“Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.” UsedGoalToolsChosen Author:Larry Niven
“For many of us, the computer is the means by which we earn a living. To give it a nod, then, is a way of thanking the tool for what it provides in life. It helps put bread on the table and a roof overhead. It gives us work and pleasure, exercises our minds, brings us information, connects us with other people. It is a partner helping us achieve our goals. Nodding also thanks the unseen hands and minds who helped create our machine.” PeopleWayGivingMindMeanHelpingHandsGoalPleasureAchieveInformationExerciseGratitudeComputerToolsMachinesTablesPartnersBreadThanksRoofUnseenOverheadNodding Author:Philip Toshio Sudo
“Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.” GoalTeachTeacherImpossibleTeachingToolsTasksMiracleAppreciationAccomplishExpectedTortureSetting GoalsInadequateGreat TeacherGood TeacherBest TeacherUnattainableTeaching ChildrenTeaching And EducationTeachers And TeachingTeaching EducationInspirational TeacherGreat TeachingBeing A TeacherGood TeachingTeacher AppreciationThanking TeachersThank You TeacherTeacher MotivationalTeacher Appreciation DayNew Teachers Author:Haim Ginott
“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 powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic. If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.” IfsThinkingLooksKindHelpingGoalSimplePowerfulMagicStageProductsToolsBoxesDevelopingDesignerInteractionScenariosPersonaInterfacesOutside The Box Book:About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design Source: About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
“Dealing with adversity is like preparing for surgery. By putting our faith in what the doctor has said, we believe we will be better off if we have the surgery. But that does not make it any less painful. By submitting to the hand of a surgeon, we are saying that our ultimate goal is health, even at the cost of pain. Adversity is the same way. It is a means to an end. It is God's tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives.” IfsWayBelieveMeanDoeSaidEndsHandsPainSpiritualGoalCostToolsDoctorsUltimateAdversityPainfulSpiritual LifeSurgeryPreparingBetter OffAdvancementSurgeonsUltimate GoalMeans To An End Book:How to Handle Adversity Source: How to Handle Adversity
“An actor uses his body as a tool and an instrument. In the same way a musician plays an instrument, the actor uses his body to convey feeling and emotion. An animator uses a pencil or a computer to create the same thing, the same exact way... An actor is taking words that are not his own, and he has to bring some kind of authentic life to those words. It's the same goal, to create this authentic life. Even if it's a drawing, or if it's a cartoon, you're still trying to create authenticity because, if the character emotes authentically, it has a power to connect with the audience.” IfsWayTryingKindStillsPlayCharacterUseFeelingsBodyActorsGoalEmotionAudienceComputerMusicianToolsInstrumentsDrawingAuthenticityCartoonPencilsFeelings And EmotionsAnimatorAuthentic LifeEmote Author:Rob Minkoff
“Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” MayMotivationalActionTimeFoundWaitingGoalBusinessAttitudeCouragePositiveAnxietyToolsCommandRecoveryTime ManagementRoad To SuccessBeginningRecipe For SuccessThink And Grow RichMind Your Own BusinessThink Rich Grow RichHard Work Pays OffDecisivenessWhere You StandFocus On GoalsInspirational Business Author:George Herbert
“In a novel, language is your principal tool, you try to build pictures in the mind of the reader. When you write a screenplay, the language is just a transition, the final goal is a picture on the screen, it's the only thing the audience sees.” WritingTryingMindLanguageGoalNovelAudienceReaderToolsFinalsScreensTransitionPrincipalScreenplays Author:Philippe Claudel