“Jesus tended to honor the losers of this world, not the winners. Our modern culture extravagantly rewards beauty, athletic skill, wealth, and artistic achievement, qualities which seemed to impress Jesus not at all.” WorldCultureJesusWealthQualityModernThis WorldHonorSkillsAchievementRewardsArtisticWinnerLoserImpressAthleticModern Culture Author:Philip Yancey
“All one can do is to achieve nakedness, to be what one is with all one's faculties and perceptions, strengthened by all the skill which one can acquire. And then to stand before the judgement of time.” Can DoAchieveSkillsAchievementPerceptionJudgementAcquireFaculty Author:Stephen Spender
“I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building.” ThinkingHandsEyeAbleBuildingSkillsAchievementModelsConstructionArchitectTransfersCoordination Author:Frank Gehry
“In baseball, when you get into the batter's box, that's it. It's just you. It's one man against the world. All that matters in that moment is your individual achievement and your individual skill. There is literally nothing that anyone else on your team can do for you. Hell, they're all sitting on the bench, waiting to see what happens, just like the fans in the crowd! It's just you and your bat. And the ball.” MenWorldMatterMomentsHappensIndividualWaitingCan DoHellTeamFansSkillsAchievementSittingBaseballBallsCrowdsBoxesThat MomentOne ManBatsBenchesIndividual AchievementSitting On The Bench Book:Boy Toy Source: Boy Toy
“The greatest successes grow out of great failures. In numerous instances the result is better that comes after a series of abortive experiences than it would have been if it had come at once; for all these successive failures induce a skill which is so much additional power working into the final achievement.... The hand that evokes such perfect music from the instrument has often failed in its touch, and bungled among the keys.... Every disappointed effort fences in and indicates the only possible path of success, and makes it easier to find.” IfsHas BeensHandsGrowsPerfectResultsEffortPathKeysEasierSkillsAchievementInstrumentsSeriesFinalsInstanceDisappointedFenceEvokeGreatest Success Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin
“We found out that the young people who had a substantial number of lessons in the Resolving Conflict Creatively Curriculum ... not only did better in terms of people skills, that they managed their emotions, they were less violent and more caring, but they actually did better on their academic achievement tests.” PeopleYoungFoundTermNumbersEmotionYouthLessonsSkillsConflictAchievementTestsCaringViolentResolveResolutionAcademicCurriculumWin WinPeople SkillsAcademic AchievementResolving Conflict Author:Linda Lantieri
“Regression analyses show that self-efficacy contributes to achievement behavior beyond the effects of cognitive skills” SelfShowsEffectsSkillsBehaviorAchievementAnalysisCognitiveEfficacySelf EfficacyRegression Author:Albert Bandura
“Research indicates that the desire to achieve the skills associated with success is more highly correlated with achievement than the desire for success itself.” DesireAchieveSkillsAchievementResearchDesire To AchieveDesire For Success Author:Marshall Goldsmith
“..I heard Ori Kam and was deeply impressed with his achievements as a violist. His technical and interpretive skills are truly unique. I see a great future for him.” HeardSkillsAchievementUniqueImpressedGreat Future Author:Itzhak Perlman
“I think so much emphasis these days is placed upon achievement and skill and assessment that the joy has gone out of reading for many kids. Students become distracted by struggling to learn to read or by the pressure to achieve.” ThinkingKidsJoyReadingStruggleGoneAchieveStudentsSkillsAchievementPressureThese DaysEmphasisDistractedAssessment Author:Emma Walton Hamilton
“What really matters for success, character, happiness and life long achievements is a definite set of emotional skills - your EQ - not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests.” LongMatterCharacterLeadershipAbilityEmotionEmotionalSkillsAchievementTestsIntelligenceConventionalDefiniteLong LifeCognitiveLife And Happiness Author:Daniel Goleman
“Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the "Trusting Mindset."” MindStatesSinAbilityBusinessSkillsAchievementPerformancesMindsetFlatsState Of MindQuestioningSquirrels Book:Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More Source: Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More