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    Be able to draw an illustration as least well enough to get your point across to another person.

    Point | Across | Draw


    Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.

    Everybody | Partly


    Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

    Success | Strengths | Achieved


    Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

    Walking | Skill | Twin


    Know how to effectively voice a complaint or make a claim at a retail store.

    Voice | Retail | Claim


    Be able to go shopping for a bathing suit and not become depressed afterward.

    Shopping | Depressed | Suit


    Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

    Communication | Work | Email


    Be in the habit of experimenting with your clothing so that you don't get stuck for life with a self-image developed over the course of high school.

    Life | Habit | Clothing


    Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

    Support | Statistics | Analyze


    Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.

    Alcohol | Cigarettes | Avoid


    Know where to find the sunrise and sunset times and note how the sky looks at those times, at least once.

    Sunset | Sky | Sunrise


    To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

    Knowledge | Wisdom | Acquire


    Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.

    Teen | Music | Listening


    When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.

    Strong | Negative | Perfect


    Be able to defend your arguments in a rational way. Otherwise, all you have is an opinion.

    Opinion | Argument | Rational


    At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.

    Life | Good | Mood


    Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

    Words | Speak | Grammar


    A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

    Morning | Good | Great


    Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.

    Ridiculous | Means | Sneeze


    Be able to recognize when you're reading or hearing material biased to your own side.

    Reading | Hearing | Biased


       

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