The Attributes Quotes

“THE MILITARY HAS A saying: “Train for certainty, educate for uncertainty.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Leadership is not a position. It’s a behavior. And you don’t get to decide if you’re doing it well.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Narcissism: The desire to stand out, to be noticed, to be recognized”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“self-efficacy can be dissected into components. It’s a combination of confidence, initiative, and optimism.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“five categories: grit, mental acuity, drive, leadership, and teamability.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“A system is never the sum of its parts,” Russell Ackoff, an organizational theorist and a pioneer in the field of systems thinking and management science, famously said. “It’s the product of their interaction.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Congruity of thought and action is essential in high-performing teams,”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Selflessness: Placing the needs and well-being of others above one’s own despite a real or perceived risk”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Empathy: The ability, whether deliberate or not, to join the emotional state of another person; to feel what someone else feels”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Cunning: The ability to consider problems and circumstances from unusual and unorthodox perspectives in order to achieve a goal or objective”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Open-mindedness: A willingness to consider and accept new ideas, opinions, or perspectives”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Discipline: The ability to remain focused and steadfast to achieve a result”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Self-efficacy: A belief in one’s ability to achieve a goal, especially when the path is uncertain or unknown”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Learnability: The ability to absorb, process, and apply new information to a current or future context”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Compartmentalization: The ability to effectively chunk an environment or situation into meaningful pieces, then focus on that which needs immediate attention”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Resilience: The ability to rapidly return to one’s baseline emotional and mental state after a stressful, traumatic, or even triumphant event”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation, at any given time.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“As Tyson famously said before the fight: “Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Adaptability: The ability to quickly and calmly adjust to changing circumstances and situations”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Perseverance, however, is a balance between the two. Perseverance allows an individual to be persistent (and patient) when needed, and then tenacious (and impatient) when needed.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Persistence requires patience. Tenacity is different—it requires impatience.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Stone-cutter’s Credo, as described by photographer and activist Jacob Riis as he contemplated the slow pace of social reform: When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“There are three ingredients in perseverance: equal parts persistence and tenacity, with fortitude thrown into the mix.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“IF COURAGE IS THE ability to effectively move through fear, challenge, and discomfort, then perseverance is the ability to keep doing it over and over again.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Perseverance: Constancy in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Courage is not an absence of fear but rather an ability to function despite being afraid.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Courage: The ability to manage fear in order to confront danger, difficulty, or pain”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“I deconstructed grit into four component attributes: courage, perseverance, adaptability, and resilience.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance

“Optimal performance is about doing the very best that you can in the moment—whatever that moment might be.”
― Rich Diviney, The Attributes: 25 Hidden Drivers of Optimal Performance