A Quote by Seth Godin

Leading is a skill, not a gift. You're not born with it, you learn how.

Seth Godin

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Born Gift How Leading Learn Skill

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Seth Godin
American - Writer
Born: July 10, 1960

Talent is a gift from God. That is something that you are born with. To be able to be born with singing talent is just a gift. You can learn how to sing better, but you cannot learn to sing with certain quality. It is just something you are born with.

Sharon Osbourne

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

Brian Herbert

Success is a learnable skill. You can learn to succeed at anything. If you want to be a great golfer, you can learn how to do it. If you want to be a great piano player, you can learn how to do it. If you want to be truly happy, you can learn how to do it. If you want to be rich, you can learn how to do it. It doesn't matter where you are right now. It doesn't matter where you're starting from. What matters is that you are willing to learn.

T. Harv Eker

I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn.

Guy Kawasaki

Creativity is not a talent; It is a skill. A talent is something you are born with. A skill is something you learn.

Josh Linkner

I firmly believe that intuitive or symbolic sight is not a gift but a skill - a skill based in self-esteem.

Caroline Myss

We are not born with effective vision. The human infant has to learn how to see. The eyes gather information, they transmit it to the brain, but the brain doesn't know how to process it yet. We learn how to see in a way that's very similar to the way we learn how to speak. It takes a couple of years.

Rosemary Mahoney

The ability to make music is a gift that you're born with; it's not something you can learn.

Robin Trower

I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.

Chris Van Allsburg

People think that it is important to learn by assisting the great photographers. I say that is a big mistake. Be happy; just learn from any little guy. Learn how to use the camera - you don't need anything else. You can't be taught the real skill anyway.

Peter Lindbergh

Leaders learn by leading, and they learn bestby leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders.

Warren G. Bennis

You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself up to all experience. Let life pour through you the way light pours through leaves.

Pat Conroy

God honors a beautiful blend of gift and grit! He gives the gift, and He expects us to have the grit to practice and learn how to use it effectively.

Beth Moore

To me, life is a gift, and it's a blessing to just be alive. And each person should learn what a gift it is to be alive no matter how tough things get.