How Good You Are at Something is Far Less Important than What You Do with It

https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/Do you know of anyone good at something, but who isn’t putting that skill to use as well as it could be? Are you good at anything that you’re not putting to the best use? I think if we thought hard, we would be able to find examples of both. Some who may not be so judgmental of others may be challenged to find examples in others, but I dare say if you couldn’t find examples for yourself, you should either think harder, or go get tested for a number of psychological disorders.

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Many Jacks of Few Trades are Masters of None

https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/In what top percentile of people who do something do you need to belong to be considered as a master at it? Top 1%? 10%? 25%? The smaller was your answer, the more people who do that thing can’t be a master at it. Among them, that will be the thing many do best so barring a few quirks in statistics, they won’t be a master at anything else, either.

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Down is Not the Only Way to Go when at the Top

https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/When you’ve been at the top of anything in rank, did you think down was the only way you could go from there? Do you think most champions, and people at the top of any level, in anything, think down is the only way they could go from there?

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Heart Over Matter

https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/Is grit and determination a matter of the mind or of the heart? That depends if you were answering scientifically metaphorically, socially, spiritually, or some other means.

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Don’t Live with a Chip on your Shoulder, Live with One on Each

https://digitalcitizen.ca/category/my-quotes/Have you ever lived with a chip on your shoulder, also known as a grudge? What was that like? Did you enjoy it?

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