#professionalism

He was a volatile mixture of confidence and vulnerability. He could deliver extended monologues on professional matters, then promptly stop in his tracks to peer inquisitively into his guest's eyes for signs of boredom or mockery, being intelligent enough to be unable fully to believe in his own claims to significance. He might, in a past life, have been a particularly canny and sharp-tongued royal advisor. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#intelligence #professionalism #significance #vulnerability #intelligence

Presenting leadership as a list of carefully defined qualities (like strategic, analytical, and performance-oriented) no longer holds. Instead, true leadership stems from individuality that is honestly and sometimes imperfectly expressed.... Leaders should strive for authenticity over perfection. ↗

— Sheryl Sandberg

#leadership #professionalism #leadership

[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'" (One On 1, interview with Budd Mishkin; NY1, March 25, 2007.) ↗

— David Halberstam

#basketball #david-halberstam #julius-erving #professionalism #sports

You thought you knew what food was, you thought it was elemental. You forgot how much restaurant there was in restaurant food and how much home was in homemade. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#home #professionalism #food

It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#eating #ever #form #me #most

Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they're not teaching because of the financial rewards. ↗

— John Engler

#financial #given #i #i think #michigan

Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#aside #hard #liberal #network #new

What can we say about a marketing culture that so openly feeds and colludes with obsession? The Disney empire has developed this to an unprecedented degree of professionalism. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#culture #degree #developed #disney #empire

Ordinary professionalism and 20 years' experience can accomplish a lot, but it can't access the hidden places. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

#accomplish #experience #hidden #lot #ordinary

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last. ↗

— Tim Berners-Lee

#being #comes #last #makes #professional