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- Nov 07, 2020
Skills Quotes
Lines on building ability over time.
This set looks at skills from both athletic and professional angles, weighing the value of technical ability against the instinct to recall and apply moves under pressure. See our Ability quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Flexibility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Businesses that fail to develop their staff are twice as likely to collapse. Firms seeking to reposition themselves for the economic upturn need to invest in their staff's flexibility, responsiveness and skills.
- Nov 07, 2020
In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a student takes a Stanford computer class and a Princeton business class, it shows they are motivated and have skills. We know it has helped employees get better jobs.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you take on new roles that you don't feel comfortable with, that require you having skills you don't have, it's terrifying.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills.
- Car
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- Nov 07, 2020
So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
To reap this demographic dividend, we need to enable the youth to acquire skills required to get the job or become self-employed.
- College
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a writer and an artist when I grew up. So in college, I was an English major, and then I became a fine artist. But when I arrived in San Francisco in 1995, I figured I could leverage my artistic skills by becoming a Web designer and programmer.
- Minimum Wage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're here to take our skills - our superpowers - and figure out how to help Puerto Rico, the Earth and the people.
- Musical
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- Nov 07, 2020