest guys are the best broadcasters.

I have been acting over 3 decades now, so I think after all these years of experience I can get into any character very smoothly.

Mastering one recipe is better than mastering too many. Learn something and own it, and you'll feel so much better about it. You'll have more confidence if you've made it five times, and that confidence adds so much fun to cooking.

Disciplines do have status, and we judge others as representatives of their disciplines.

Asking economists for investment advice is like asking a physicist to fix a broken toilet. Not their field, though sort of related.

I would love for film to go back to those days where you had to be able to do everything just to get by.

general competence is on the fucking decline.

11. Upgrade your key skills: The more knowledgeable and skilled you become at your key tasks, the faster you start them and the sooner you get them done. Determine exactly what it is that you are very good at doing, or could be very good at, and throw your whole heart into doing those specific things very, very well.

You can become proficient with a computer. You can become a terrific negotiator or a super salesperson. You can learn to speak in public. You can learn to write effectively and well. These are all skills you can acquire as soon as you decide to and make them a priority. Three

To understand means to be capable of doing.'(Goethè)

Despite the meatiness of his fingers, Dominick showed himself to be a nimble texter.

A] great deal of what we believe we do not know firsthand; instead we have faith in the knowledge of specialists.

Everything about him: the way he shot an arrow; the way he carved; the way he used a sword; even the way he walked with such fluid reasoned intent—they weren't separate things, separate abilities…they were all the same thing.

Music, landscape gardening, architecture—there was no start to his talents.

If I had been a bricklayer I'd still have been a journeyman.

I think the only thing you should be judged on is your performance in whatever field you happen to be in.

I think we're just one of those bands that we know what we do best.

I'm not a keeper who hasn't shown his ability.