“ Jim Collins Greatness is not a function of circumstances. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice. You must maintain an unwavering faith that you can, and will prevail in the end. Good To Great
“ Malcolm Gladwell We sometimes think of being good at mathematics as an innate ability. You either have "it" or you don't. [...] it's not so much ability as attitude. You master mathematics if you are willing to try. Outliers
“ Children who associate success with hard work tend to have a “mastery-oriented response” to challenging situations, while children who see themselves as just plain “smart” or “dumb,” or “good” or “bad” at something, have a “learned helplessness orientation.” Josh Waitzkin The Art of Learning
“ Jim Stigler, UCLA Prof The Japanese [teachers] want their kids to struggle. [...] American teachers, though, worked like waiters. Whenever there was a struggle, they wanted to move past it, make sure the class kept gliding along. But you don't learn by gliding. The Teaching Gap
“ The best people in any field are those who devote the most hours to what the researchers call “deliberate practice”. Geoffrey Colvin What It Takes To Be Great
“ For example: Simply hitting a bucket of balls is not deliberate practice, which is why most golfers don't get better. Hitting an eight-iron 300 times with a goal of leaving the ball within 20 feet of the pin 80 percent of the time, continually observing results and making appropriate adjustments, and doing that for hours every day - that's deliberate practice. Geoffrey Colvin What It Takes To Be Great
“ Understand that talent doesn’t mean intelligence, motivation or personality traits. It’s an innate ability to do some specific activity especially well. Geoffrey Colvin What It Takes To Be Great
“ Geoffrey Colvin Maybe we can't expect most people to achieve greatness. It's just too demanding. But the striking, liberating news is that greatness isn't reserved for a preordained few. It is available to you and to everyone. What It Takes To Be Great
jnunemaker
sanfrecce_osaka
uhooi
codemountains
afilina
syukai
yuhei_fujita
ivanova1991
ostk0069
aridlehoover
fbei_ot
huffon
blueswen
scottboms
jasonvnalue
iamctodd
62gerente
jrom
chriscoyier
danielanewman
lara
sachag
kevinliebholz
3n
hatefulcrawdad