“The failure to find the right niche for people - or to let them find their own perfect niches - is a major reason that so many workplaces are mediocre, even toxic, in spite of the presence of talent. Leaders of great groups give them whatever they need and free them from everything else.” PeopleNeedsGivingReasonPerfectLeaderGroupsTalentMajorsSpiteToxicWorkplaceMediocreNiche Author:Warren G. Bennis
“People who become great leaders are those who take time to reflect every day on the big questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? Who are my heroes in history, mythology, and religion? What are my unique talents and how do I express them? These are the qualities of silent reflection that make a great leader, like Jesus.” PeopleBigsPurposeJesusQualityLeaderTalentHeroUniqueReflectionSilentMythologyTake TimeGreat LeaderMy HeroBig QuestionsUnique Talents Author:Deepak Chopra
“There are people at the extremes who aren't able to do anything musically, and then others sort of fall in the middle. And the same thing with math, and the same thing with art. You'll find people who are geniuses, or prodigies at the far end of the bell shaped curve, and I think you will find some of the acquired savants in that category who happened to have been endowed with that kind of talent, which explains why not everyone becomes an acquired savant.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensArtEndsAbleFallHappenedMiddleTalentGeniusExtremesMathWhy NotCategoriesBellsCurvesProdigiesSavants Author:Darold Treffert
“Work hard at everything you do. Never give up. Never quit. Many people have talents but without the hard work you won't get anywhere.” PeopleGivingHardTalentHard WorkGiving UpQuittingNever Giving UpNever Quit Author:Carli Lloyd
“ALEC has forged a unique partnership between state legislators and leaders from the corporate and business community. This partnership offers businessmen the extraordinary opportunity to apply their talents to solve America's problems and build on our opportunities.” StatesProblemAmericaOpportunityCommunityLeaderTalentOffersUniqueExtraordinarySolveCorporatePartnershipBusinessmanLegislatorsForged Author:Ronald Reagan
“All success is quite temporary if you don't work hard enough to maintain where you are. Talent can get you somewhere but character keeps you there. You have to build character along the way and know when and know how to take the victories from situations even though they might seem grim.” IfsKnowsWayHardEnoughCharacterSeemsMightSituationKnow HowTalentHard WorkVictoryTemporaryWhere You AreGrim Author:Mehcad Brooks
“Redefine the sport in terms of your expertise, in terms of your talent, in terms of your strength, in terms of your flair. Make it interesting. Make it something that people want to watch.” PeopleWantSportsTermInterestingWatchesTalentExpertiseFlair Author:George Elliott Clarke
“By giving every child a fair start, we are improving our collective future, including the private sector's ability to find talent in a very competitive global marketplace.” GivingChildrenAbilityTalentFairsIncludingCollectivesImprovingMarketplacePrivate Sector Author:Shakira
“When you can't rely on sticking a pipe in the ground, what you have to rely on is unlocking the energy and talent of all your people - men and women.” PeopleMenEnergyTalentMen And WomenRelyPipeUnlocking Author:Thomas Friedman
“I'm a radical pro-immigration advocate. I'm not saying we just look at the Muslim world or we just look at China, we just look at India as a source of our talent. But, one thing we know... first or second generation or new immigrants or children of immigrants have started about 40% of the Fortune 500 companies. For me it's always been a really very important issue that I want America to be open to the most energetic and talented people from around the world.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantFirstsLooksChildrenImportantAmericaCompanyIssuesGenerationsOne ThingTalentSourceIndiaFortuneChinaImmigrationAround The WorldRadicalImmigrantsEnergeticImportant IssuesMuslim World Author:Thomas Friedman
“Why is it Muslims from Pakistan or from Egypt come to America and thrive, and they are frustrated back home? It's about clean government. It's about a rule of law. It's about intellectual property protection. They've got all the talent and energy of anybody else. As new immigrants they may have more of it, so you put them in our system and they become doctors, lawyers, and businessmen and entrepreneurs.” MayHomeGovernmentAmericaLawEnergyTalentIntellectualDoctorsEntrepreneurPropertyCleanProtectionLawyerThriveImmigrantsFrustratedBusinessmanEgyptPakistanRule Of LawBack HomeIntellectual Property Author:Thomas Friedman
