"Preparing for Life and Personal Success"
During lunch this past weekend our family had a conversation about what it takes to be successful. In general terms
our conversation centered around the fact that there are two types of people in the business environment. There are successful business people and there are those that are not. I pointed out that in working with some high level executives in leadership positions I observed while they had the opportunity to create outstanding results they did not.
Business people and our children have the ability to produce outstanding results and when they don't it is directly related to not learning some basic skills associated with success.
The first skill associated with Preparing for Life and Personal Success is Personal Accountability. Personal Accountability is a measure of the capacity to be answerable for ones own personal actions all of the time. The second skill is Accepting Personal Responsibility for the consequences of our actions and to not blame others or outside circumstances for the lack of personal success. The third skill is to maintain a Personal Commitment to our objectives regardless of the results of the decisions that were made. The fourth skill is to Learn from Mistakes and recognize when we reach a roadblock on the path to success it is the universe's way of showing us the flaws in our thinking or our approach so we can do course correction.
These four skills apply to business, education, sports and personal relationships. If you are in agreement I invite you to share these concepts with your children.