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“Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.”

Wells Greater Talent Skills Demand Luck Seeking

Book:The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love

Source: The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love

“Perceived self-efficacy also shapes causal thinking. In seeking solutions to difficult problems, those who perceived themselves as highly efficacious are inclined to attribute their failures to insufficient effort, whereas those of comparable skills but lower perceived self-efficacy ascribe their failures to deficient ability”

Thinking Self Problem Difficult Ability Effort Shapes Skills Solutions Seeking Attributes Insufficient Efficacy Self Efficacy Difficult Problems Perceived Self

Book:Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory

“Studies have identified a significant 'skills gap' between what students are currently being taught and the skills employers are seeking in today's global economy. Our children must be better prepared than they are now to meet the future challenges of our ever-changing world.”

World Children Today Challenges Economy Study Students Taught Skills Our Children Prepared Seeking Significant Gaps Employers Global Economy

Author:Stephen Covey

“The Problem is: many terrific women have made themselves overqualified for the job of wife, because many men are looking for a woman with 'receptionist-level wife skills', not 'CEO-level wife skills'. Meaning: If a woman doesn't hang on a man's every word, is too independent, challenges his leadership, wants to create her own hours, demands emotional raises, then there won't be as many openings for the kind of wife position she is seeking. One of the big problems with marriages in the nineties: no room for two husbands.”

“Seeking chaos is at least one way to develop the skills and mindsets to tackle ambiguity.”

Way Skills Chaos Seeking Mindset One Way Ambiguity

Author:Scott D. Anthony

“At the core, our motives are always self-serving, Kate. Altruism is a fog created by sly minds seeking to benefit from the energy and skill of others. Nothing more.”

Mind Self Energy Skills Benefits Seeking Core Motive Serving Altruism Fog Kate Sly Self Serving

Book:Magic Strikes

Source: Magic Strikes