“We are blessed to grow up in a country that is the world's leader. We are blessed to be some of the most well-educated Black persons anywhere to be found in the world. This education and talent can be used in a friendly relationship with Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Asia to develop the wealth and resources of these nations. The friendship of us with our kith and kin around the world would cause both sides to benefit exponentially, based upon how well we develop these relationships.” WorldWellsPersonsCountryUsedFoundNationsGrowsCausesSidesBlackWealthLeaderGrowing UpMiddleTalentBenefitsResourcesBlessedEastEducatedAround The WorldFriendlyMiddle EastAsiaBoth SidesCaribbeanWell EducatedBlack Person Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.” MenWorldGivingWellsMightArtistMy OwnAbilityRaceTalentTypeHealthyDoctorsGive MeTrainLawyerTendenciesChiefsGuaranteesDozenAncestorThievesVocationInfantSelectBeggarMerchantsSpecialists Author:John B. Watson
“I always say that talent and capability is everywhere, all it needs is opportunity.” NeedsOpportunityTalentCapability Author:Kathrine Switzer
“The influence that Oakland has on my sound is about 90%. There's so many different elements to Oakland. Of course you have the street elements, but then you also have the culture and there's so much culture around. It's a competitive city, it's full of just great artists and talent. It gave me the confidence, the passion, the realness I try my hardest to portray, so it has had about 90% influence on me.” TryingDifferentArtistCulturePassionCoursesSoundCitiesInfluenceStreetsTalentElementsHardestGreat ArtGreat ArtistRealnessOakland Author:Adrian Marcel
“We know the potentiality of Nigeria and the talent and the resources and to see it having no effect on the lives of the people, on the infrastructure, the roads, the hospitals, the schools, seeing no effect of these talents, these recourses is very frustrating. But it is the result of the damage that was done to the country, especially during the various military regimes.” PeopleKnowsCountryDoneSchoolResultsSeeingEffectsTalentMilitaryResourcesVariousDamageHospitalsRegimesFrustratingInfrastructureNigeriaRecourse Author:Chinua Achebe
“Good leaders, competent leaders must see it as primary task to create friendliness. This something within the scope of most people. Now artists, like writers and sort of course have an added option of using their scale and talent with this in view. It is their business to create an environment in which our people will prosper and be happy.” PeopleArtistCoursesViewsLeaderEnvironmentTalentTasksScalesPrimariesScopeCompetentGood LeaderFriendliness Author:Chinua Achebe
“I make non-fiction partly because I'm not that good of a writer. My talent, if I have any, is in balancing, capturing and directing reality, rather than creating scenarios.” IfsRealityFictionTalentCreatingScenariosNon Fiction Author:Robert Greene
“I know people who've passed every creative writing course under the sun and who are more analytically intelligent and far better-read than I, but who just can't write either fiction or drama. It's like any art-form. In order for talent to be developed, crafted, it's got to be there in the first place.” PeopleKnowsWritingFirstsArtFormOrderCoursesFictionSunCreativeTalentDramaIntelligentCreative Writing Author:Suhayl Saadi
“I feel like if we're blessed enough to be given talent, to be given an opportunity, then why not take that opportunity and make it for someone's betterment you know?” IfsKnowsFeelsEnoughOpportunityGivenTalentBlessedWhy NotBetterment Author:Kelly Rowland
“I think nowadays we're often sidetracked by what somebody got popular doing with all due respect to what they do, but it should be about the talent.” ThinkingShouldTalentDues Author:Kelly Rowland
“I feel that all of us can contribute something, and it doesn't have to be money. It can just be service or talent.” FeelsTalent Author:Freida Pinto
“Talent doesn't appear over night. It takes a lot of work and honing your craft, but also don't give up because people may say you're not good enough. I had so many teachers in high school and college saying "You're not going to make it. You're not. You can't." Luckily I had enough people around me who said I could.” PeopleGivingMaySaidEnoughSchoolNightTeacherTalentCollegeGiving UpHigh SchoolCraftsGood EnoughDon't Give UpHad EnoughNot Good EnoughHoning Author:Lea Michele
“I think Melissa McCarthy is a force of nature. She's just incredible. And it's purely her talent that has rocketed her in such little time from a marvelous supporting role in "Bridesmaids" to being the lead in several films that are coming out this year. She's extraordinary.” ThinkingYearsLittlesFilmForceRolesTalentExtraordinaryIncrediblesComing OutMarvelousLittle TimeLead InForces Of NatureMelissaSupporting RolesBridesmaids Author:Seth Gordon
