"My new book, Mastery, is my attempt to write Thomas's Guide for practical shipbuilding for the everyday world."
"We need to encourage practical skills, and the fact that you can write an academic essay really has very little to do with how good you're going to be in clinical practice."
"There's a lot of degrees that you get that you don't need. If you want to learn about that stuff, go read about it. Don't pay $200,000 and go into debt to learn about something that has no skill set."
"They need to start teaching folks in school how to work a bank account, how to build credit."
"One thing I would do with the schools is I'd put a lot of the Hands-On classes back in, like art, sewing, woodworking, shop, welding, auto mechanics, theater."
"We need a greater focus on practical skills."
"I don't care about a degree. Can you do the job?"
"If you're strugling for an hour and a half to get the engine in, maybe go back and make sure that the motor you got wasn't from a manual transmission truck."
"Basic appreciation of statistics... I use pretty much every day to a point where it's a kind of superpower."
"If you free a person after a whole long time of oppression and say, 'Now you are free to survive,' if you have no skills, if you have no quantifiable means of existence, what you have done is liberated them into oppression."
"Your ability to troubleshoot and repair automotive problems as they arise will play a pivotal role in your ability to harness the power of machines for both transport, construction, and agricultural use."
"Just basic competence can end up saving lives."
"Reading sheet music is only part of what it means to understand music theory."
"Turn yourself into someone who's competent in multiple directions. Pick the easy fruit hanging that you could pick."
"Common sense and basic magic, that's how I did it."
"These tips, tricks, little secrets, big secrets, methods to help me survive that I call MacGyverisms, have worked for me in some of the harshest environments on the planet."
"Don't waste your time on French languages, learn English, learn engineering, learn science."
"An academic education does not equal financial success. A financial education does equal success."
"I don't care if you have a degree or not I care if you have a portfolio you're passionate and you can prove it."
"It's not the equipment you have that matters, it's what you know."
"You should be able to rebuild anything with an axe... you have to learn how to build it."
"Learning by doing is the best way to gain experience."
"I'd rather have a young person come in here, let them learn, let me train them... with a degree that, frankly, I don't know the degree equates to helping out in our job."
"There's a lot to that that is appealing about working in the trades."
"Ultimately, you're probably going to use a computer program to do most of the problems for real life, like Excel. So what I'm going to do is teach you the equations and formulas by hand."
"If you know how to use a measuring tape and a pencil in a skill saw, you can build the deck."
"I love the way they hit the fire steel right there to light the fire. It's so great."
"It's about having the right tools and gear to make it happen."
"The reason your accountant teacher is teaching accounting rather than putting it into real practice because he's not smart enough to figure out how to do that."
"Finance school is not going to teach you how to buy an option."
"Basic personal finance is something that we used to call home economics."
"The A+ far outweighs whatever you will learn on the CCNA when it comes to entry-level IT work."
"The degree itself... is not going to get you a job... it's all in the portfolio."
"That's why I keep coming back over here to the demonstrative chart, the cognitive stuff. I think everybody is doing the cognitive stuff. Get the hands-on. Focus on the hands-on. I can't stress this part enough. Focus on the hands-on."
"This is the chart that I'm going to push everybody to, is the hands-on chart because I think this is going to be the one that takes you further in your career than this one does, that's mine."
"To me, this isn't really a hack. This is just smart."
"Learning words and grammar you'll actually need in day-to-day conversations."
"Once you're in there, now it's time to actually do some cleaning."
"High schools spend so much time on various subjects you'll probably never use, ignoring basics like mortgages, insurance, or buying your first car or home."
"It's not about what you know, it's about playing the game."
"Always be practical, learning to drive is a really good thing for your future."
"Dropping a tool in space is not something any of us have to worry about on a daily basis, but having the right tool for the job and knowing how to use it can make or break a project."
"I bet most Farmers probably don't want to fix their own [__], but they want the ability."
"Learn to do it for yourself. That's the essence of prepping."
"Lock-picking definitely shatters that illusion, but that gives you a better way to be more critical thinking amongst many other topics in life."
