Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you

If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.

Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

I think one of the problems [with raising intelligent children] is compulsory schooling...and that children are sitting there and they are taught and told what to believe. They are passive from the very beginning, and one must be very, very aggressive intellectually to have a high IQ [...] the child is taught. Right from the beginning, it's a passive process. He or she sits there, and they simply try to believe everything they're told.

Try square dancing-at least long enough to no longer feel silly and begin to have fun.

While you're writing, you can't concentrate nearly as well on what the speaker is saying.

Be able to recognize many of the major constellations and know the stories behind them