Quotes About Effort

channeling emotions toward a productive end is a master aptitude. Whether it be in controlling impulse and putting off gratification, regulating our moods so they facilitate rather than impede thinking, motivating ourselves to persist and try, try again in the face of setbacks, or finding ways to enter flow and so perform more effectively—all bespeak the power of emotion to guide effective effort.

We do not compete in our careers with people who lack the requisite intelligence to enter and stay in our field—but rather against the much smaller group of those who have managed to jump the hurdles of schooling, entry exams, and other cognitive challenges to get into the field in the first place.

Rapport demands joint attention—mutual focus. Our need to make an effort to have such human moments has never been greater, given the ocean of distractions we all navigate daily.

The key to resilience is trying really hard, then stopping, recovering, and then trying again.

They believe that anyone can do well in school with the right effort.

O primeiro movimento para um novo território implica o abandono de uma agradável rotina e a luta contra a inércia dos caminhos já trilhados; este pequeno ato de atenção exige aquilo a que a neurociência chama «esforço cognitivo». Essa esforçada componente de domínio executivo liberta a atenção, permitindo-lhe vaguear à vontade e percorrer novos caminhos.

En una economía impulsada por el llamado trabajo del conocimiento, el valor se crea con el esfuerzo de un equipo, lo que nos lleva a fijarnos en el coeficiente intelectual colectivo

Es la combinación entre el talento razonable y la capacidad de perseverar ante el fracaso lo que conduce al éxito.

As Carol Dweck says, "Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it. It would be an impoverished existence if you were not willing to value things and commit yourself to working toward them.

children who are praised for "being smart" often believe that every encounter is a test of whether they really are. So to avoid looking dumb, they resist new challenges and choose the easiest path. By contrast, kids who understand that effort and hard work lead to mastery and growth are more willing to take on new, difficult tasks.

Dark, light, dark, light, dark-I swung and missed.

I am. Trying, I'm trying it. But he means something else. I'm trying it like, you find a coin on the table and you spin it for no reason but to see it happen. He's trying it like medical school, because maybe he'll grow up to be a doctor.

A general "law of least effort" applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several ways of achieving the same goal, people will eventually gravitate to the least demanding course of action. In the economy of action, effort is a cost, and the acquisition of skill is driven by the balance of benefits and costs. Laziness is built deep into our nature.

I was her bestist pupil in the Beckman School for retarted adults and I tryed the hardist becus I reely wantd to lern I wantid it more even then pepul who are smarter even then me.

Ama onu suçlam?yorum, çünkü benim kim olduÄŸumu anlama çabalar?m?n ve varl???m?n tüm anlam?n?n, sadece geçmiÅŸimle deÄŸil, geleceÄŸimle ilgili olas?l?klar? ve sadece nereden geldiÄŸimi deÄŸil, nereye gittiÄŸimi de bilmekten geçtiÄŸini bir türlü anlam?yor.

Money is the consequence of doing the right things.

Take out a dollar bill and look at it," he said. "Now pat yourself on your back because you are looking at a certificate of performance.

The most significant factors in our success are things we have the power to change.

money is the consequence of working, not the goal.

You think it makes complete sense to have to work for what's free for the taking to every other creature on earth. You alone lock food away from yourselves and then toil to get it back—and imagine that nothing could possibly make better sense.

They made an ingenuous and disorganized effort to escape from captivity but ultimately failed, because they were unable to find the bars of the cage. If you can't discover what's keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual.

This new spot for life might be but a short journey as a winged creature covers it, that is often said, but, oh, Lord, as you know, I had not the wings, and it is a hot, hard ride by road.

When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.

Education is a continual process, it's like a bicycle… If you don't pedal you don't go forward.