"School in Canada would be better served by teaching more practical skills."
"Just having those skills to be able to repair that or replace it yourself is a vital scare right then learning I mean and just horseback riding in itself."
"Handy gives you weapon maintenance and an XP bonus in carpentry."
"It's critical to have a dynamic flow between theory and practice."
"Replacing a visor is as simple as two screws, no big deal at all."
"I agree, personal finance class in high school."
"Using a plane is all about planes and angles in life is not 2d so we've got to take into consideration vectors drift even the amount of power you push through it will affect everything about the interaction between the cutting edge and wood fibres."
"The minute you get it, you suddenly look at her and she looks at you and you go like oh my god she's so wonderful."
"Higher education needs to put more weight on practical skills rather than just test taking and essay writing."
"Everything practical you can learn on the internet."
"Your GPA matters, but experience and practical skills are equally important."
"The best kind of learning is learning by doing."
"Information or practice or anything will be way more valuable than any tangible thing you can hold."
"Apollo 17's true science potential was saved by duct tape."
"Why don't they teach you how to do taxes in school? They really should."
"The guy was able to attach a tow line to the vehicle that was blocking his driveway."
"I gotta walk slow, we're gonna learn everything okay however this safety precautions only alright put everything in there so let's figure this out Baxter."
"Learning a skill like gardening can keep people alive and strengthen communities."
"I can fix anything with elbow grease and duct tape."
"It's one thing to have an understanding of where the anatomy goes, it's a whole other thing to be able to actually use that anatomy in a dynamic way in a drawing."
"Fishing just takes on a whole different meaning when you have to catch fish to survive."
"College is college, man. Get a trade skill first."
"Pay attention to these tricks and always carry a lighter."
"Don't want to spend three years just taking online courses; you want to actually build stuff."
"I think it's more important for people to know how to feed themselves than to know how to do trigonometry."
"It's incredibly important, but they want you to know algebra but they don't want you to know like how to do taxes."
"Pushing all judgment aside and just really using up what you have to make a meal."
"Learn how to throw your hands. It won't just give you confidence, it'll help you in tough situations."
"Sharpen your knives... There's no such thing as a knife that's too sharp."
"Clinical went so well, got to practice skills like assessing patients and therapeutic communication."
"Just defend yourself. Everything you've been learning, put them to use."
"They flat-out removed touch IDs, the thing that was super fast accurate reliable."
"We figured out how to be resourceful with everything that we had."
"Years and years ago, a lot more people used to fix things than they do now."
"Practicing the basics of a few different languages helps us navigate the scope of true crime."
"You can put it straight into here or you can take this give it to somebody else and they'll be able to recreate that exact same color."
"One of the most important survival skills you can have is the ability to create fire."
"Everyone looks down on plumbers until you get a clogged sink."
"Remember, you don't need to be an MMA fighter to get yourself out of a bad situation."
"Are you out of your mind, Simon? I'm not gonna get into student debt to learn how to do my laundry."
"Reminder that in almost any emergency situation but especially in natural disasters one redneck friend or neighbor is worth 1,000 PhDs."
"But there is actually a wisdom to the play. And it's one that I first came across when I was learning how to juggle."
"This will be helpful for us just to get our hands dirty with sound."
"Once your bolts are snug and your engine is in its proper place, it's time to torque the bolts down."
"Keep those lights on, finding out the buttons."
"Go get a trade man, go learn how to do something with your hands."
"People are gonna have to learn to fix things again."
"And then you're gonna twist all of these wires together."
"Money is real, and you have to learn how to manage it."
"What a useful technique. But you're right, fire actually did burn someone. Congratulations first suicides."
"Empower yourself with skills like gardening and building."
"Perspective is one of the most useful tools you will have on your tool belt to create that illusion."
"The clutch alignment mystery: why eyeballing works better."
"Why doesn't school teach people how to do taxes?"
"Choose simple knots that you're confident you can do right every time."
"There's a difference between knowing what the best grip is and being able to execute it 100% of the time."
