“Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener.” TryingMadeAbilityStudyDesignExpressionSkillsAspectListenersObserversFacialFacial ExpressionAstute Author:Daniel H. Pink
“I think that there's a strong crossover in that Janis, studying the visual arts, was learning how to break it down into details and see how to get the expression that we wanted. And her visual art is emotionally expressive as her singing was. And, I think, when she switched over to singing, she already knew that it was something serious that you broke into pieces so she developed the ability to break it down and learn little riffs that she could throw in here and there.” ThinkingLittlesArtWantedStrongAbilityBreakStudyPiecesSeriousExpressionSingingArt IsDown AndDetailsBrokeVisualsHere And ThereExpressiveVisual ArtCrossover Author:Laura Joplin
“I engaged - started engaging in yoga as a physical practice, but very quickly found out there was something broader to it, and that it was actually helpful for my pain, and started to get into meditation, started to study the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita and a lot of the scriptures associated with yoga, the Yoga Sutras, and very quickly came to this conclusion that this had a huge impact on my ability to lead, but, more importantly, the ability to control my sympathetic nervous system, which had a direct tie to the pain in my arm.” PainFoundAbilityPracticeStudyMeditationHugeArmsYogaDirectImpactScriptureConclusionNervousTiesEngagedHelpfulEngagingSympatheticNervous SystemGitaYoga Sutra Author:Mark T Bertolini
“Students work in schools making life studies for years, win prizes for life studies and find in the end that they know practically nothing of the human figure. They have acquired the ability to copy.” KnowsYearsHumansEndsSchoolWinningAbilityEducationStudyFiguresStudentsPrizeCopies Book:The Art Spirit Source: The Art Spirit
“When we consider a project, we really study it-not just the surface idea, but everything about it. And when we go into that new project, we believe in it all the way. We have confidence in our ability to do it right. And we work hard to do the best possible job.” WayBelieveIdeasHardJobsAbilityStudyDesignHard WorkDevelopmentProjectsSurfaceDo The BestHave ConfidenceNew ProjectsIdeas And Dreams Author:Walt Disney
“Each person should display her own particular gifts for study. For no one is safe who strives beyond her abilities; and thus it is safer to trust in reason than in men’s opinions.” MenShouldPersonsReasonAbilityOpinionStudyParticularSafeStriveDisplayStrife Book:Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist Source: Collected Letters of a Renaissance Feminist
“Fears to look bad in front of other people, to say something wrong, to be laughed at - all those fears deprive us of half of our abilities. This is one of the main school problems. That teacher understands it, who can teach students to study without fear of the teacher, without fear of classmates, and, the most important, without fear of a subject.” PeopleLooksImportantProblemSchoolAbilityHalfTeachStudyTeacherSubjectsFrontsStudentsLaughedClassmates Author:Simon Soloveychik
“Your ability to use mind whatever way you choose is outrageous. Much will depend upon how intensely you approach the study and the state of mind in which you begin.” WayMindStatesUseAbilityStudyDependsApproachMysticismState Of MindYou ChooseOutrageous Author:Frederick Lenz
“The difference in sex does not hinder the ability of being strong on the levels of thinking, giving, having a strong willpower and the ability to take the right decision and the right position after studying all options, once the circumstances that favor creativity and rational thinking are available.” ThinkingGivingDoeStrongSexDifferencesAbilityDecisionLevelsCreativityStudyPositionCircumstancesAvailableFavorsRationalWillpowerHinderRational ThinkingRight DecisionStrong Will Author:Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah
“Successful tape reading is a study of Force; it requires ability to judge which side has the greatest pulling power and one must have the courage to go with that side.” ReadingForceSidesAbilityStudySuccessfulJudgingInvestingTapePulling Book:Studies in Tape Reading Source: Studies in Tape Reading
“The study of history empowers nations and individuals with an ability to avoid errors of the past and lay foundations for victories in the future.” PastIndividualNationsAbilityStudyVictoryFoundationLaysErrorsEmpowering Author:Aberjhani
“I got interested in the emotions after studying patients who had lost the ability to emote and feel under certain circumstances. Many of those patients also had major impairments in their ability to make decisions.” FeelsCertainLostAbilityDecisionEmotionStudyCircumstancesMajorsPatientEmote Author:Antonio Damasio
“To create something you want to sell, you first study and research the market, then you develop the product to the best of your ability.” WantFirstsAbilityStudyProductsResearchSells Author:Clive Cussler
“The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands far more chance of rising to a position affording him opportunity to exercise his organizing abilities than the fellow who dawdles along without chart or compass, without plan or purpose, without self-improvement and self-discipline.” MenSelfYoungPurposeReadingOpportunityChanceAbilityStudyPlansPositionHabitDisciplineExerciseSelf ImprovementOrganizationFellowsImprovementYoung ManRisingAddressesAssociationSelf DisciplineEarnestCompassAffording Author:B. C. Forbes
“The longer I live, the longer I realize that batting is more a mental matter than it is physical. The ability to grasp the bat, swing at the proper time, take a proper stance; all these are elemental. Batting is rather a study in psychology, a sizing up of a pitcher and catcher and observing little details that are of immense importance. It's like the study of crime, the work of a detective as he picks up clues.” LittlesMatterRealizingAbilityStudyPsychologyCrimePicksImportanceDetailsSwingsImmenseBatsClueObservingDetectivesPitcherStanceElementalsBattingCatchersProper Time Author:Ty Cobb
“Modern brain-scan technology has revealed that each person shapes a completely unique brain. Other studies have documented the amazing regenerative ability of the brain, which can be reshaped by the power of your mind to bring you the world you desire. Knowing that, the obvious question arose: Why not use your mind to create the brain you want, using conscious choice?” WorldWantMindPersonsUseDesireChoicesAbilityBrainTechnologyKnowingStudyModernShapesUniqueConsciousObviousWhy NotWant U Author:Deepak Chopra
“All of my fights are planned. I study my opponents from A to Z. How he walks, how he looks, how he speaks, gestures of the human body, which is a certain language that provides you lots of information if you have the ability to read it.” IfsHumansLooksBodyCertainFightingSpeakLanguageAbilityWalksStudyInformationOpponentsGesturesHuman Body Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of the week sufficient to prepare for their ministry, though they employ all the rest of the week in other studies. But your business is to trade with your spiritual abilities. ... A man may preach a very good sermon, who is otherwise himself; but he will never make a good minister of Jesus Christ, whose mind and heart are not always in the work. Spiritual gifts will require continual ruminating on the things of the Gospel in our minds.” MenMindHeartMayHas BeensLastsSpiritualJesusChristAbilityBusinessKnownStudyWeekJesus ChristTradeVery GoodMinistersSufficientGood ManMinistryHeart And MindSermonsLast DayDays Of The WeekSpiritual Gifts Author:John Owen
“Many studies of research scientists have shown that achievement (at least below the genius level of an Einstein, Bohr, or a Planck) depends less on ability in doing research than on the courage to go after opportunity.” OpportunityAbilityLevelsStudyDependsGeniusAchievementResearchScientist Author:Peter Drucker