“I think the key is never being satisfied with your skills and you have to constantly learn. I say this all the time, I sound like a broken record, but if you are not getting better in this sport you are getting worse” IfsThinkingSportsSoundRecordsBrokenKeysSkillsSatisfiedGet Better Author:Kenny Florian
“With the skills that I have and with my commitment to getting better I don't see any reason I can't win every single fight I'm in.” I CanReasonFightingWinningSkillsCommitmentGet BetterMmaCan't Win Author:Daniel Cormier
“Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills Over time, [meditators'] brains become finely tuned willpower machines.” SelfAsksBrainSkillsMachinesWideRangeGet BetterSelf ControlWillpowerMeditatingIt Gets Better Author:Kelly McGonigal
“Motivation aside, if people get better at these life skills, everyone benefits: The brain doesn't distinguish between being a more empathic manager and a more empathic father.” PeopleIfsMotivationalMotivationFatherBrainSkillsBenefitsManagersGet BetterLife Skills Author:Daniel Goleman
“If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.” IfsKnowsShowsJobsClassStudentsSkillsComputerGet BetterEmployeeMotivatedBetter JobsStanfordPrinceton Author:Daphne Koller
“So I hope to stretch my acting skills. I got to a point in my dancing where I felt like I did so much hard work and I achieved a lot of great things, and I wanted to try something else and put that same kind of commitment that I did into my dancing into something that I was also passionate about. I had so many opportunities with my dance and now I'm just excited to get better as an actress.” TryingKindHardWantedOpportunityFeltActingHard WorkSkillsCommitmentDancingPassionateExcitedActressesGreat ThingsGet Better Author:Julianne Hough
“A demanding performance challenge tends to create a Team. In any situation requiring a combination of multiple skills, experiences and judgments, a team inevitably gets better results than a collection of individuals. Teams provide the kind of responsiveness, speed, on-line customization and quality that is beyond the reach of individual performance.” KindIndividualChallengesLinesResultsQualitySituationTeamSkillsJudgmentPerformancesEducationalSpeedCombinationGet BetterCollectionsTeamworkMultipleResponsivenessIndividual Performance Author:John Katzenbach
“My students - all adults - bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the class progresses.” WritingFirstsClassProgressStudentsSkillsAdultsGet BetterFirst ClassWriting Skills Author:James Thayer
“I speak Mandarin and can read and write a little. I took a few classes at Harvard to get better in my reading and writing skills.” WritingLittlesReadingSpeakClassSkillsGet BetterHarvardReading And WritingWriting Skills Author:Jeremy Lin