Agents Quote by Ernest Sosa

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Incompetence has one other advantage. Not only does it reduce what others expect and demand of you, it reduces what you expect or even…

— John Holt

If at first you don't succeed, you may be at your level of incompetence already.

— Laurence J. Peter

The problem with incompetence is its inability to recognize itself.

— Orrin Woodward

The person who is afraid to risk failure seldom has to face success. I expected my players to make mistakes, as long as they…

— John Wooden

“Poor performance is rarely because the person is incompetent or a bad person. It’s typically a result of a gap in skill (which is…

— Laszlo Bock

It happens; incompetence is rewarded more often than not.

— Jeff Lindsay

Success is better than failure; an attempt is a better attempt, it is better as an attempt, if competent than if incompetent; and it…

— Ernest Sosa

“The more skill it takes to accomplish a task, the more difficult it is to comprehend the knowledge needed to deal with it, the…

— Luigina Sgarro

One inconvenience... may attend bold and arduous attempts: frequent failure may discourage. This evil, however, is not more pernicious than the slow proficiency which…

— Joshua Reynolds

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, to take a calculated risk - and…

— Maxwell Maltz

“Michael Schrage is right: “A collaboration of incompetents, no matter how diligent or well-meaning, cannot be successful.”

— Jeffrey Pfeffer