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Independent Learning Centre

Verbs are categorized according to transferable skills
Click on each verb for definitions and examples

Achievement	Analytical	Coaching	Communication	Creative
Achieve Attain Carry out Complete Execute Fulfill Implement Succeed	Analyze Assess Conclude Diagnose Evaluate Examine Scrutinize Study	Advise Coach Empower Enable Guide Mentor Support Train	Communicate Connect Facilitate Formulate Interact Mediate Negotiate Network	Build Conceive Create Design Develop Devise Form Invent
Decision-making	Helping	Learning	Management	Organizational
Arbitrate Choose Decide Determine Evaluate Judge Resolve Select	Aid Assist Back Help Provide Serve Support Sustain	Acquire Assimilate Comprehend Gain Grasp Learn Master Understand	Be in charge Coordinate Head Lead Manage Motivate Oversee Supervise	Arrange Coordinate Organize Plan Prepare Prioritize Schedule Set up
Positive change	Problem-solving	Public speaking	Research	Team work
Ameliorate Boost Develop Enhance Expand Improve Strengthen Upgrade	Correct Explain Fix Identify Question Solve Unlock Work out	Address Debate Deliver Discuss Lecture Pitch Present Speak	Collect Compile Explore Experiment Investigate Research Survey Synthesize	Collaborate Contribute Cooperate Exchange Listen Participate Share Support

“Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.”

Mark Twain
“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.”

Winston Churchill
“The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.”

Mortimer Adler
“Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will.”

Vernon Howard
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

Benjamin Franklin
“Be observing constantly. Stay open minded. Be eager to learn and improve.”

John Wooden
“Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.”

Abigail Adams
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”

Henry Ford