Category: Students

013 All About Skills – Brave New World

The world around us is changing at a pace that the word “dizzy” doesn’t describe.

It poses challenges for young people to find for themselves a productive role in society and to engage in and lead a happy life. To do this, one must understand what has happened over the past half century and where our world seems to be heading. In this episode, Charlie Jett discusses these challenges and the growing importance of the Critical Skills in the lives of those facing the future.

012 All About Skills – High School Graduation Address

This is the text of a high school graduation address given by Charlie Jett in California. It stresses the importance of the Critical Skills, advice about choosing a college, advice about choosing a major, and advice about taking that “first job.”

010 All About Skills – Students

In this episode, Charlie Jett focuses on the Critical Skills from the perspective of the STUDENT.

Questions addressed include, Why are the skills important? How are the skills learned in high school and college? What is a good way for a student to choose a college to attend? What considerations should be in the student’s mind when taking a new job? Critical skills ARE important for students at an early age – the earlier the focus . . . the BETTER!