"The biggest thing is to practice and actually use the stuff that you have."
"We actually do have to teach people how to drive."
"They know which ones they can remove safely themselves, and when they should probably ring someone to come out to give them a hand to remove the snake."
"Being able to do this with keyframes to adjust the volume up and down however you want super useful for videos."
"It's about the process that they are doing something hands-on with you they're spending quality time with you they're learning how to use a crinkle cutter or a regular knife or they're scrubbing a vegetable they're like living in the moment."
"Babbel is teaching me real-world practical conversations in a way that I consistently feel successful at, which is nice."
"Machine learning is not just about learning all the math and statistics but also making use of pre-trained models."
"Knowledge is power and if you're competent and you can fix your own house, you can get ahead of the curve of the rest of the world."
"Van life has been definitely a big learning experience; if you get into this life and you don't know how to turn a screwdriver or how to work a wrench or anything like that, you will learn very quick and that is a beautiful thing."
"You know what Red Green used to say, if they don't find you handsome, they better find you handy."
"You're going to be gaining Hands-On experience with python, Linux, and SQL."
"What was the difference between your education and the skills you actually needed to do your job? What if that job was life or death, guys?"
"If one person watches this and decides to take their kid to the range and teach them some valuable life skills, then it was worth it."
"Knowing how to make a bra cup is probably the smartest thing you should know how to do."
"Teach them real life skill set... every aspect of their real life."
"I mean, I was able to make that little catapult, I was like, 'You know what, I could make a cabin.'"
"Simply buying stuff will not give you the security you want it is good to have stuff like it's good to have stuff at your disposal that you can buy all the seeds in the world but if you don't know how to garden then they are not that useful to you."
"Let me show you how quickly you can take raw potatoes and turn them into jars of shelf stable goodness."
"It's not just your IQ, it's your EQ, it's your common sense, it's street smarts."
"In real life you do risk management all day long."
"Coding is a skill that's just amazing for anyone to have and it's still applicable and it just really looks great on your resume."
"Whether it's for work, school, or convincing mom and dad to get you that dog you've always wanted, this class should help you."
"The best way to learn... is to do it with your own hands."
"A 29 piece of equipment and a little bit of training that you could literally get from YouTube could save your life. Why would you not pay attention to that?"
"Tina Turner: the queen of rock and roll, the queen of survival."
"You're going to need medical training more often in your life than you're going to need your gunfighter training."
"I wanted to make sure to give you all the tools and techniques you actually need to know to replace a logo."
"Start telling them to become good at things that they can then exchange for other things."
"So he's really good in the physical world with materials and linking up with talent around the area and just like getting things done."
"This requires literally no tools to do any of this."
"Now these interventions can be simple things such as positioning the patient and their head and neck sitting them upright having the patient cough suctioning etc."
"One of the great things about having your own sewing machine is being able to do your own alterations."
"Music theory might not be the most essential thing, but I think it definitely helped... I actually think it is essential."
"The philosophy of shelter building is pretty much the same no matter where you are. You've got to kind of think like you're making a house."
"Learning how to tie a knot, and cast off the line and actually tie down the ship it felt like that was a lot more practical."
"Plastic welding is one of those skills that you will use over and over again."
"A degree will not help you land the job or it might help you land the job where you don't even actually really learn much."
"Knowing how to do a skill with your hands will always come in handy no matter what stage you are in life and no matter what the economy is like."
"Back in the day on Grandpa's Chevy 350... we could do both head gaskets and only fill one cart full of parts."
"I think all exams should be open book. It increases note-taking skills that are actually used in life and in the workplace."
"This is my favorite talk... because it's one of the most practical... it will teach you what to do when things really go bad in the wilderness."
"I really hope you learn to build real things, not just something that reads from files and writes into the console."
"I think they need to bring shop class back to schools and teach kids reality on how to do all this stuff."
"I always try to make the person perform a task or write code that will directly relate to the actual job."
"Certifications with a lab component to them are really good because you learn something theoretical but also you get to apply it."
"Linux utilities are an important group of info, not only for exams but for real-world tech work."
