MEGA-SKILLS

1. Confidence-Prov. 3:25-26

Self-respect; internal, not external

Patting people on back pumps up, then lets out

Knowledge is power

2. Motivation-Mat. 6:34

Capacity to break life's challenges into bite sized tasks

Capacity not to be over-whelmed

3. Effort-Ph'p. 4:13

Taking the time-everyone has only 24 hours in a day

Overcoming natural limits to capacity

Expect life to be hard, not easy

4. Responsibility-Acts 5:27-29

Refusing to be dependent on Mommy your whole life

Get an alarm clock

Choosing the right thing regardless of the law

5. Initiative-Eph. 6:5-8

Doing it without being told

Capacity to accomplish a mission with only a mission statement and no parameters-"You are not paid to think--just to follow orders"

Result is always as good as if someone were looking over your shoulder-character is what you are when you know no one else will ever see you

Do the job knowing you won't get the credit-God can do marvellous things through the person who cares not who gets the credit

6. Perseverance-Ps. 37:23-24

Capacity to do more and better than those with more talent-always someone faster, smarter, etc.

Capacity to start again after failure

7. Caring-1 Cor. 13:1-3

Capacity to realize that other people exist outside you-they are not a movie

Capacity to know what another person is saying and to know what that person is feeling

Capacity to relate another person's experience to your experience

8. Teamwork-1 Cor. 3:6-7

Capacity to share credit, and accept a share of the blame

Capacity to see that a team accomplishes faster, with a higher degree of quality-auto maker surrounded himself with brilliant people

9. Common Sense-Prov. 12:15

Sense to come in out of the rain-Army and umbrella

Capacity to see many points of view

Capacity to pay attention to mistakes and learn from them-not denial

10. Problem Solving-Gen. 1:26-27

Capacity to analyze what the true problem is

Capacity to develop potential solutions

Capacity to test the potential solutions in the laboratory of the mind-pros/cons

Capacity to implement a decision and adapt if the decision was a wrong one