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
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