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Finding the Right Recipe for the Kitchen or Life: Look for Details and Doers “[If you] go on the Internet, there are 20 recipes for pound cake. I go with the one that even describes to a quarter of an inch the size of the pan. Because if someone is describing that level of detail, you know they have gone through it. The person who writes a recipe that says, ‘Grease the cake pan’ [without specifying the size]? You know they haven’t made it. It’s a tip-off right away that something is wrong.”
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
Chances are, how you look when you are slightly frustrated isn’t all that different from how you look when you are a little concerned, confused, disappointed, or nervous. Your “I’m kind of hurt by what you just said” face probably looks an awful lot like your “I’m not at all hurt by what you just said” face. And the majority of times that you’ve said to yourself, “I made my intentions clear,” or “He knows what I meant,” you didn’t and he doesn’t.
No One Understands You and What to Do About It
Heidi Halvorson
In conclusion: Be on the lookout for chauffeur knowledge.
Do not confuse the company spokesperson, the ringmaster, the newscaster, the schmoozer, the verbiage vendor, or the cliché generator with those who possess true knowledge. How do you recognize the difference? There is a clear indicator: True experts recognize the limits of what they know and what they do not know. If they find themselves outside their circle of competence, they keep quiet or simply say, "I don't know." This they utter unapologetically, even with a certain pride. From chauffeurs, we hear line except this.
The Art of Thinking Clearly
Rolf Dobelli
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