“For example, parents who talk a lot to their children have kids with better language skills, parents who spank have children who grow up to be violent, parents who are neither too authoritarian or too lenient have children who are well-adjusted, and so on.” WellsChildrenKidsLanguageGrowsParentGrowing UpExampleSkillsViolentLenientLanguage Skills Author:Steven Pinker
“There are many examples of companies and countries that have improved their competitiveness and efficiency by adopting open source strategies. The creation of skills through all levels is of fundamental importance to both companies and countries.” CountryLevelsCompanyExampleCreationSourceSkillsImportanceFundamentalsStrategyEfficiencyAdoptingCompetitivenessOpen Source Author:Mark Shuttleworth
“Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that.” KnowsDifferentRealUseArtistAnswersRoomsKnowingExampleSkillsCamerasButtonsEditingLensesMicrophonesArtisansReal KnowledgeReal Artists Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“President Bush said that American workers will need new skills to get the new jobs in the 21st century. Some of the skills they're going to need are Spanish, Chinese, Korean, because that's where the jobs went. Who better than Bush as an example of what can happen when you take a job without any training.” NeedsSaidHappensJobsPresidentCenturyExampleSkillsTrainingWorkersChinese21st CenturyPresident BushKoreanNew JobAmerican WorkersNew Skills Author:Jay Leno
“Learn how to ignore the examples from others when they are wrong, because few skills are more worth having.” ExampleSkillsInvesting Author:Charlie Munger
“One current reaction to change in families, for example, is the proposal for more "education for parenthood," on the theory that this training will not only teach specific skills such as how to change diapers or how to play responsively with toddlers, but will raise parents' self-confidence at the same time. The proposed cure, in short, is to reform and educate the people with the problem.” PeopleSelfPlayProblemParentTeachExampleTheorySkillsTrainingRaisesCurrentsSelf ConfidenceReactionsCuresReformParenthoodEducateProposalDiapersToddler Author:Kenneth Keniston
“We used to eat economically. One of the things that happened is that we lost the cultural skills that used to allow people to eat well cheaply. For example making three or four meals from a chicken, rather than buying chicken breasts.” PeopleWellsUsedThreeLostFourHappenedExampleSkillsMealsBuyingBreastsChickens Author:Michael Pollan
“If there is any one skill that every professional must learn, it is how to brand himself or herself in the marketplace. A brand provides certainty to customers and lets them know that what they`re getting is the best. People don`t like to make decisions. Once we decide, for example, the kind of toothpaste we prefer, rarely do we change. We have to make so many decisions every day in our lives that most of us are overwhelmed.” PeopleIfsKnowsKindDecisionOur LivesExampleSkillsCustomersCertaintyBrandsOverwhelmedMarketplaceToothpaste Author:Tony Robbins
“Space may seem distant, but is an integral part of our daily life. It drives our modern communication and connects even the remotest family to the ordinary. India's space programme is a perfect example of our vision of Scale, Speed and Skill.” MaySeemsSpacePerfectVisionTechnologyModernExampleCommunicationSkillsOrdinaryIndiaSpeedScalesDaily LifeProgrammesInformation TechnologyModern Communication Author:Narendra Modi
“All cities have one key resource: the special abilities of the people who live in them. You just have to find out what they are. In the Australian city of Adelaide, for example, which is overshadowed by Sydney and Melbourne, I discovered a number of experts in the penal system. I advised them to work with these special skills.” PeopleAbilityNumbersCitiesSpecialExampleKeysSkillsResourcesExpertsAustralianSydneyMelbourneAdelaide Author:Charles Landry
“I am not against standardized tests. There are tests and tests and tests, and, to simplify, the ones I favor are criterion-referenced tests of skills, aligned with the curriculum. Social and emotional skills are important but skills are too. I find it heartbreaking that this is so often seen as an either-or choice. To get to the richness of studying literature, for example, you must first be an adept and confident reader. Whether you are is something a good test can measure.” FirstsImportantChoicesLiteratureSocialStudyExampleEmotionalReaderSkillsTestsFavorsCriteriaRichnessSimplifyHeartbreakingCurriculumAdeptEither OrStudying Literature Author:Nicholas Lemann
“Non-cooperative approaches, by contrast, almost always involve duplication of effort, since someone working independently must spend time and skills on problems that already have been encountered and overcome by someone else. A technical hitch, for example, is more likely to be solved quickly and imaginatively if scientists (including scientists from different countries) pool their talents rather than compete against one another.” IfsHas BeensDifferentCountryProblemEffortTalentExampleSkillsApproachScientistOvercomingIncludingPoolContrastEnd TimesSpend TimeCooperativesDifferent CountriesDuplication Author:Alfie Kohn