Core Skills forCore Skills forBusiness OwnershipBusiness Ownership

John C. Kelly, PhDJohn C. Kelly, PhD

Core Skills for Core Skills for Business OwnershipBusiness Ownership

►ProfessionalProfessional►PersonalPersonal►BusinessBusiness►ComputerComputer

ProfessionalProfessional

►Are you the best at what you do?Are you the best at what you do?►Are you passionate about your idea?Are you passionate about your idea?►Do you have a reputation for Do you have a reputation for

excellence?excellence?►Do you write articles about your fieldDo you write articles about your field►Do you give speeches about your fieldDo you give speeches about your field

Personal SkillsPersonal Skills

►Time ManagementTime Management►Money ManagementMoney Management►AttitudeAttitude►CommunicationCommunication►Quantitative ThinkingQuantitative Thinking

TimeTime

The scarcest resource of allThe scarcest resource of all

►Do you have a sense of urgency?Do you have a sense of urgency?►Do you procrastinate?Do you procrastinate?►Do set annual and life goals?Do set annual and life goals?►Do you periodically log your time usage?Do you periodically log your time usage?►Do you make time work for you long Do you make time work for you long

term?term?

Habit Three – First things Habit Three – First things FirstFirst

UrgentUrgent Not UrgentNot Urgent

Impor-Impor-tanttant

CrisisCrisis

DeadlinesDeadlines

PlanningPlanning

Customer Customer RelationshipsRelationships

EducationEducation

Fulfilling Life GoalsFulfilling Life Goals

Not Not Impor-Impor-tanttant

Phone callsPhone calls

MeetingsMeetingsBusy workBusy work

TelevisionTelevision

MoneyMoney

►Do you live beneath your means?Do you live beneath your means?►Do you use debt cautiously?Do you use debt cautiously?►Do you know good debt from bad Do you know good debt from bad

debt?debt?►Do you maintain a personal budget?Do you maintain a personal budget?►Do you have sufficient start-up capitalDo you have sufficient start-up capital

AttitudeAttitude

►Are you confident?Are you confident?►Are you persistent?Are you persistent?►Are you positive?Are you positive?►Are you passionate?Are you passionate?►Are you friendly? Are you friendly? ►Are you a realist?Are you a realist?

CommunicationCommunication

►Writing – Express your self in wordsWriting – Express your self in words►Speaking – Speak before a groupSpeaking – Speak before a group►Listening – Listen to understandListening – Listen to understand►Reading – Read to learnReading – Read to learn

Quantitative ThinkingQuantitative Thinking

►BudgetsBudgets►SpreadsheetsSpreadsheets► Interest ratesInterest rates► Investment planningInvestment planning►Graphical presentation of dataGraphical presentation of data►Business statisticsBusiness statistics

BusinessBusiness

►Accounting/FinancialAccounting/Financial►SalesSales►MarketingMarketing►Personnel ManagementPersonnel Management►Administrative/ComputerAdministrative/Computer►LegalLegal►Fill your gaps with coursesFill your gaps with courses

ComputerComputer

►Spreadsheets – ExcelSpreadsheets – Excel►Word processing – WordWord processing – Word►Presentation – Power PointPresentation – Power Point