“Whenever I mentor people and help them discover their purpose, I always encourage them to start the process by discovering their strengths, not exploring their shortcomings. Why? Because people's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness. It always works that way. You are not called to do something that you have no talent for. You will discover your purpose by finding and remaining in your strength zone.” PeopleWayHelpingLife IsPurposeProcessTalentFindingsConnectedZoneOver YouPurpose Of LifeDiscoveringMentorExploringShortcomingsGiftedness Book:The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs Source: The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs
“Legal immigration is good for America, if it's controlled and structured via the legal process, of course. But the problem is the system we have in place right now is broken. For example, it is completely family based which means that it's based not on what you can do or what talent you have or what merit you bring or what job you could fill, but rather on whether you know someone who already lives here.” IfsKnowsMeanProblemJobsAmericaCoursesProcessCan DoTalentExampleBrokenRight NowImmigrationMeritControlledIllegal ImmigrationLegal Immigration Author:Marco Rubio
“Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study; a constant process of honing. Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.” HardIndividualForceProcessWorkStudySuccessfulCuttingTalentHard WorkTablesConstantDullKnivesSaltCommodityCheaperHoning Book:Danse Macabre Source: Danse Macabre
“Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.” WantProcessEnjoyTalentSatisfactionProductionsFinishedGenuineGreat TalentMannerisms Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Had I not gone through the ordeal, in more than one country, of landing a job, I would he tempted to lose patience over the number of letters pouring in from fellows who want me or someone else to hand them a job on a silver platter with a guarantee that they will receive the wonderful promotion their talents warrant.... But a tragic number of young men and even older men have a notion that it is not up to them to prosecute the bettering process. They look to someone else to perform the trick for them.” MenWantLooksCountryHandsJobsYoungProcessLosesNumbersGoneWonderfulTalentLettersFellowsNotionTricksYoung ManGuaranteesTragicSilverWant MeTemptedPromotionPouringLandingGuarantees ThatWarrantsOrdealsOlder ManSilver Platter Author:B. C. Forbes
“Mastery is not a function of I.Q. or natural talent or wealthy parents who can send you to the best school, but rather the result of going through a learning process, fueled by the desire to grow and the persistence to push past any obstacles.” SchoolPastDesireGrowsProcessParentNaturalResultsTalentFunctionObstaclesPersistenceWealthyMasteryLearning ProcessNatural TalentBest School Author:Robert Greene
“What I like about teaching is the discipline of finding words to unpack the artistic process. And I admire the drive in students who want to write, the mystery of how artistic talent unfolds.” WantWritingProcessMysteryTeachingTalentStudentsDisciplineFindingsAdmireArtisticArtistic ProcessArtistic Talent Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I think filmmaking should be a wonderfully free collaborative process, and it so very rarely is. I often see directors as jailers of my talent.” ThinkingShouldProcessTalentDirectorsFilmmakingJailer Author:Gary Oldman
“I pay attention to what's going on around me. I'm always looking for new energy, new talent, new voices. When you do that I think it's easier to come up with fresh ideas. It's not that my career has been based on surprising people, but it's been about challenging myself - to constantly do new things that are going to broaden my own mind and in the process, hopefully, connect with other people.” PeopleThinkingMindHas BeensIdeasEnergyProcessVoiceChallengesMy OwnPayAttentionCareersTalentEasierCome UpHopefullyPay AttentionSurprisingNew ThingsNew EnergyChallenging MyselfNew TalentFresh Ideas Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Even during the casting process, the pools of talent are so deep when you have a call for Latin women or black women or a middle-aged woman because they never get their shot. There's so much talent there.” ProcessBlackMiddleTalentShotsLatinPoolBlack WomenCastingMiddle AgedLatin Women Author:Jenji Kohan