"People have several times more potential for growth……" — Tom Rath
"People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies."
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61 Quotes by Tom Rath
Tom Rath has 61 quotes on this site.
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If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise…
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From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.
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Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) × Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your…
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If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the…
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At its fundamentally flawed core, the aim of almost any learning program is to help us become who we are…
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The most successful people start with dominant talent—and then add skills, knowledge, and practice to the mix. When they do…
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When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.
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When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns…
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Every human being has talents that are just waiting to be uncovered.
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Don’t worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed,…
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The absence of high-quality friendships is bad for your health, spirits, productivity, and longevity.
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Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort.
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More Correcting Quotes
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one of 121 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service…
— Roger Babson
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How hard you work at correcting your faults reveals your character.
— John Wooden
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If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm…
— Confucius
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[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best…
— Carl Sagan
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Science is continually correcting what it has said. Fertile corrections... science is a ladder... poetry is a winged flight... An…
— Victor Hugo
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Scientists are human-they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is…
— Unknown Author
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When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.
— Woodrow Wilson
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What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is…
— G. M. Trevelyan
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The best way is to read it all every day from the start, correcting as you go along, then go…
— Ernest Hemingway
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The teacher's role in discussion is to keep it going along fruitful lines - be moderating, guiding, correcting and arguing…
— Mortimer Adler
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The 'environmental crisis' has happened because the human household or economy is in conflict at almost every point with the…
— Wendell Berry
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