Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.
Robert SternbergRead
If you're not adapting to the very rapidly changing environment, if you can't think creatively, you lose big in this society because there are very few jobs for you left.
Interpretation
Adapting to change and thinking creatively are crucial for success in a rapidly evolving society.
The quote emphasizes the importance of adaptability and creativity in today's fast-paced world. As environments shift and evolve, those who fail to adjust their thinking and approaches will struggle to find opportunities, leaving them at a disadvantage in the job market.
In practice
This quote would be perfect in a speech about the importance of innovation in business.
Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.
In other words, if a teacher only teaches in one way, then they conclude that the kids who can't learn well that way don't have the ability, when, in fact, it may be that the way the teacher's teaching is not a particularly good match to the way those kids learn.
Current intelligence-testing practices require examinees to answer but not to pose questions. In requiring only the answering of questions, these tests are missing a vital half of intelligence- the asking of questions.
Revolution is the most dramatic appearance of a conscious people.
We've talked more about civil rights after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than we talked about it before 1964.
I care very much about women and their progress. I didnβt go march in the streets, but when I was in the Arizona Legislature, one of the things that I did was to examine every single statute in the state of Arizona to pick out the ones that discriminated against women and get them changed.
Look at the Civil Rights Movement. Look at any kind of fight for change. People had to keep fighting and taking their rights. Rights are never given to you. They have to be fought for and they have to be taken.
It is fair to write about the change in your magazines. But what I want to see is the change on your covers ... When the covers change, that's when culture changes.
People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.
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