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A Quote by Stephen R. Covey on talents, skills, passion, voice, and motivation

There's a common misconception that a person's skill is their talent. Skills, however, are not talents. Talents, on the other hand, require skills. People can have skills and knowledge in areas where their talents do not lie. If they have a job that requires their skills but not their talents, organizations will never tap into their passion or voice. They'll go through the motions, but this will only make them appear to need external supervision and motivation.

If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won't require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.

Stephen R. Covey : American author, trainer, motivator
Stephen Covey (1932 - )
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KATE : knowledge
over 2 years later
KATE said

You are a genuis .
Have you ever stopped to ask a baby of a year old , who taught it how to dance ?
Many things are  like  that  by  Nature .
THOUGHT  OF WHO TAUGHT YOU LOVE .
 
Funny ! no ?

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