“If you want to get an interesting perspective do not think of Hugh as a traditional 20th century physicist but more of a Renaissance man with interests and skills in many different areas. He was smart and lots of things interested him and he brought the same general conceptual methodology to solve them. The subject matter was not so important as the solution ideas.” IfsThinkingMenWantImportantIdeasDifferentMatterInterestInterestingSubjectsCenturyPerspectiveSkillsSmartSolutionsAreasSolveTraditional20th CenturyPhysicistRenaissanceSubject MatterMethodologyRenaissance Man Author:Hugh Everett III
“So you have to force yourself out of a comfort zone and really try to figure out what are the key ingredients, the key skill sets, the key perspectives that are necessary, and then figure out a way to attract the very best people to fill those particular roles.” PeopleWayTryingForceRolesEconomyFiguresParticularPerspectiveKeysComfortSkillsZoneIngredientsComfort Zone Author:Steve Case
“Everyone has a unique perspective and that's valid. Everyone's perspective is valid. That doesn't mean that everyone has the same degree of skill level as an entertainer, but skill isn't the only important thing. It's also what kind of perspective and feelings you're bringing to it.” KindMeanImportantFeelingsLevelsPerspectiveSkillsDegreesUniqueImportant ThingsEntertainersUnique Perspective Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I believe a writer's most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.” BelieveImportantDifferentAbleLyingI BelievePerspectiveSkillsDifferent Perspective Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed.” GivingBelieveMayCountryEnergyI BelieveProducePerspectiveSkillsFindingsPopulationEmploymentUnemployed Author:Joseph Hume
“I've learned a lot about doing accessories and making shoes and handbags. I don't think my perspective has really changed. The subtlety of understanding yarns, what makes a fabric what it is - I've learned technical skills and more about the craft.” ThinkingUnderstandingChangedPerspectiveSkillsShoesCraftsI've LearnedFabricSubtletyAccessoriesHandbagsYarnTechnical Skills Author:Marc Jacobs
“It's difficult to choose between these art forms. Iconography is entirely different from the style of the 15th century masters, who were experts in foreshortening and perspective. The technical skill and visual effects of painters like Uccello have to be admired. They achieved a level of artistry that has never been surpassed, in my opinion.” ArtDifferentFormDifficultLevelsOpinionEffectsCenturyStyleMastersPerspectiveSkillsPainterExpertsVisualsArtistryTechnical SkillsIconographyVisual Effects Author:Mary Pope Osborne
“You want to teach all kids the skills that are on the better side of human nature: empathy, appreciating how one's behavior is affecting other people, resolving disagreements in ways that do not involve conflict, taking another's perspective, honesty.” PeopleWayWantHumansKidsSidesTeachHuman NatureHonestyPerspectiveSkillsConflictBehaviorEmpathyAppreciateDisagreement Author:Ross W. Greene
“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
“Fantasy is escapism, but wait... Why is this wrong? What are you escaping from, and where are you escaping to? Is the story opening windows or slamming doors? The British author G.K. Chesterton summarized the role of fantasy very well. He said its purpose was to take the everyday, commonplace world and lift it up and turn it around and show it to us from a different perspective, so that once again we see it for the first time and realize how marvelous it is. Fantasy - the ability to envisage the world in many different ways - is one of the skills that make us human.” WorldWayFirstsHumansWellsSaidDifferentStoriesShowsPurposeTurnsWaitingRealizingAbilityRolesFantasyDoorsPerspectiveSkillsFirst TimeWindowEverydayBritishOpeningLiftsDifferent WaysMarvelousCommonplaceEscapingEscapismDifferent PerspectiveSlamming Doors Author:Terry Pratchett