“In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in archery, you can't try to force it step-by-step-by-step. Then the shot doesn't flow and it's not a good shot. If you just let the performance flow, it's really beautiful.” IfsTryingBeautifulForceStepsBrokenKeysShotsFlowPerformancesPianoHittingReally BeautifulArcheryNot Pretty Author:Miranda Leek
“Spend some effort in figuring out why each decision did or did not pan out. Doing that systematically is key: really try to question the way you make decisions, and improve it.” WayTryingChoicesDecisionEffortKeys Author:Daniel Kahneman
“A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed positions and argue in favor of their views as they try to convince others to change. At best this may produce agreement or compromise, but it does not give rise to anything creative.” PeopleGivingTryingMayDoeDifferencesViewsCreativePositionProduceKeysOrdinaryArguingFavorsDialogueCompromiseDiscussionFixedConvinceLatterAgreement Author:David
“I think being open-minded about what Nature is trying to tell you is the key to being creative and successful.” ThinkingTryingCreativeSuccessfulKeysBe CreativeOpen MindedBeing Open Minded Author:Bonnie Bassler
“When I was growing up, I would try to sing out of key very consciously. I was probably afraid of trying too hard to do something beautiful, and then I just wasn't good enough. But I've learned that I was also on the outside - wanting more challenge by living in that more conventional world.” WorldTryingHardEnoughBeautifulChallengesGrowing UpGrowingKeysI've LearnedGood EnoughConventionalSomething BeautifulWanting MoreTrying Too Hard Author:Jenny Hval
“As a parent you walk around trying to be perfect, but you don't have to be perfect. That's the key. You just have to be faithful, and when I say faithful I mean you have to give your all.” GivingTryingMeanParentWalksPerfectKeysFaithfulBeing FaithfulTrying To Be Perfect Author:Terry Crews
“If you have a business website; make it stickier; redo the merchandising often and try new things until you hit the right homepage...then try and beat that. The most important audience drivers on the internet are paid search and key word optimization. Concentrate on those. They are very inexpensive compared to banner advertising.” IfsTryingImportantAudienceKeysInternetBeatsPaidAdvertisingDriversNew ThingsWebsiteBannerInexpensiveOptimizationMerchandisingRedos Author:Lynda Resnick