“Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions, supporting their choices, and providing positive reinforcement and a nurturing environment. By contrast, the Chinese believe that the best way to protect their children is by preparing them for the future, letting them see what they’re capable of, and arming them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away.” WayTryingBelieveChildrenChoicesPassionParentEnvironmentHabitProtectSkillsCapableWesternIndividualityBest WayPursueChineseContrastProvidingPreparingNurturingReinforcementTrue PassionWork HabitsPositive Reinforcement Author:Amy Chua
“Besides, thinking kind thoughts about Valek could be extremely dangerous. I could admire his skills, and be relieved when he was on my side in a fight. But for a rat to like the cat? That scenario ended only one way. With one dead rat.” ThinkingWayKindFightingSidesDangerousSkillsCatAdmireOne WayRatsScenariosRelievedKind Thoughts Book:Poison Study Source: Poison Study
“A general “law of least effort” applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion. The law asserts that if there are several ways of achieving the same goal, people will eventually gravitate to the least demanding course of action. In the economy of action, effort is a cost, and the acquisition of skill is driven by the balance of benefits and costs. Laziness is built deep into our nature.” PeopleIfsWayWellsActionLawCoursesGoalEffortEconomyAchieveBalanceCostSkillsBenefitsBuiltDrivenLazinessAcquisitionCognitiveExertion Book:Thinking, Fast and Slow Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Why should I be polished and improved like goods for sale? I might not even want to marry! And besides, I have many skills. I can read and write and play the flute and harp. Why should I change to please some man? If he doesn’t like me the way I am, then he can get some other girl for his wife.” IfsMenWayWantShouldWritingI CanPlayMightGirlWifePleaseSkillsLike MeGoodsShould IPolishedHarpsOther GirlFlutesI Can Read Author:Juliet Marillier
“Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my Master I learnt the highest of human skills, the skill no other creature owns: I finally learnt how to lie.” WayHumansLyingHateFeetMastersSkillsCreaturesHighestRuinsHumiliate Author:Nick Dear
“The particular skill that allows you to talk your way out of a murder rap, or convince your professor to move you from the morning to the afternoon section, is what the psychologist Robert Sternberg calls "practical intelligence." To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like "knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for for maximum effect.” WayMovingMorningKnowingEffectsParticularSkillsMurderRapPracticalsConvinceProfessorsAfternoonSectionsMaximumPsychologist Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“An empowered organization is one in which individuals have the knowledge, skill, desire, and opportunity to personally succeed in a way that leads to collective organizational success.” WayMotivationalSuccessDesireOpportunityIndividualBusinessKnowledgeSucceedSkillsOrganizationStressCollectivesEmpoweredOrganizational Book:Principle Centered Leadership Source: Principle Centered Leadership
“People who know what they want and why they want it, and have the skills to communicate that to others in a way that gains support” PeopleKnowsWayWantLeadershipSupportSkillsGainsCommunicate Author:Warren G. Bennis
“Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self realization. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day to day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions.” WayMeanSoulSelfBodyActionSuccessHumanityPerfectDealsConsciousnessAttitudeHealthEvolutionSkillsYogaAspectPerformancesUnionsAncientSelf RealizationRealizationBalancedDay To DayMaintainingAsanaYoga InspirationDay LifeDay To Day LifeInspirational YogaInspiring YogaHatha YogaYoga And Life Author:B.K.S. Iyengar