“Hard work does pay, and you just have to continue to work, and you got two guys, when you're talking about Gary and myself, we have a God-given talent, but we worked at it and we're happy to be where we are today.” DoeTwoHardTodayGuyGivenPayTalkingTalentHard WorkBasketballGaryTwo GuysGod Given Talents Author:Jason Kidd
“In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had to be patient until the public accepted me. As a result, my early films didn't get a lot of attention. As a serious film actor, things didn't take off, either. Only my comic talents were recognized.” PeopleMindFilmActorsResultsAttentionTalentSeriousDirectorsPatientAcceptedComicBe PatientFilm Actors Author:Takeshi Kitano
“I'm not an experimental artist. I have no talent for that. I need a certain kind of antecedent form to follow.” NeedsKindFormArtistCertainTalent Author:Tony Kushner
“I felt like a fake the whole time and it made me very, very nervous - which is why I have such great respect for actors, because I can't do what they do. I really can't do it. I'm always uncomfortable. And I'm just grateful that I recognized that this uncomfortable-ness was a sign that I shouldn't be doing it. More than not having any talent - which is clearly obvious - more than not having any talent, it was so uncomfortable and I was so insecure. And I was so frightened. And the thought of being somebody other than myself was impossible for me.” MadeI CanWholeActorsFeltImpossibleTalentGratefulObviousNervousUncomfortableFakeFrightenedInsecureBecause I CanGreat Respect Author:Sherry Lansing
“Even if you have the talent, you still have to push yourself. I don't think dreams magically appear, that's why they're called dreams. But if you do want to make that dream a reality, then you have to push yourself. It takes a lot of hard work, and if you don't have the focus, then it's going to be all the harder. If you have a big dream, it takes all of the above to achieve it: passion, the focus and the effort.” IfsThinkingWantStillsHardDreamBigsRealityPassionEffortFocusAchieveTalentHard WorkHarderPush Yourself Author:Gabby Douglas
“One of my heroes is Mr. Sidney Poitier. In his autobiography, "The Measure of a Man," he talks about the difference between being a great person and being a great actor. I'm happiest when I'm acting, and I've dedicated my life to it. Still, as much as I love acting, at the end of the day, I want to be remembered as a great person, first, and as a great actor, second. I believe that acting is a talent while being a great person encompasses so much more: being a good father, a good husband and the ability to show compassion for others.” MenBelieveFatherI BelieveAbilityActingCompassionTalentHeroHusbandDedicatedAutobiographyMy HeroGreat PersonGood FatherGood HusbandMeasure Of A Man Author:Michael Ealy
“Once you have the light of God within you, you see things within yourself that you did not know existed. Things that were hidden in darkness are now in light. I see myself as able to forgive... to love... I even see talents in myself that I didn't see before.” DarknessTalentForgiving Author:Tasha Smith
“There's some advice for the next generation. If there's a dream in your heart, never let anyone tell you you've got no talent. Get out there, embarrass yourself, and prove to the world you've got no talent. And then give up. 'Cause not everyone can be a genius like me.” WorldGivingHeartDreamAdviceTalentGeniusProveGiving UpNext Generation Author:Murdoc Niccals
“I do feel that both visual artists and writers look out at the world in a similar way, and wonder at what they see. They want to record the visual world in their own, distinctive ways. We could call it "attention to detail," which also makes a good carpenter, for instance. To be what Emerson called the "transparent eyeball" (which is a phrase that makes me a little queasy) is a noble quest, I feel. It's a quest for honesty, and as Frost put it, a momentary stay against confusion. If I had more talent and courage, I would still love to be a painter.” WorldArtistAttentionWonderTalentHonestyConfusionPainterCarpenterVisual Art Author:Connie Wanek
“When I realized that Reuben was a young man who really wanted to be taken seriously, because he was dismissed for being too good looking or because he had too much money - his character really came to life for me. I began to understand that, and see that a lot of people feel this way - misunderstood because of their talents or gifts or background.” PeopleMenCharacterTakenTalentI RealizedLooking GoodMisunderstood Author:Anne Rice
