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#260 - Daily MG - The Mundanity of Excellence by Daniel F. Chambliss - 6 of 6

"Excellence is mundane. Superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities, each one learned or stumbled upon, which have been carefully drilled into habit and then are fitted together in a synthesized hole". 

#259 - Daily MG - The Mundanity of Excellence by Daniel F. Chambliss - 5 of 6

"Talent is indistinguishable from its affects. One cannot see talent exists until after its affects have become obvious".

#258 - Daily MG - The Mundanity of Excellence by Daniel F. Chambliss - 4 of 6

"Stratification in the sport is discrete, not continuous".

#257 - Daily MG - The Mundanity of Excellence by Daniel F. Chambliss - 3 of 6

"Different levels of sport are qualitatively distinct. So consider three dimensions: technique, discipline, and attitude".

#256 - Daily MG - The Mundanity of Excellence by Daniel F. Chambliss - 2 of 6

"Excellence is achieved through qualitative differentiation, not through quantitative increases in activity"

#255 - Daily MG - The Mundanity of Excellence by Daniel F. Chambliss - 1 of 6

Three places excellence does NOT come from: "1. Excellence is not the product of socially deviant personalities. 2. Excellence does not result from quantitative changes in behavior. 3. Excellence does not result from some special inner quality of the athlete. "Talent" is one common name for this quality; sometimes we talk of a "gift," or of "natural ability." - Robert F. Chambliss

#254 - Daily MG - Influence by Robert Cialdini - 6 of 6

"We like people who are similar to us... Many sales training programs now urge trainees to "mirror and match" the customer's body posture, mood, and verbal style, as similiarities along each of these dimensions have been shown to lead to positive results." - Robert Cialdini

#253 - Daily MG - Influence by Robert Cialdini - 5 of 6

"The principle of social proof: It states that one means we use to determine what is correct is to find out what other people think is correct... We view a behavior as more correct in a given situation to the degree that we see others performing it." - Robert Cialdini

#252 - Daily MG - Influence by Robert Cialdini - 4 of 6

"Whenever one takes a stand that is visible to others, there arises a drive to maintain that stand in order to look like a consistent person." - Robert Cialdini

#251 - Daily MG - Influence by Robert Cialdini - 3 of 6

"Observers trying to decide what a man is like look closely at his actions... His behavior tells him about himself; it is a primary source of information about his beliefs and values and attitudes." - Robert Cialdini