Limitless

Most often our limitations are not from lack of ability but from goals which are not lofty enough. - Lyle

Compulsively Creative

Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition. - Ed Norton


Yup, compulsion is less controllable than ambition.

Great Seamanship

Good seamanship is recovering from an incident at sea. Great seamanship is avoiding an incident at sea. - Unknown

Strive for greatness.

Creativity

Some people create with words or with music or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, "I've never seen anyone run like that before." It's more than just a race, it's a style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative. - Steve Prefontaine


Creativity is not limited to the traditional arts.

Sing Your Song

Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. - Henry Van Dyke

And your song will only get to be the best by singing.

Notables Are Exceptional

You either have to be first, best or different. - Loretta Lynn

Be sure to develop your talent first.

Attitude, Not Aptitude

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. - Denis Waitley 


Conceit is not the attitude to which he refers.

Coming to Your Lifetime.............

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions. - Albert Einstein

Be sure and include a person of imagination on your team if you are to have future attractions.

(Other posts on Imagination)

Boxing Match

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. - Wilson Mizner


Without the fancy footwork you're just a klutz throwing punches.


(Other posts on Talent)

Management of Great Qualities

It is not enough to have great qualities; We should also have the management of them. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld 


Perhaps there should be a special university for celebrity stars and sports figures.......


(Other posts on Education)

Talented

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Be sure one of your talents is to recognize mediocrity.


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Step Up to the Plate

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. - Sydney Smith 


We need all of your talent - step up.


(Other posts on Talent) 

Hypocritical Humility

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change. - Frank Lloyd Wright 


Seems to have worked for him.


(Other posts on Honesty) 

Education vs Intelligence - Guest Blog

You're not dumb, just under-educated - Lyle Wilson

When the old man tutors kids he always believes that the road to success can only be cleared by eliminating reasons (prejudice, intelligence) why you can't succeed. You or the people around you can always give you a perfect reason to fail.

Content as Enemy

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. - Paul Valery 


The same could be said for blogs, e-books, You Tube videos and movies - just the content part though.


(Other posts on Achievement) 

A Serious Idea

Serious-minded people have few ideas. People with ideas are never serious. - Paul Valery 


Creative people have fun.


(Other post on Ideas) 

Competent Imagination

Competence is not the same thing as imagination. - Seth Godin


And to a certain extent they are mutually exclusive. It takes both kinds but when you find the one who has both - hire them.


(Other posts on Imagination)

The Short View

If each of us hires people smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. - David Ogilvy


It's hard to see farther standing on the shoulders of dwarfs.


(Other posts on Talent)

Creation

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. - Ansel Adams

If a man is going to do more than merely survive then he must create. 

Creative Dreaming

Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare. - Frederick Henry Hedge

Creative - maybe; productive - doubtful.