"We've gotten away from this. We've been turned into a bunch of pansies who are so soft that so many men today don't even know how to change a tire, really."
"He was teaching them how to mow lawns and work on cars and fix things."
"Teach them how to change tires, so they'll never be somewhere where they can't take care of themselves."
"Moral of the story, learn how to change a tire."
"Every man should know how to change a tire."
"It teaches real-world conversations."
"I think it's bad at schools have taken out the hands-on classes cooking sewing woodworking woodshop all the different trades they teach practical problem-solving some states are beginning to realize this is wrong and that putting them back in again."
"Everyone has to know how to change a tire."
"People like our show so much is because we're actually trying to teach people how to kill deer, sure the real real world way."
"Let your child help unpack groceries for sequencing, sorting, and language opportunities."
"You're getting a wider piece of chicken, just 'cause you went to college, you've got to start using your geometry."
"You do actually have the ability to pin these down, tie these down if you need to set up your gas hot water system here."
"Teach kids about money, finance, credit cards, loans, investing, living below your means. I just don't understand why they teach you that you have to learn this on your own after you get out of college."
"A man knowing how to use his hands that counts"
"The engineering physics program stresses not only a good sort of foundational theoretical understanding of scientific concepts but also a lot of practiced experience with hands-on skills and applying that knowledge."
"It just takes a basic set of tools."
"Good command of English can significantly improve career prospects for students in Japan, making the chance to learn practical English skills from native speakers an attractive prospect."
"...how to solve practical problems using math..."
"My math nerdiness is finally useful for something."
"There should be a dipstick even if it's symbolic because everybody should experience the grace of pulling that thing out."
"See? Pass the end over itself like this, then under and around the standing end like this. It's called a figure eight; real sailors use it for all kinds of things."
"Computer science doesn't get you a job; software engineering gets you a job."
"It's one thing to purchase a piece of gear; it's another thing to know how to operate it, know why you need it."
"If you can adapt to a situation, you could be better than people who can read and write in some situations."
"Having some sort of DIY knowledge really helps."
"I feel like that's important, you know, like you got to learn how to cook."
"Architecture is almost like a combination of art, engineering, and then practical problem solving as well."
"If you can weld, you're going to be just fine, if you can build stuff, you can change tires, fix flats, that part is never going away."
"We provide traditional practical hands-on training for everybody."
"They're fine, they're great, if not better than a college degree."
"School doesn't teach you life skills."
"Education of the head, heart, and hands."
"Cooking is great training in practical magic."
"Changing the clutch is not a hard thing; it's easy, especially when you have all the right tips and tricks."
"I feel like in the time that you've learned to weld, you've applied it more practically."
"I do wish though that they taught about like mortgages and did more with resume writing."
"If you can fix something, grow something, or build something, these are far more valuable places, far more valuable things than your Wall Street portfolio."
"Everyday Spy is an online learning platform that teaches people authentic practical spy skills."
"The education system rarely teaches you skills about initiative or marketing or sales."
"You learn more when you're doing it instead of in a classroom."
"This method of solving problems using units you will actually use it forever."
"Turning your ideas into reality is largely dependent upon your actual experience building projects."
"Duke's BME program focuses on the practical application of skills and job readiness."
"People want hands-on capabilities, these new certifications are giving you that."
"Why are we learning the quadratic formula when we are not learning how to change a tire?"
"I love that my boys had the opportunity to learn from their grandpa and their dad how to be handy and get stuff done around the house."
"Teach them important things like how to farm and grow food and be practical."
"...Henry's basic skills have enormous practical potential."
"The best way to troubleshoot Layer 3 stuff is by using two commands: ipconfig and the ping command."
"They should be teaching you how to do taxes, they should be teaching you meaningful stuff."
"We're going to remove the engine under cover."
"The basic standing rule in this: doing well, having a better score in your alternative to practical question, is for you to be meticulous."
"I can now easily dehydrate foods like bananas, apples, or strawberries for snacking, and vegetables and meats for our backpacking and camping meals."