“Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution.” ExerciseSkillsNegativeInsightConservationCautionAbstinence Author:Aldo Leopold
“What sets you apart from the rest of humanity is your ability to give visual form to an idea - the skill to transform it into something more than merely the insight or perception alone.” GivingIdeasFormHumanityAbilitySkillsPerceptionInsightVisuals Author:Richard Schmid
“Lateral thinking... is the process of using information to bring about creativity and insight restructuring. Lateral thinking can be learned, practised and used. It is possible to acquire skill in it just as it is possible to acquire skill in mathematics.” ThinkingUsedProcessCreativityInformationSkillsMathematicsInsightAcquireLateral ThinkingRestructuring Book:Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step Source: Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step
“A data scientist is that unique blend of skills that can both unlock the insights of data and tell a fantastic story via the data.” StoriesSkillsUniqueScientistInsightFantasticData Author:DJ Patil
“Your children should have it impressed upon them that their adult life-style will bear very little resemblance to yours and that they should now be acquiring knowledge, skills, values, and tastes that will sustain them in less materially affluent circumstances. On the other hand, the fresh insights and imaginations of your children may help you find a viable future while there's still time.” ShouldMayChildrenLittlesStillsHelpingHandsValuesImaginationStyleBearsCircumstancesTasteSkillsAdultsShould HaveOur ChildrenEnvironmentalInsightYour ChildrenSustainabilityImpressedResemblanceAffluentLife StyleAcquiring Knowledge Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator's skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of how people read or listen.” PeopleWritingHumansHuman NatureStudentsKeysReaderSkillsConcernedInsightCommunicators Author:William Bernbach
“Because IQ tests favor memory skills and logic, overlooking artistic creativity, insight, resiliency, emotional reserves, sensory gifts, and life experience, they can't really predict success, let alone satisfaction.” MemoriesCreativityEmotionalSkillsTestsLogicSatisfactionInsightFavorsArtisticLife ExperienceReservesSensoryResiliencyOverlookingArtistic Creativity Author:Diane Ackerman
“All of the top achievers I know are life-long learners. Looking for new skills, insights, and ideas. If they're not learning, they're not growing and not moving toward excellence.” IfsKnowsLifeLongIdeasMovingEducationLearningGrowingSkillsExcellenceInsightLong LifeLearnersAchieverTeaching LearningNew SkillsLearning New Skills Author:Denis Waitley