Quotes About Improvement

Every album I just try to step it up. I don't try to overdo myself, overpower myself.

Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement.

Being quickest in practice is nice. It builds a lot of confidence overnight.

Small changes lead to big ones. But big changes - trying to become a different person overnight - usually lead to defeat.

A disturbing possibility is that overtime is not so much a means to increase the quantity of work time as to improve its average quality.

Some of the best advice I ever received was "Man, that was terrible".

If you stop training and learning you start sinking. Nobody can float: You're either rising or sinking. It's been this way for a thousand years. The only difference is that you can rise, or you'll sink, a whole lot faster now.

Would you like to improve your performance at the gentle, satisfying, and profitable art of selling? Maybe you don't like

Like a muscle, your creative abilities will grow and strengthen with practice.

Noticing that something is broken is an essential prerequisite for coming up with a creative solution to fix

I've learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.

Neglect of what is genuinely human is the major reason why so many people in American business right now feel more victimized than helped by the latest management techniques and companywide processes for improvement.

Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished.  The person you are right now is as transient, as fleeting and as temporary as all the people you've ever been. The one constant in our lives is change. Daniel Gilbert

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence -- only in constant improvement and constant change.

If you want to improve in chess," wrote Ericsson, "you don't do it by playing chess. You do it with solitary study of the grandmasters' games.

steep learning curve means you're climbing faster. And the steepest learning curves come right away.

We often interrupt people at the beginner stage, forgetting that talent can take time.

Compliments make you weak because they can trick you into thinking you've finished your journey when the heels of your boots aren't even worn down yet. Praise is a song to the ears but an enemy of improvement.

Be careful what you practice--you may get really good at the wrong thing.

Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.

Sucking at something every once in a while is how you achieve greatness in the long run.

Erasers are your friends on the road to success.

How are you going to live your purpose if you don't face your fears? How are you going to get better if you don't get better?