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“Well, to me, my past accomplishments weren't crazy. They required a lot of skill and careful planning.”

Wells Past Crazy Skills Careful Planning Accomplishment My Past Careful Planning

Author:Felix Baumgartner

“Drawing need not be the bones of art, but skill must always be the skeleton of accomplishment.”

Needs Art Skills Bones Drawing Accomplishment Skeletons

Author:Adam Gopnik

“Men expect too much, do too little, Put the contraption before the accomplishment, Lack skill of the interior mind To fashion dignity with shapes of air. Luxury, yes but not elegance!”

Men Mind Littles Too Much Air Fashion Human Nature Shapes Skills Dignity Luxury Accomplishment Interiors Elegance

Book:Collected Poems, 1919-1976

Source: Collected Poems, 1919-1976

“People are much more likely to act on their self-percepts of efficacy inferred from many sources of information rather than rely primarily on visceral cues. This is not surprising because self knowledge based on information about one's coping skills, past accomplishments, and social comparison is considerably more indicative of capability than the indefinite stirrings of the viscera”

People Self Past Social Information Source Skills Accomplishment Rely Comparison Capability Surprising Self Knowledge Coping Stirring Efficacy Visceral Self Efficacy

Book:Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

“Yet when the hour of decision arrives, it turns out that many conservatives care as little as ever about administrative skill and executive accomplishment. Our party and our movement overwhelmingly respond to symbolic cues. Sarah Palin is exciting and appealing. But what kind of executive is she? None of us have even the remotest idea.”

Kind Littles Ideas Care Turns Hours Decision Party Movement Skills Exciting Accomplishment Executives Symbolic Palin Administrative

Author:David Frum

“She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments. Instead of feeling worthy of recognition, they feel undeserving and guilty, as if a mistake has been made. Despite being high achievers, even experts in their fields, women can't seem to shake the sense that it is only a matter of time until they are found out for who they really are- impostors with limited skills or abilities.”

Source: Lean In for Graduates

“With more than half the population now checking their account balances more often as a direct result of the downturn, and with more of us comparing prices in virtually every market, it is natural to turn budget management into a skill, an accomplishment, a badge of lifestyle success.”

Turns Natural Results Business Half Balance Skills Direct Accounts Management Population Lifestyle Compare Budgets Accomplishment Badges Downturn

Author:Joe Staton