“When you get in taekwondo, it teaches you the life skills of respect, self control, discipline-that's why I love it. I really attribute those skills to really getting over my dad's death. If I didn't have that, I would have lost it.” IfsSelfLostTeachDadDisciplineSkillsMy DadMmaAttributesSelf ControlLife SkillsTaekwondo Author:Anthony Pettis
“Perceived self-efficacy also shapes causal thinking. In seeking solutions to difficult problems, those who perceived themselves as highly efficacious are inclined to attribute their failures to insufficient effort, whereas those of comparable skills but lower perceived self-efficacy ascribe their failures to deficient ability” ThinkingSelfProblemDifficultAbilityEffortShapesSkillsSolutionsSeekingAttributesInsufficientEfficacySelf EfficacyDifficult ProblemsPerceived Self Book:Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory
“Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development of highly specialized peripheral skills. but those choices in turn spring from a comprehensive view of nature and the universe in which man and woman are perceived as but elements inextricably linked to the whole.” MenWholeTurnsChoicesUniverseViewsDevelopmentSkillsElementsSpringMen And WomenConsequenceAttributesSensitivityLinkedInnateIndigenousComprehensiveIndigenous PeopleAdaptive Author:Wade Davis
“In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.” PeopleCharacterCompanyGreaterSkillsWeightEducationalPracticalsBackgroundsAttributesGreat CompanyGood To GreatWork ExperienceEducational BackgroundPractical Skills Author:James C. Collins
“Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that - whatever success they have, that same success - to their own core skills.” PeopleMenHardHelpingSkillsLuckCoreAttributes Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“My Father is a photographer, so it was always around. I was trained in painting, so I learnt a lot of skills about composition, light, colour, the formal attributes of images.” LightFatherPaintingSkillsPhotographerColourAttributesCompositionFormal Author:Patricia Piccinini
“The combat of WAR and an economic WAR have a lot of similarities. You do have to be skilled, aggressive, know your enemy and your strong attributes and limitations. Both skills are needed although one may be more natural.” KnowsMayWarStrongNaturalEnemyEconomicNeededSkillsLimitationCombatAggressiveAttributesSimilarityYour Strong Author:Richard Marcinko
“If someone were to ask whether communications skills or meekness is most important to a marriage, I'd answer meekness, hands down. You can be a superb communicator but still never have the humility to ask, 'Is it I?' Communication skills are no substitute for Christlike attributes. As Dr. Douglas Brinley has observed, 'Without theological perspectives, secular exercises designed to improve our relationship and our communication skills (the common tools of counselors and marriage books) will never work any permanent change in one's heart: they simply develop more clever and skilled fighters!” IfsHeartStillsImportantBookHandsAsksAnswersCommonHumilityCommunicationPerspectiveExerciseSkillsToolsCleverFighterPermanentCommunication SkillsSubstitutesAttributesOur RelationshipSecularDrsTheologicalMeeknessCounselorSuperbCommunicatorsPermanent Change Author:John Bytheway
“It seems as though mankind has forgotten the laws of its divine Saviour, Who preached love and forgiveness of injuries—and that men attribute the greatest merit to skill in killing one another.” MenSeemsLawMankindDivineSkillsKillingForgottenMeritInjuryAttributesSaviourLove And Forgiveness Book:War and Peace Source: War and Peace