Quotes by Tasks I discovered when I went all out, when I put 100 percent of my energy into some intense, impossible task - when my heart was jack-hammering, when lactic acid was sizzling through my muscles - that's when I felt good, normal, balanced. Daniel Coyle tasks energy heart Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership. Daniel Goleman tasks attention needs The task of worrying is to come up with positive solutions for life's perils by anticipating dangers before they arise. If we are preoccupied by worries, we have that must less attention to expend on figuring out the answers. Our worries become self-fulfilling prophecies, propelling us toward the very disaster they predict. Daniel Goleman tasks self worry The monkeys solved the puzzle simply because they found it gratifying to solve puzzles. They enjoyed it. The joy of the task was its own reward. Daniel H. Pink tasks joy inspirational The US wished things to turn out as they did, and worked to bring this about. The department of state desired that the UN prove utterly ineffective in whatever measures it undertook. This task was given to me, and I carried it forward with no inconsiderable success. Daniel Patrick Moynihan given tasks states It is the difficult, but unavoidable, task of the modern individual to assimilate consciously all of the contents - from darkest degradation to profoundest purpose - contained in the psyche. Daniel Pinchbeck degradation tasks purpose Our normal human tendencies are distraction and dissipation. We begin one task, then get seduced by some other option, and lose our focus. We drift away from what is difficult and we know to be true, to what is comfortable and socially condoned. Daniel Pinchbeck independence focus tasks Originally when we talked about language disorder it was a catastrophic language disorder. It's substantial, and from a treatment standpoint it's okay to keep diluting that term, but from a research standpoint we need to be much more precise. I wish somebody would take up the mantle of just that particular task. Darold Treffert tasks wish needs The hugely popular Windows 95 operating system revolutionized the software world thanks to its capability of accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of making Bill Gates even richer than he already was. Dave Barry tasks humor funny I was keen to dispel a familiar misunderstanding: that existentialists somehow relish the alienation of human beings from the world. This may have been Camus's attitude, but it was certainly not that of Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, each of whom tried to show that we can only experience the world in relation to our own projects and purposes. The world is initially one of 'equipment', said Heidegger: it is a world of 'tasks', said Sartre. David E. Cooper tasks purpose attitude One of the most impressive features of brains - and especially human brains - is the flexibility to learn almost any kind of task that comes its way. David Eagleman tasks brain way Producing is a thankless task akin to hotel management. Unfortunately there are not too many good hotel managers. David Hemmings hotel tasks management If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective. David Herbert Donald detectives tasks thinking If you stand with the Customs and Border Protection officers who staff the passport booths at Dulles airport near the nation's capital, their task seems daunting. David K. Shipler airports borders tasks Just enough sense to stick with something-a chore, task, project, until its completed pays off much better than idle intelligence, even if idle intelligence be of genius caliber. David J. Schwartz tasks genius pay I'm obsessed with efficiency. And there are some tasks I need to just leave alone. And there are others - like an evening with one of my daughters or my wife - where I need to toss efficiency aside and simply be in the moment. David Livermore wife daughter tasks Part of the writer's task is to recognize what he's done, then dive back in and make the connections clearer. I'm a strong believer in getting things right the ninth or tenth time. David Lubar connections tasks strong Don't get stampeded by what people around you value. The task is to figure out what YOU value - and value highly enough to throw yourself into with unqualified passion. David Maister passion tasks people She is carrying herself through the day, and it’s not an easy task. David Levithan easy-tasks tasks easy The world is hungry to hear the truth. ... We have it. Are we equal to the task-to the responsibility God has placed upon us? David O. McKay tasks responsibility world «678910111213141516»
