Quotes by Skills We used to eat economically. One of the things that happened is that we lost the cultural skills that used to allow people to eat well cheaply. For example making three or four meals from a chicken, rather than buying chicken breasts. Michael Pollan skillsexamplepeople I think Broadway is good for sharpening your skills. It's the best for really reaching the zenith of your talent. You go so far and reach the peak of it and you say, "Maybe this is the best performance I can do." Michael Jackson zenithskillsthinking We've lost our competitive spirit. We've become so obsessed with making kids feel good about themselves that we've lost sight of building the skills they need to actually be good at things. Michelle Rhee skillssightkids I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill. Michelle Singletary skillsteachingpeople Flow is the process of achieving happiness through control over one's inner life. The optimal state of inner experience is order in consciousness. This happens when we focus our attention (psychic energy) on realistic goals and when our skills match the challenges we face. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi psychicsskillsorder One must develop skills that stretch capacities, that make one more than what one is. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi skillscapacity It is not the skills we actually have that determine how we feel but the ones we think we have. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi skillsfeelsthinking A person who forgoes the use of his symbolic skills is never really free. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi symbolicskillsuse Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person's skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi demandeffortskills Socializing is more positive than being alone, that's why meetings are so popular. People don't like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi like-being-aloneskillspeople If we know what that set point is, we can predict fairly accurately when you will be in flow, and it will be when your challenges are higher than average and skills are higher than average. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi skillschallengesaverage No doubt you are as alarmed as I by the tragic decline in America's language skills. If 10 people read the following sentence: Two tanker trucks has just overturned in Alaska, spilling a totel of 10,000 gallons of beer onto a highway. two would find an error in subject-verb agreement, two would find an error in spelling, and six would find a sponge and drive north. Mike Nichols skillsagreementbeer When it comes to thinking about how a character talks, there are literary and language considerations. For actors to be able to differentiate between themselves and the characters they are playing while at the same time remain in character and spontaneous requires a sophisticated combination of skills and spirit. Mike Leigh skillscharacterthinking I think a trillion dollars of student loans and a massive skills gap are precisely what happens to a society that actively promotes one form of education as the best course for the most people. I think the stigmas and stereotypes that keep so many people from pursuing a truly useful skill, begin with the mistaken belief that a four-year degree is somehow superior to all other forms of learning. Mike Rowe skillsyearsthinking The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work. Mike Rowe skillsreflectioncountry This is ten percent luck, Twenty percent skill, Fifteen percent power of will, Five percent pleasure, Fifty percent pain, and a hundred percent reason to remember the name Mike Shinoda painskillsnames How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry. Mike Tyson boxingskillsmotivational I start a boxing movie and that's kind of something I've been able to get to the gym for. It's great anytime you can parallel a skill that your character has. I just think it makes it even more rewarding. Miles Teller skillscharacterthinking When you're doing martial arts, you feel like you can master certain skills and be so much more in control of who you are, so that really appealed to me. Milla Jovovich like-youskillsart A minimum-wage law is, in reality, a law that makes it illegal for an employer to hire a person with limited skills. Milton Friedman skillslawreality«7273747576777879808182»
