Quotes About Skills

The power of skills and knowledge is that they are transferable from one person to another. Their limitation is that they are often situation-specific — faced with an unanticipated scenario, they lose much of their power. In contrast, the power of talent is that it is transferable from situation to situation.

Any recurring patterns of behavior that can be productively applied are talents.

I have a fork and a spoon, but never a knife… as if I'm lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. That's why I'm not allowed a knife.

building fires in the rain, tracking animals and finding water.

Technology and Ideology are shaking the foundations of 21st century capitalism. Technology is making skills and knowledge the only sources of sustainable strategic advantage.

A lot of people use collaborative technologies badly, then abandon them. They aren't 'plug-and-play.' The invisible part is the social skill necessary to use them.

If we want America to stay on the cutting edge, we need young Americans to master the tools and technology that will change the way we do just about everything.

Lifelong learning is no longer a luxury but a necessity for employment.

I have no skills with machines. I fear them, and because I cannot help attributing human qualities to them, I suspect that they hate me and will kill me if they can.

We have rapidly increasing technology, which is making life very good for people who are good at using words, and not so good for people who are not good at using words.

With the evolution of technology, kids really need to be computer-savvy.

Technology requires knowledge and expertise more than it requires money.

Today's action hero, his skills are through technology. He can fly, he can throw a bolt of lightning, he can freeze people.

To come to terms with our beginning requires a truthful story to acquire the skills to live in gratitude rather than resentment for the gift of life.

Take some time to learn first aid and CPR. It saves lives, and it works.

But for the time being, I've only learned one cake recipe and how to make scrambled eggs.

Considerable research on successful soccer players and their developmental history, affirms that a good percentage of them have spent time in isolation, working on soccer skills.

What leaders have in common is that each really knows their strengths, has developed their strengths, and can call on the right strength at the right time.

Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

Coaches who scrimmage all the time don't know what to practice.

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.

Spring Training is a fun time for me.

I'm terrified that I'm genetically predisposed to only having boys. That's frightening. By the time I was 10 years old, and I'm not exaggerating, I knew how to patch drywall.

The average American watches more than four hours of television per day. What would happen if we spent more time developing our talents than watching others develop theirs?