OFF TO COLLEGE?
- How to
excel at oral and written communication. Good writing requires good
thinking. Understand the meaning of every word you speak, write, and hear.
- How to
solve problems. Evaluate the options.
- How to
get what you need from yourself.
- How to
get resources ---information, money, and people.
- How to
make good decisions.
- How to
deal with “no” ---accept or reject.
- The
second “3 R’s”---- your responsibilities, rights, and remedies.
- How
systems (social, political, educational, legal, financial and business
institutions) work and how to work within them.
- Understand
our financial institutions ----where to get money, how to get money and
how to manage it (banks, stocks, property, and other investment markets).
- Understand
our legal system---courts, laws, and lawyers.
- Understand
who has the power, how they got it and what they are willing
to do to keep it.
- How to
successfully complete a difficult project.
- How to
manage others in successfully completing a difficult project.
- Understand
why people behave the way they do and why you behave the way you do. All
people are imperfect; learn how to identify their flaws and get to know
yours.
- What
really matters. Find the truth for yourself—don’t rely on others.
Everyone sees the world thru their own filter of beliefs, values, and
experiences. These change over time as you get more knowledge,
experiences, etc.
- There
are no absolutes, except this one.
- Success
in life is living your life in your own way. Do what you love and it will
never feel like work, it will be fun.
- All
things in this world succeed or fail based on expectations,
not the actual outcome.
- What
you have to offer will be a thoroughly unique combination of skill,
knowledge, aptitude, ability, and experience.
- If you
could excel at only one thing, it should be the ability to learn.
If you’re really good, the second most important thing to excel at is
negotiating.