“Literacy is much more than an educational priority - it is the ultimate investment in the future and the first step towards all the new forms of literacy required in the twenty-first century. We wish to see a century where every child is able to read and to use this skill to gain autonomy.” FirstsChildrenUseAbleFormReadingWishEducationStepsLearningCenturyPoliticianFutureSkillsGainsUltimateTwentiesInvestmentEducationalPrioritiesFirst StepsLiteracyAutonomyIlliteracyChildren LearningUnesco Author:Irina Bokova
“The illusion of skill is not only an individual aberration; it is deeply ingrained in the culture of the [investment management] industry.” CultureIndividualIndustrySkillsIllusionManagementInvestmentAberrationInvestment Management Author:Daniel Kahneman
“People who watch their weight, golf scores, and fuel bills seem to shun quantitative evaluation of their investment management skills although it involves the most important client in the world-themselves.” PeopleWorldImportantSeemsWatchesSkillsWeightManagementBillsGolfInvestmentFuelScoreClientsEvaluationManagement SkillsInvestment Management Author:Warren Buffett
“This investment will provide capital to help high-potential start-up companies transition from product development to market entry, while also providing skills training to help them position themselves to be more attractive to investors and commercial partners. We are pleased to support the entrepreneurial community in southern Ontario and contribute to economic growth and job creation.” HelpingJobsGrowthCommunityCompanySupportEconomicCreationPositionProductsDevelopmentSkillsTrainingInvestmentPartnersAttractiveTransitionSouthernInvestorsProvidingEconomic GrowthEntrepreneurialEntryJob CreationOntarioProduct DevelopmentSkills Training Author:Gary Goodyear
“Index investing is an investment strategy that Walter Mitty would love. It takes very little investment knowledge, no skill, practically no time or effort-and outperforms about 80 percent of all investors.” LittlesEffortSkillsPercentStrategyInvestmentInvestingInvestorsPassiveWalter Mitty Book:The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing Source: The Bogleheads' Guide to Investing
“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
“I do have investments, investments in new jobs, investments in education, skill training, and the opportunities for people to get ahead and stay ahead. That's the kind of approach that will work.” PeopleKindJobsOpportunitySkillsApproachTrainingInvestmentNew JobGet AheadInvestment In EducationSkills Training Author:Hillary Clinton
“The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” ShouldForceSocialDarkDecisionObjectsIgnoranceSkillsInvestmentDefeatOur FutureEnvelopesDark Forces Author:John Maynard Keynes
“London has always been open to trade, people, ideas. We have to keep that. I want to compete not just with New York, Paris, Berlin... the ten fastest growing cities in the world are in China. How do we compete with them? We have to attract investment and we have to compete on skills.” PeopleWorldWantIdeasCitiesGrowingNew YorkTenSkillsTradeInvestmentChinaLondonParisBerlinCities In The World Author:Sadiq Khan
“Modern man has transformed himself into a commodity; he experiences his life energy as an investment with which he should make the highest profit, considering his position and the situation on the personality market. He is alienated from himself, from his fellow men and from nature. His main aim is profitable exchange of his skills, knowledge, and of himself, his "personality package" with others who are equally intent on a fair and profitable exchange. Life has no goal except the one to move, no principle except the one of fair exchange, no satisfaction except the one to consume.p97.” MenShouldMovingEnergyGoalSituationPrinciplesModernPositionPersonalitySkillsHighestFairsAimFellowsInvestmentProfitSatisfactionTransformedConsideringCommodityFellow ManPackagesProfitableModern ManArt Of Loving Book:THE ART OF LOVING Source: THE ART OF LOVING