First, the skill of storytelling helps to galvanize your team. Second, the discipline of storytelling requires leaders to be clear about their intentions and to prioritize what fits into the story versus secondary goals and issues. Third, there is possibly an artifact here - great storytellers can make their exploits and achievements sound very exciting and memorable. Successful leaders who are not good storytellers won't get the acknowledgement and appreciation they deserve.
Psychopaths don't have that charming skill set. They definitely manipulate, but they do it through focused, unskilled means. They're more obsessive.
Most people still don't think of qualities like happiness as being a skill, that can be enhanced through training.
My work as a human being is to quiet my mind, open my heart and do what I can to relieve the suffering with as much wisdom, skill, whatever I got.
It's a real testament to the amount of skill and talent involved, across the board, whether it's the production design, the construction, the costume design, the other actors, the way it's shot, the directors we had on it, or obviously John's writing. When things do go well, it sometimes seems easy, in a weird way, but it's actually down to a lot of cogs working in a big machine. But, I'm certainly happy to be going back. I'm excited to carry on.
To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end.
Champions have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill.
Peace is not something you fight for With bombs and missiles that kill, Nor can it be won in a "battle of words" One fashions by scheming and skill For those who are greedy and warlike, Whose avarice for power cannot cease, Can never contribute in helping To bring this world nearer to peace For in seeking peace for all people There is only one place to begin And that is in each home and heart- For the fortress of peace is within!
It is a novel kind of supremacy, the best that life can offer, to have as servants by skill those who by nature are our masters.
'Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship.
To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
What is wisdom? It is the skill to achieve the perfect means by the perfect ends
Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill
It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.
The skill of letting go can be learned, and once learned you will enjoy living much more spontaneously.
Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well-trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.
To listen with empathy is the most important human skill.
The best skill at cards is knowing when to discard.
Cooking is 80 percent confidence, a skill best acquired starting from when the apron strings wrap around you twice.