“My dad had an eighth grade education, and everything that he did in his life was just stuff that he went out and did - figured out what he needed to know and read. Very successful, a union contractor.” KnowsStuffSuccessfulNeededDadUnionsMy DadGradesContractorEighth Grade Author:Mitch Pileggi
“I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems.” KnowsFeelsI CanProblemHandsJobsUsedSuccessfulNeededIndependentGuitarSolveHatedBeing Successful Author:Chris Cornell
“Faith in the Atonement of Jesus Christ will provide strength and capacity needed for a successful life.” JesusChristSuccessfulNeededJesus ChristCapacityAtonementSuccessful Life Author:Richard G. Scott
“As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest, and he made up his mind to keep the year free of the pressure of producing monthly installments of yet another long novel.” YearsMindLongMadeNovelSuccessfulNeededPressureTiredFebruaryDickens Author:Claire Tomalin
“Often low-income parents give their children every other thing they need for successful participation in school and the world of work except the planning and organizing skills and habit patterns needed to operate in complex settings. Many intelligent and able college students from low-income backgrounds confront these deficits when faced with a heavy assignment load. . . . These patterns are best acquired at an early age and need to be quite well developed by late elementary school or twelve or thirteen years of age.” WorldNeedsGivingYearsWellsChildrenAgeAbleSchoolParentSuccessfulStudentsCollegeNeededHabitSkillsLateLowsIntelligentComplexesPatternsHeavyPlanningBackgroundsIncomeSettingSettingsTwelveLoadParticipationDeficitAssignmentsThirteenElementary SchoolCollege StudentsLow Income Book:School Power: Implications of an Intervention Project Source: School Power: Implications of an Intervention Project
“The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the 'hard' sciences so brilliantly successful.” KindMadeHardSocialSuccessfulNeededMathematicalSocial ScienceRigor Author:Herbert Simon
“Somehow ungodly men have developed systems of organization which permit them to work together in states of relative harmony and unity, whereas godly men, refusing to admit that these organizational structures are needed, live in states of chaos and disunity. The tragedy of this fact becomes evident when we realize that many of the successful systems of organization under which the godly men work and which the godly men refuse to accept are biblically based.” MenStatesFactsTogetherRealizingAcceptingSuccessfulNeededOrganizationTragedyHarmonyStructureUnityChaosRefuseWorking TogetherPermitRelativeEvidentGodlyOrganizationalGodly ManDisunityOrganizational Structure Author:Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
“For those of us at Marvel Television, it always begins with the story. It's all about the script. It's making sure it's there, on the page. So, we needed to go to a group of individuals who have not only created some of the most memorable animated characters, like Ben 10 and Generator Rex, but also had done two seasons of our very successful Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man series, and that's the Man of Action guys. But, it wasn't just that.” MenTwoDoneCharacterStoriesActionGuyIndividualSuccessfulGroupsTelevisionHe ManNeededPagesUltimateSeasonsSeriesScriptsMemorableSpidersAnimatedSpider ManGeneratorMost Memorable Author:Jeph Loeb