Quotes About Proficiency

There's no better way to learn something, and become an expert at it, than to have to teach it.

The way I see it is, I am a boon to the English language.

Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy 1. The ability to quickly master hard things. 2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.

The task of a craftsman, they conclude, "is not to generate meaning, but rather to cultivate in himself the skill of discerning the meanings that are already there.

Giving students iPads or allowing them to film homework assignments on YouTube prepares them for a high-tech economy about as much as playing with Hot Wheels would prepare them to thrive as auto mechanics.

Conclusion #3: Passion Is a Side Effect of Mastery

Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy 1. The ability to quickly master hard things. 2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed. Let's

You have to get good before you can expect good work. As

Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy The ability to quickly master hard things. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.

you must master the art of quickly learning complicated things.

1. The ability to quickly master hard things. 2. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.

Two Core Abilities for Thriving in the New Economy The ability to quickly master hard things. The ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed. Let's

One of the most valuable skills in our economy is becoming increasingly rare. If you master this skill, you'll achieve extraordinary results.

the importance of ability. The things that make a great job great, I discovered, are rare and valuable. If you want them in your working life, you need something rare and valuable to offer in return. In other words, you need to be good at something before you can expect a good job.

The narratives in this book are bound by a common thread: the importance of ability. The things that make a great job great, I discovered, are rare and valuable. If you want them in your working life, you need something rare and valuable to offer in return. In other words, you need to be good at something before you can expect a good job.

To be great at something is to be well myelinated.

Deep Work Helps You Produce at an Elite Level

Better technique trumps more effort.

Of course I know how to drive. Now, if you ask me if I know how to drive well, the answer would be different.

No, lack of competence is the enemy of good

Small is not beautiful unless small is skilled and dedicated.

My life is painfully full of learning experiences where I've had to be an expert at short notice,

I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.

Kenntnis der Mittel ohne eine eigentliche Anwendung, ja ohne Gabe und Willen, sie anzuwenden, ist, was man jetzt gemeiniglich Gelehrsamkeit nennt.