A lot of
being great at something is having the right coaching, and part of the right coaching is someone telling you where you're not gonna make it and where you are.
Work capacity follows the principle of specificity — you can get good at one thing while not
being great at something else.
It's tough to hope to
be great at something and have it come true if you don't practice it often.
«Most companies that
are great at something... do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us) because they are afraid to hurt their initial business.
If you want to
be great at something, learn from the experts.
You need to
be great at something: technology back - end, front - end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership → whatever.
There are two components to success; 1 —
Be GREAT at something the market is willing to pay for, 2 — Be GREAT at promoting that skill.
So they're great at something when they're 15 or 16, and we actually believe that if we haven't found fame by the time we're 24, we've missed our window.
Most companies that
are great at something — like AOL dialup or Borders bookstores — do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us).
Sometimes you have to admit when
you are great at something.
Everyone
is great at something.
Anyone can claim that
they are great at something but it takes a lot of effort to prove that you are competent enough to do it.
Not exact matches
«Deep down
at heart, we
are like kids
at Christmas and want to
be surprised with
something cool,» says Ruhlin «The element of surprise can elevate a gift from good to
great.»
Be Good at Everything and Great at Something Customers expect your business to offer quality at good prices with prompt service, but they don't expect you to be the market leader on all three front
Be Good
at Everything and
Great at Something Customers expect your business to offer quality
at good prices with prompt service, but they don't expect you to
be the market leader on all three front
be the market leader on all three fronts.
It
's obviously geared towards having the chance of a romantic connection, but if it
's not, then there
's a
great chance that it'll
at least
be a friend or someone that might
be a good business connection or
something, and so I think
being geared towards just social discovery generally both makes it a more effective product and also there
's still I feel like a little bit of a stigma associated with online dating, and this makes it just a much more accessible product.
Plus it
's a nice way to evaluate how well a candidate «manages up,»
something that
great employees typically excel
at doing.
Find
something that makes you feel
great at work — whether it
's going for a quick workout or listening to Frank Ocean
's new CD while doing some filing — and work it in to your daily routine.
And Kutcher says the competition
is designed to improve Sound Ventures» chances of finding a winner: «The more companies you look
at, the higher probability that you
are going to find
something that
's great and I think we found
something great today.»
Much as advisers cling to the long - term view of portfolio management, there
's something to
be said from jumping out and in of over - and underperforming asset classes,
at least with money you can afford to put
at greater risk.
This
is something companies should fret about because customers today have a
greater wealth of choices than
at any time in history.
A look
at this list as a whole reveals
something altogether more interesting than who had the
greatest number of grumpy customers: of the worst 20 companies in the index, seven
were telecommunications companies, five
were airlines, and four
were public utilities.
If we looked
at it that way, we would probably feel very different in those low moments, because we could really embrace the idea that
something great must
be around the corner.
But he
was uniquely good enough
at all of these things, and wove them together into
something far
greater.
They connect with the staff
at every level, which makes employees feel as though they
are a part of
something great.»
At first, I thought leadership
is something that requires lots of charisma and a
great smile.
It
is possible many of our challenges
are at least as much social as they
are economic — related to a lack of community and connection to
something greater than ourselves.
And sometimes, a researcher (or even a schoolteacher) looked
at something in the world around them and realized that it could
be repurposed to
great utility and frequently,
great profit.
Maybe they found
something great at Walgreens to relieve the tension, maybe there
's a
great person in Chelsea who does acupuncture that can solve the problem for me.
If someone does a
great job
at something, give them a shout out in front of the rest of the team so that every effort
is seen and appreciated.
Once he recognized where the attention
was, he became
great at the creative in those platforms, and of course, he never stopped obsessing about what he spent —
something his clients
are sure to appreciate.
«If we could get one person hired
at one
great company that
is going to change the world in some way,» Groesbeck says, «then we could play a little role in doing
something great in the world.»
«The process of becoming really good
at something valuable
is a fulfilling and satisfying process in itself... and
is the foundation for a
great entrepreneurial career.»
While you should always strive to offer high - quality products and
great service to your clients,
being the best
at something can
be harder than
being the first to arrive to a new category or niche.
My theory when traveling abroad
is that if the locals like
something, it
's probably
great, so I should
at least give it a try.
How many times have you stayed
at a
great place and wished you could
be a part of
something like that?
Great Big Story, a new initiative developed by the best digital minds
at CNN,
is an opportunity to capture that spirit again and to really
be on the frontline of
something new.
But
at the right price and with a team that has
something to prove, Yahoo could
be one of the
greatest turnaround stories in history.
Smart companies know that it
's not only those
at the top of the org chart who have
something to share;
great ideas, innovations and advice can come from even the most junior staffers.
The gimmick where every «business lesson» goes back to
something she experienced as a child did get slightly irritating
at times, but overall, this
is a
great read.
This determines,
at an individual level, the returns to education - and it
's something economists don't know a
great deal about.
«While the network in Silicon Valley
is obviously
something that
is great, it can also have an exclusionary effect that prevents investors from looking
at and finding opportunities that exist outside of their networks and outside of their geographies.»
Second, the traditional story implies that lending volume has
something to do with the cost of funds. There
is some truth in this proposition but I would argue that the
greater truth
is that lending
is a demand - driven process shaped by expectations and changing asset valuations (or
at least perceived valuations), which
is why borrowing in the US
is currently in the toilet. Demand just isn't there.
At a deeper level, we found that for leaders to make
something great, their ambition has to
be for the greatness of the work and the company, rather than for themselves.
So
at this point, I think we
're closer to the start of
something great, rather than on the brink of much more pain.
Such people often think they
're visionaries, but really they
're great at turning creativity into
something that runs to a schedule, and therefore can
be bottled and sold.
«We want to pass
something great, and to me the
something great has to
be where we prevent it from happening again,» Trump said, referring to the shooting deaths of 17 students and faculty members
at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14.
It
's also about inspiration, and that
's something digital commerce just isn't
great at — yet.
Great post, keyword research
was something I struggled with
at first.
The temptation to «ride the yield curve» must
be great, and there
is indeed evidence that banks have begun to load up on treasury debt (they must do
something after all, and the private sector
is out
at the moment).
But I tend to
be something of a fatalist in regard to the lifespans of artists (the
great ones,
at least).