Quotes About Skillfulness

There is nothing shameful about being efficient.

In a perfect world, I would love to be great at everything.

Receiving joy is another way to say enjoyment, and sam?dhi is the act of refined enjoyment. It is based in skillfulness. It is the careful collecting of oneself into the joy of the present moment. Joyfulness means there's no fear, no tension, no "ought to." There isn't anything we have to do about it. It's just this.1

Be good, or be good at it.

All the guys at this top level, they're pretty much dangerous all over the place. If you're not good all over the place, you'll be in a little bit of trouble. It's hard to swim at the top end if you're only good at one thing.

On the feet, on the ground, I have all the bases covered.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." ? Robert A. Heinlein, writing as Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, design a building, conn a ship, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve an equation, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

It's like weaving: the weaver does not make the wool, he makes the best use of whatever wool he's given.

Stephanie knew mat in many things

I'm the sort of person who has to learn something properly before I show anyone.

At my size and height you have to be able to do everything.

Thus the seventh and last remedy for a lean purse is to cultivate thy own powers, to study and become wiser, to become more skillful, to so act as to respect thyself. Thereby shalt thou acquire confidence in thy self to achieve thy carefully considered desires.

My father was a blacksmith, my uncle was a horse doctor, and I was both, along at first. Then I went over to the great arms factory and learned my real trade; learned all there was to it; learned to make everything; guns, revolvers, cannon, boilers, engines, all sorts of labor-saving machinery.

To win the World Series, you have to be able to do a lot of things well.

You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.

Competence is NOT enough.

Knowing one thing well empowers you and gives you a set of tricks to the trade that you can apply across the board. Go deep, and it will serve you when you make your choices about where you want to leave your mark.

I think I'm okay at everything and not spectacular at any one thing that Kaggle does.

We are alike, Joscelin and I, in that what we do, we do very well.

Your skills should transcend technology platform

I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.

Nowadays, to be a good world-ranked decathlete, you need to be good at everything.

proficient.