“When you have some skills but don't fully understand your environment, there is no way you can be a plus one. At best, you can be a zero. But a zero isn't a bad thing to be. You're competent enough not to create problems or make more work for everyone else. And you have to be competent, and prove to others that you are, before you can be extraordinary. There are no short-cuts, unfortunately.” WayEnoughProblemEnvironmentCuttingSkillsProveExtraordinaryPlusBad ThingsZeroBe YouOur EnvironmentCompetentShort Cuts Book:An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth Source: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
“Extraordinary potential exists in all of us. With the right environment, resources, skills and knowledge, 'ordinary' people can produce extraordinary results.” PeopleResultsEnvironmentProduceSkillsOrdinaryResourcesExtraordinaryOrdinary PeopleSkills And Knowledge Author:Kevin Eikenberry
“When I arrive in Los Angeles in the entertainment community, and I use implements like a shovel and a hammer, our society has distanced itself so far from working with its hands that those incredibly pedestrian skills are perceived as somehow being extraordinary.” UseHandsCommunitySkillsExtraordinaryEntertainmentOur SocietyLos AngelesHammersShovelsPedestrians Author:Nick Offerman
“The extraordinary language of Nonviolent Communication is changing how parents relate to children, teachers to students, and how we all related to each other and even to ourselves. It is precise, disciplined, and enormously compassionate. Most important, once we study NVC we can't ignore the potential for transformation that lies in any difficult relationship - if we only bother to communicate with skill and empathy.” IfsChildrenImportantLyingLanguageParentDifficultStudyTeacherStudentsCommunicationSkillsEmpathyTransformationExtraordinaryCommunicateRelateBotherRelatedCompassionatePreciseNonviolent CommunicationTeacher StudentDifficult Relationship Author:Bernie Glassman
“And the maestro surely wielded the chairman's baton with extraordinary skill. His stellar record suggests that the only right answer to the age-old question of whether it is better to be lucky or good may be: both.” MayAgeAnswersRecordsLuckySkillsExtraordinaryChairmanRight AnswersBatonStellarMaestro Author:Alan Blinder
“Here is a vocation that will bring you more satisfaction than if you became a millionaire ten times over: Develop the extraordinary skill for detecting the burdens of others and devote yourself daily to making them lighter.” IfsTenSkillsExtraordinarySatisfactionBurdenVocationMillionaireLighters Author:John Piper
“One skill you want to master in this day and age we live in, if you want to have an extraordinary life, is the ability to learn rapidly” IfsWantAgeLife IsAbilityMastersSkillsExtraordinaryThis DayOrdinary LifeExtraordinary Life Author:Tony Robbins
“There are moments, moments of fun but it's never necessarily a wink/wink. It's just interesting and odd and crazy things happen inside the world just like a crazy thing happened inside our world. So we don't shy away from that stuff. We take semi-ordinary characters, even though they have their own skill sets, we take those guys and we drop them into extraordinary situations and watch how the get out of them.” WorldMomentsCharacterHappensGuyFunStuffInterestingSituationWatchesHappenedCrazySkillsOrdinaryExtraordinaryThings HappenOddShyOur WorldCrazy Things Author:Todd Farmer
“There are big questions about the sort of skills you need in modern government today. You put politicians in charge of billions of dollars with absolutely no training and very little support system around them. It's an extraordinary thing.” NeedsLittlesBigsGovernmentTodaySupportModernPoliticianSkillsTrainingDollarsExtraordinaryBillionsExtraordinary ThingsBig QuestionsSupport Systems Author:Tony Blair
“People generally have the idea that Donald Trump is a great communicator. And the press has acknowledged this guy has extraordinary communication skills. I think what doesn't come through is his humility. I know some people might laugh at that comment, and he likes promoting his brand. But at times he can be extremely humble. He likes people and wants to help people.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantIdeasHelpingMightGuyLaughingHumilityCommunicationTrumpSkillsPressesExtraordinaryHumbleLikesBrandsCommunication SkillsCommentThis GuyPromotingCommunicators Author:Christopher Ruddy