"When I was in kindergarten, I entered a……" — Tom Rath

"When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week."

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61 Quotes by Tom Rath

Tom Rath has 61 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If you want people to understand that you value their contributions and that they are important, the recognition and praise…
From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.
Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) × Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your…
If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the…
At its fundamentally flawed core, the aim of almost any learning program is to help us become who we are…
The most successful people start with dominant talent—and then add skills, knowledge, and practice to the mix. When they do…
When we build on our strengths and daily successes — instead of focusing on failures — we simply learn more.
When we can see an immediate payoff, we are more likely to change our behavior in the moment. This aligns…
Every human being has talents that are just waiting to be uncovered.
Don’t worry about breaks every 20 minutes ruining your focus on a task. Contrary to what I might have guessed,…
The absence of high-quality friendships is bad for your health, spirits, productivity, and longevity.
People have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their…

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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. — Aristophanes
Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to… — Paul Auster
I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is… — Isaac Asimov
I'd never heard of the 'Lord of the Rings', actually. So I went to the bookstore and there it was,… — Sean Astin
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
Writers and books are cheap dates, especially when you compare the cost of a book with a ticket to the… — Margaret Atwood
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But… — Margaret Atwood
I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed… — Margaret Atwood
I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody… — Margaret Atwood
If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a… — Margaret Atwood
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving market in the sale of… — Norman Ralph Augustine

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