“Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.” PeopleGoalCommonInfluenceSkillsCommon GoodInfluencing People Author:James Hunter
“Education brings sustainability to all the development goals, and literacy is the foundation of all learning. It provides individuals with the skills to understand the world and shape it, to participate in democratic processes and have a voice, and also to strengthen their cultural identity.” WorldIndividualProcessGoalVoiceIdentityDevelopmentShapesSkillsFoundationDemocraticSustainabilityLiteracyDemocratic ProcessCultural Identity Author:Irina Bokova
“To the zealot overcome by his piety and to the journeyman of ideas concerned only with his marketable mental skills, the beginning and end of ideas lies in their efficacy with respect to some goal external to intellectual processes.” IdeasEndsLyingProcessGoalSkillsIntellectualConcernedOvercomingPietyEfficacyZealotBeginnings And Ends Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“Although our grammar schools are teaching a whole generation computer language to adjust to the technological needs of a Stage II [post survival-focused] society, we have neglected to teach this generation relationship language and conflict resolution skills to address the social and psychological needs of a Stage II society. And when it is taught, in countries like Germany, although called social competence it focuses on workplace teamwork - still on survival, breadwinner oriented work goals.” NeedsStillsCountryWholeSchoolLanguageSocialGoalTeachGenerationsTeachingStageTaughtSkillsConflictComputerSurvivalFocusedPsychologicalPostsGermanyAddressesResolutionTeamworkTechnologicalWorkplaceGrammarCompetenceNeglectedThis GenerationConflict ResolutionComputer LanguageGrammar SchoolBreadwinnerPsychological Needs Author:Warren Farrell
“Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals.” LongArtistCoursesGoalCareersAchievePeriodsSkillsFrustrationImprovingInabilityPerfectionist Book:Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity Source: Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
“The use of online assessment tools is giving teachers a more fine-grained understanding of individual students' skills, and assisting them to determine the necessary next steps to enable them to achieve their own learning goals. We are seeing more effective differentiation in classrooms as a result.” GivingUseNextIndividualUnderstandingGoalResultsStepsTeacherSeeingAchieveStudentsFineSkillsToolsDetermineOnlineClassroomAssessmentNext StepsDifferentiationAssisting Author:Susan Mann
“A constant tension exists between an individual's interests, personal needs, and skills, and what the organization requires of her. We've all asked ourselves, How much of my own agenda should I sacrifice in order to help the rest of the staff meet the company's goals?” NeedsShouldHelpingOrderIndividualGoalInterestMy OwnCompanySacrificeSkillsOrganizationConstantTensionAgendasShould IStaffPersonal Needs Author:Pat Heim
“One thing for me that modeling definitely did was that you go to do a different job every day, and you are working with a completely new team of people. You have to learn how to talk to people and how to creatively achieve the same goals. I think it just hones your people skills.” PeopleThinkingDifferentJobsGoalOne ThingTeamAchieveSkillsModelingDifferent JobsPeople Skills Author:Cat Deeley
“I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and then determine how you will achieve them (what skills you will have to learn, what actions will you have to take). And these are totally under your control. These are not dependent upon anyone else.” WantFirstsTwoActionGoalSuccessfulAchieveSkillsDetermineWhat You WantTwo ThingsBeing SuccessfulDependent Author:Brian Tracy
“I'm also really fulfilled by having a production company and producing movies, and learning about how that works and happens. It's a totally, entirely separate skill set and it's one that I happen to also enjoy. So, I intend to cultivate all of those things until I can't anymore. That's my goal. I love to be challenged and busy, and so far, so good. I'm just going to do whatever I can to continue to encourage that.” I CanHappensEnjoyGoalCompanySkillsBusyProductionsFulfilledProducing Movies Author:Zachary Quinto
“As the worldly philosophers of the past affirmed, the goal of economics is to improve the way society functions. In The New Financial Order, Robert Shiller joins this proud tradition by directing his brilliant economic skills toward the creation of financial institutions designed to reduce the risks an unknown future visits on most members of our society and others. Shiller's imaginative and compelling analysis will appeal to all readers who share his passion for initiating not only a richer, but a better, century.” WayPastOrderPassionGoalRiskShareEconomicCenturyCreationReaderProudSkillsMembersEconomicsTraditionFunctionInstitutionsFinancialPhilosopherBrilliantAppealsAnalysisOur SocietyCompellingWorldlyImaginativeFinancial InstitutionsUnknown Future Author:Peter L. Bernstein
“Once I have a vision of something I want to accomplish, I tend to slog doggedly toward my goal until I achieve it; this is a skill from my youth.” WantGoalVisionAchieveYouthSkillsAccomplish Author:Arlene Blum
“Man becomes fit and functionally valid only when, along with scholarship and expert skills, he has imbibed these values. The person who is wedded to Truth and Love would need nothing more for peace and happiness. When Creation is witnessed through these values, it becomes holy scripture, an inspiring lesson and guide,. Therefore I exhort you: Let Truth and Love be the goals for all your efforts and studies.” MenNeedsPersonsValuesGoalLove IsEffortStudyCreationFitHolyLessonsSkillsAnd LoveGuidesScriptureExpertsScholarshipPeace And HappinessHoly ScripturesTruth And Love Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“Leadership can't be claimed like luggage at the airport. Leadership can't be inherited, even though you may inherit a leadership position. And leadership can't be given as a gift - even if you've been blessed with an abundance of leadership skills to share with someone else. Leadership must be earned by mastering a defined set of skills and by working with others to achieve common goals.” IfsMayGivenGoalCommonShareAchievePositionSkillsBlessedDefinedAbundanceAirportsLuggageLeadership SkillsCommon GoalWorking With Others Author:David Cottrell
“Government programs aim at getting money for poor people. Our hope was that knowledge would in the long run be more useful, provide more money, and eventually strike at the system-causes of poverty. Government believes that poverty is just a lack of money. We felt, and continue to feel, that poverty is actually a lack of skill, and a lack of the self-esteem that comes with being able to take some part of one's life into one's own hands and work with others towards shared-call them social-goals.” PeopleFeelsBelieveLongSelfHandsGovernmentRunningAbleSocialFeltCausesGoalPoorPovertySelf EsteemSkillsProgramAimStrikesEsteemMore MoneyLong RunsPoor PeopleGet MoneyGovernment ProgramsCauses Of Poverty Author:Karl Hess
“The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.” TryingChildrenGoalEffortAchieveTalentDisciplineSkillsRest Of Your LifeAchieving Goals Author:Gretchen Carlson