expertise Quotes

“Researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.”

“But before he could become an expert, someone had to give him the opportunity to learn how to be an expert.”

“We told them that trying to do things they can’t yet do, failing, and learning what they need to do differently is exactly the way experts practice.”

“There is no technique, there is just the way to do it. Now, are we going to measure or are we going to cook?”

“Perhaps my only real expertise, my only talent, is to endure beyond the endurable.”

“Most of us take pride in our knowledge and expertise, and in staying true to our beliefs and opinions. That makes sense in a stable world, where we get rewarded for having conviction in our ideas. The problem is that we live in a rapidly changing world, where we need to spend as much time rethinking as we do thinking.”

The Count of Monte Cristo remained a quarter of an hour with them, conversing on all subjects with the greatest ease. He was, as we have already said, perfectly well acquainted with the literature of all countries. A glance at the walls of his salon proved to Franz and Albert that he was a connoisseur of pictures. A few words he let fall showed them that he was no stranger to the sciences, and he seemed much occupied with chemistry.