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What does it mean?
Practical job skills come from experience and attitude, not just formal courses.
In plain terms
Doing a job well is learned through experience and attitude, not classes.
What can you take from it?
Value experience and attitude over classroom theory.

Where it applies

  • hiring
  • training
  • project execution

Putting it to work

  • hire for experience
  • mentor new staff
  • prioritize common sense

Questions to consider

  • What skills can only be learned on the job?
  • How much do you rely on experience vs theory?

Another view

Formal courses still provide necessary foundational theory.

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