“If you can refine your skills and eliminate your mistakes, you will start winning. That's the price you must pay to be successful in wrestling, and in most aspects of life.” IfsWinningPayMistakeSuccessfulSkillsAspectBeing SuccessfulWrestlingAspects Of Life Author:Jay Robinson
“One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge righteously. We now live in an age where, apart from the inability to bear even good judgment when it so passes by, still everyone, inevitably, has a viral opinion (judgment) about everything and everyone, but little skill in good judgment as its verification or harness.” LittlesStillsAgeMistakeOpinionTeachingJudgingBearsSkillsJudgmentBiggerOur TimePreachingInabilityHarnessGood JudgmentViralVerification Book:Healology Source: Healology
“I don't think you could teach someone to be a genius, but you can certainly teach them to not make rookie mistakes and to look at writing the way a writer looks at writing, and not just the way a reader looks at writing. There are a lot of techniques and skills that can be taught that will be helpful to anybody, no matter how gifted they are, and I think writing programs can be very good for people.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingLooksMatterMistakeTeachTaughtReaderGeniusSkillsProgramVery GoodTechniqueHelpfulGiftedRookies Author:Michael Chabon
“I've always felt that one of the mistakes people make is that they try to do something that is just slightly beyond their skill set, and then feel they've failed.” PeopleFeelsTryingFeltMistakeSkills Book:Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Source: Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations
“My mistake was to project my skill beyond the limits of experience. I began investing outside the industries which I believe I thoroughly understood, in completely different spheres of activity; situations where I did not have comparable background knowledge.” BelieveDifferentI BelieveMistakeSituationIndustryActivitySkillsLimitsProjectsUnderstoodInvestingBackgroundsSpheresMy MistakesBackground Knowledge Author:Philip Arthur Fisher
“In life, friendships change, divorces happen, people move on, others die. Money and jobs will come and go. Live long enough and your health and body will change. It goes with the territory of being human. The fact that you are still here gives you an advantage. Don't look back. Look straight ahead!! Decide to use all of your knowledge, skills, experiences and your life lessons from your mistakes, defeats and setbacks, to start over again. Life changes. You may not have the same life as before, but you can still enjoy your life!” PeopleGivingHumansLooksMayLongStillsEnoughFactsUseBodyHappensJobsMovingDiesEnjoyLossMistakeLessonsSkillsAdvantageDefeatDivorceRecoveryMoving OnLife ChangingTerritoryLife LessonBeing HumanEnjoy LifeHuman ExperienceComes And GoesStarting OverSetbackLearning From MistakesEnjoy Your Life Author:Les Brown
“Probably the most important skill that children learn is how to learn. ... Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. This is a mistake.” GivingChildrenImportantProblemRememberScienceAnswersMistakeLearningSkillsImportanceSolve Author:Roger Lewin
“[Melinda Gates] is a lot of fun to work with. There's some of the people skills that she's better at and cares about more. It'd be a mistake not to think of her as very numerical and interested in the science. I enjoy, if I get ahead of her, say, understanding the immune system, then we can spend a few hours, where I'm going through how amazing it is and interesting, and how that affects our creating new products, so I've always had a partner.” PeopleIfsThinkingCareFunEnjoyUnderstandingHoursInterestingMistakeProductsSkillsCreatingPartnersGatesImmuneGet AheadImmune SystemNew ProductsPeople Skills Author:Bill Gates
“Probably the biggest mistake that I made personally is I knew early on that I wanted to go into start-ups and creating kind of software that could help change the lives of millions of people. And basically what I did is I kind of went, okay, well, I need a set of titles and I need a checklist of skills, and I ran through all that, and that wasn't a useless thing, but what I didn't realize, and, you know, and no one gave me the right advice for doing this, is that actually your network, in essentially, is your career.” PeopleKnowsNeedsWellsKindMadeHelpingWantedRealizingMistakeCareersMillionsAdviceSkillsCreatingOkayUselessTitlesRanSoftwareBiggest MistakeChecklistsUseless Things Author:Reid Hoffman
“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.” PeopleIfsFeelsHas BeensMadeMatterFeelingsSeemsFoundAbilityMistakeFieldsSkillsWorthyDespiteGuiltyRecognitionAccomplishmentExpertsShakesAchieverMatter Of TimeUndeserving Book:Lean In for Graduates Source: Lean In for Graduates