“The traditional metaphor for careers is a ladder, but I no longer think that metaphor holds. It just doesn’t make sense in a less hierarchical world... Build your skills, not your resume. Evaluate what you can do, not the title they’re going to give you. Do real work. Take a sales quota, a line role, an ops job. Don’t plan too much, and don’t expect a direct climb. If I had mapped out my career when I was sitting where you are, I would have missed my career.” IfsThinkingWorldGivingRealJobsCan DoLinesCareersRolesToo MuchPlansSkillsSittingDirectMetaphorTraditionalMake SenseTitlesClimbsWhere You AreLaddersEvaluateResumesReal WorkQuota Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.” ThinkingWayWellsHas BeensNextPresidentLeadershipPathPolicyListeningOffersSkillsDirectContraryAlternativesCandidatesTransitionAdvocacyLeadership SkillsCandidacy Author:Jeb Bush
“I feel that I have a certain amount of experience and I'm still learning so much. But a director's job is so vast; they have so much to do with the preparation. You have to be great with all kinds of personalities and you have to be very patient, there's a lot of skills I'm not sure if I have. So I don't know if I'm ready to direct, but who knows what the future has.” IfsKnowsFeelsKindStillsJobsCertainReadyPersonalityAmountDirectorsSkillsDirectPatientAll KindsPreparationNot Sure Author:Jason Statham
“What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who know everything. I've worked with people who were empty and lost, who had no clue what they were doing. You wouldn't hire them to paint your apartment. And then there's everything in-between. There's no list of skills you have to have to sit in that chair.” PeopleKnowsNeedsLostSkillsDirectEmptyPaintListsVarietyChairsApartmentClueDoing YouMaestro Author:Tony Gilroy
“My husband is a director, and I understand what it takes to direct. It's a skill set where you have to be able to talk to actors and understand them, and I don't. It's a very different way of being in the world, and I much prefer writing and producing.” WorldWayWritingDifferentAbleActorsDirectorsSkillsHusbandDirectDifferent WaysMy Husband Author:Melissa Rosenberg
“As formal teaching and training grow in extent, there is the danger of creating an undesirable split between the experience gained in more direct associations and what is acquired in school. This danger was never greater than at the present time, on account of the rapid growth in the last few centuries of knowledge and technical modes of skill.” SchoolLastsGrowsGrowthGreaterTeachingCenturyDangerSkillsCreatingTrainingDirectAccountsAssociationSplitsFormalRapidsPresent TimeUndesirableRapid Growth Book:Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education Source: Democracy and Education - An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education
“I do believe that India needs a lot more foreign direct investment than we've got, and we should have the ambition to move in the same league many other countries in our neighborhood are moving. We may not be able to reach where the Chinese are today, but there is no reason why we should not think big about the role of foreign direct investment, particularly in the areas relating to infrastructure, where our needs for investment are very large. We need new initiatives, management skills, and I do believe that direct foreign investment can play a very important role.” ThinkingNeedsShouldBelieveMayImportantCountryReasonPlayBigsTodayAbleMovingRolesSkillsAmbitionAreasDirectShould HaveIndiaManagementInvestmentChineseReason WhyLeagueNeighborhoodNo ReasonInitiativeOther CountriesInfrastructureThink BigManagement Skills Author:Manmohan Singh
“Sometimes there's not a direct transfer of skills from business to government, but sometimes what happened in business would be really bad for government.” SometimesGovernmentWould BeHappenedSkillsDirectTransfers Author:Hillary Clinton
“With more than half the population now checking their account balances more often as a direct result of the downturn, and with more of us comparing prices in virtually every market, it is natural to turn budget management into a skill, an accomplishment, a badge of lifestyle success.” TurnsNaturalResultsBusinessHalfBalanceSkillsDirectAccountsManagementPopulationLifestyleCompareBudgetsAccomplishmentBadgesDownturn Author:Joe Staton