"You, Inc." (Who You Will Be)

These are all parts of the various articles written a while back – they will not all be in order. c/ork

You, Inc.  

Part II - 6 Talents we all have to market:

1.  Knowledge - this all of the accumulated information we have gathered throughout our lives.  Knowing where to look for things, dictionaries, reference books, school of hard knocks, whatever.  It is also the accumulation of the knowledge in a group or association when in meetings or small discussions.  The ability to draw on this vast storehouse of information at the moment when we need it most. 

2.  Energy - this is the effort we have to put forth each and every day at everything we do.  Some really talented individuals appear to have to put forth less energy and last longer, because they've learned to governor there energy level to the job at hand, or it's importance.  Think of all the happy kids in the world there would be if everyone spent the same energy in the middle of the night changing and cleaning a baby, as they do when they are fully awake?

3.  Time - everyone each day has the same amount of time, 24 hours, but isn't it amazing how differently each uses their time.  Winners and losers are given an equal amount of time, but losers always complain, there just wasn't enough time to get the job done, complete the assignment, run all the errands; while winners plan their time out to accomplish what they are both required to do and what they would like to do.  Time requires organization.  T. E. Lawrence said, "There are those who re-act to those around them and never accomplish anything, while there are others who act, take control of their lives and not only accomplish what others need, but more importantly what they want to do."

4.  Creativity - not the ability to paint or write novels, or poems; but the ability to solve problems before they arise.  When this person sets out to do something, it is looked at from what they would like to accomplish and then figuring out what stands between them and the accomplishment.  They are able to see the roadblocks and obstacles in the way, and then they are able to come with solutions.  In meetings they know who will be there in attendance and know what is likely to be their objection, and already have solutions.  They are the ones who say, "I'm glad you asked that question, here is my thought on it, (explain in detail), what do you think, how can we improve or change this for further ease of accomplishment?"  For ever problem they have multiple solutions; if they think they've overlooked something, they'll ask another unafraid of criticism who will sometime tell them why they can't get from a to b to q, because (and this is where they take notes) of this.

5.  Concentration - the ability to work on many jobs, assignments, adventurers at one time, while always bringing things to closure.  If they get stuck needing a part, information, assistance, they are able to go on to something else, until they get whatever it is they need to complete the other.  They also tie in with time above in that when they run errands they lay out a course to accomplish several things sequentially.

6.  Decision-Making - this is simply gathering the informing necessary and saying yes or no.  Maybe is not a decision, but a waste of everyone's time.  You also only need to gather the necessary information, not an encyclopedia of data.  The nice thing about a decision is that circumstances and information can change and so can the decision.  Technology which may have kept a positive from being possible may now make it possible. 

Everyday, as each person goes out into the world they take these six talents with them to market to others (some would change the words young execs and such but the meanings are the same).  A young woman or young man on a date; a business owner to stock holders, a wife or a husband working on a marriage, a parent raising a child and don't ever forget a child becoming who they will ultimately become.  One of these is each person's strength in a descending order, until we get to one in which we are weakest in.  The great people in the history of the world have always worked on improving them all, all the time, but have spent the greatest effort on the greatest strength and then filled in around them others with the other talents as strengths and learned to improve their weaknesses while not weakening their strength.  (This is probably the most important sentence in this whole paragraph, so re-read it, until you understand it.) 

Just an Old Rusty Knight – chuck

“Who You Will Be”

cji

1/7/19

Starting where you are

then you’ve a direction

your benchmark today

setting goals to become

in all the areas of life

reaching studying finding

discerning sharing caring

your You, Inc. building

able to become more

than who you will be!

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