“Bringing humility to the material and to the world and to the talent that was present, that's the true formula for success. When people are allowed to bring their best and you have a director who's not afraid to go in a certain way because he doesn't have an answer all the time... It is such a beautiful lesson and a beautiful experience.” PeopleWorldBeautifulTalentHumilityNot Afraid Author:Enrico Colantoni
“I do hope having done what I did, and America having accepted me the way they did, opens the door for more global talent, which should have representation in global entertainment.” DoneTalentAcceptedRepresentation Author:Priyanka Chopra
“I think some people are born to Entertain. They just have those personalities and they are great at it. Their forte isn't singing so they use auto tune, etc... But they have a lot of talent in entertaining.” PeopleThinkingTalentPersonalitySinging Author:Orianthi
“More and more, leadership, whether it's profit or nonprofit, is about recruiting and keeping talented people. That's the biggest challenge. Yes, you've got to create systems that will enable people easily to innovate continuously; you've got to be a system-builder. But finding and keeping geeks and shrinks is the biggest challenge. That means leaders have got to be salespeople, they've got to be recruiters, and they've got to be actively able to understand and keep the talent they have. Leadership is courtship. That's what it's becoming.” PeopleMeanChallengesLeaderTalentGeekCourtship Author:Robert Reich
“When you're young, you start looking at what you want to do - not just who you want to be, but what you want to do. And I think the tenacity to say, "I'm going to perfect that," is the beginning of a work ethic. It's the beginning of a talent.” ThinkingPerfectTalentEthicsWork EthicTenacity Author:Goldie Hawn
“My advice for anyone who wants to follow in my footsteps: create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.” PathDoubtAdviceTalentFootsteps Author:Ice Cube
“I think talent has a huge amount to do with concentration, concentration rather than the athletic ability of your neurons. If you can concentrate on an esoteric piece of math, how can you think about the rest of your life? That's why people can leave their car keys in the gutter; they're in the midst of obsession and concentration.” PeopleThinkingAbilityTalentCarMathObsessionConcentrationAthletic Author:Ethan Canin
“I'm all about talent. I love talent and I want to work with as much great talent as possible. My job as editor in chief is making the most of everybody's talent and pulling that together into a format that's even better than an individual.” TogetherIndividualTalent Author:Glenda Bailey
“With a good editor you find yourself shaping as you talk and they will ask a couple of questions that open new things. Some are good at line editing too, but there's this other, less visible talent.” TalentCoupleFinding Yourself Author:Ron Rosenbaum
“What I know now is that everybody in life, no matter where you are or what you do, must be able to sell in order to be successful. I used to believe that I could be successful on talent alone. What I realize now is that I can only be successful if I can have people buy my talent.” PeopleBelieveRealizingSuccessfulTalentBeing Successful Author:Don Yaeger
“It's better to over-pay for A-level talent early on, even if you can't afford it. They will drive exponential value and help you win faster.” HelpingValuesWinningTalent Author:Josh Linkner
“If you're fortunate to have talent and getting paid for something you love doing. All you've got to do is perform for 90 minutes.” Talent Author:Paul Gascoigne
“Norway is much more than just oil. We have a rapidly growing fish sector, a high-tech metal and aluminium industry, abundant access to green hydropower with all the opportunities that provides, an educated workforce, and an incredibly potent welfare system where people are allowed to contribute with what they have and what they know. And if that is not enough, our potential has perhaps even been limited by the oil sector draining all the intellectual and creative talent.” PeopleEnoughOpportunityCreativeTalentIntellectualEducatedWelfareMetals Author:Moddi
“I see someone like John Williams, the classical player, and the amount of discipline and the natural ability that man has is so frightening. That requires so much natural talent. And I think my talent came from just practising, and I feel a bit intimidated when I see players that good.” ThinkingMenNaturalAbilityPlayerTalentDisciplineFrighteningIntimidated Author:Ritchie Blackmore
“I like getting feedback from people who show a lot of potential, and it's exciting to witness to new talents developing and bourgeoning. I always try to stay around the newest stuff, I don't like to stay with something that's kind of old or approaching it.” PeopleTryingKindTalentExcitingWitnessFeedback Author:A-Trak