“You're talking to investors - and investors, they look at you and they realize, you know, not every business they invest in are the founders or the people running it going to have every bit of skill - and I think they looked at me and realized, OK, this is a guy who's got a lot - I'm much older than the usual run of people they fund.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksRunningGuyBitsRealizingTalkingSkillsFundInvestorsUsualFounders Author:David Plotz
“The only real security is not insurance or money or a job, not a house and furniture paid for, or a retirement fund, and never is it another person. It is the skill and humor and courage within, the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace.” PersonsRealJobsHouseAbilityFireSecuritySkillsPaidIndependenceFundRetirementFurniture Book:Paddling my own canoe Source: Paddling my own canoe
“The truth is, marijuana probably isn't going to make you kill people. Most likely isn't going to fund terrorists, but pot makes you feel fine with being bored and it's when you're bored that you should be learning a new skill or some new science or being creative. If you smoke pot you may grow up to find out that you're not good at anything.” PeopleIfsFeelsShouldMayGrowsCreativeGrowing UpFineTruth IsSkillsTerroristSmokeBoredFundPotMarijuanaBe CreativeBeing BoredNew Skills Author:Trey Parker
“I knew that America would never invest the necessary funds of energies in rehabilitation of its poor as long as adventures like Vietnam continued to draw men and skills and money like some demonic destructive suction tube.” MenLongAmericaEnergyPoorAdventureSkillsDrawsDestructiveFundVietnamTubesRehabilitationMilitarismDemonicBreaking Silence Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“99% of fund managers demonstrate no evidence of skill whatsoever.” SkillsEvidenceInvestingManagersFund Author:William J. Bernstein
“The Youth Employment Fund is helping Ontario's young people build valuable skills and access job opportunities that will lay the groundwork for successful careers. I'm thrilled that more than 10,000 youth of all abilities and backgrounds have already benefited from this important program and I look forward to our impressive team of Employment Ontario partners continuing to work with businesses across the province to help young people build a brighter future for Ontario.” PeopleLooksImportantHelpingJobsYoungOpportunityAbilityCareersSuccessfulTeamYouthSkillsProgramLaysValuableAccessPartnersBackgroundsEmploymentFundContinuingImpressiveBrighterProvincesOntarioGroundworkSuccessful CareerJob OpportunitiesBrighter Future Author:Brad Duguid
“Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done.” IfsWayDoneCompanyImagineProductsSkillsManagementFinancialFundEquityAdequateMortgagePensionEndowmentFinancial Services Author:Eliot Spitzer