My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too. 2.19K
What they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new. -Steve Jobs 680
I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school. 575
The only success worth one’s powder was success in the line of one’s idiosyncrasy… what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be? 611
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. 2K
Enjoying success requires the ability to adapt. Only by being open to change will you have a true opportunity to get the most from your talent. 1.65K
The winner’s edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner’s edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success. 557
