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Lets take a few moments and make a list of the 5 people we look up to the most. It can be friends, family members, or even people we don't know on a personal level like a celebrity, a public speaker, a pastor or minister, etc. We want to pick people who possess the qualities that we hold in the highest regard.
Now that we have the list, take a moment and list the 10 qualities that each of these people possess that makes them respectable. What qualities do these people have that made us pick them as our top 5. Things like; honesty, loyalty, ambitious, friendly, enthusiastic, caring, passionate, good listener, positive attitude, fair, encouraging, challenging, motivated, wealthy, humanitarian, etc...
Now take a look at the list of qualities and decide if they are characteristics or skills. A characteristic is something that a person is born with, like a natural ability. And a skill is a learned ability. After reviewing the list, put a "C" by the characteristics and an "S" by the skills. You will probably come up with about 70%-80% skills and 20%-30% characteristics.
Finally, take a look at the characteristics and decide if those characteristics could be learned or if only the lucky few born with them are the ones who can possess them. Chances are that most characteristics can be learned if someone is willing to but forth a little effort.
The moral of this exercise is this; anybody can learn to be highly effective. Anybody can learn to be the the person that people look up to. All we have to do is study ourselves to figure out where we are lacking and then get to work on acquiring and mastering those skills.
With the exception of a select few, we are all born with the same ability to learn to be "great". The difference is where our motivation lies. Are we motivated to learn, grow, and become better. Or are we motivated to remain unmotivated. Remember what Jim Rohn says; "If we're not growing, we're dying." Lets make a conscious decision to grow.
Now that we have the list, take a moment and list the 10 qualities that each of these people possess that makes them respectable. What qualities do these people have that made us pick them as our top 5. Things like; honesty, loyalty, ambitious, friendly, enthusiastic, caring, passionate, good listener, positive attitude, fair, encouraging, challenging, motivated, wealthy, humanitarian, etc...
Now take a look at the list of qualities and decide if they are characteristics or skills. A characteristic is something that a person is born with, like a natural ability. And a skill is a learned ability. After reviewing the list, put a "C" by the characteristics and an "S" by the skills. You will probably come up with about 70%-80% skills and 20%-30% characteristics.
Finally, take a look at the characteristics and decide if those characteristics could be learned or if only the lucky few born with them are the ones who can possess them. Chances are that most characteristics can be learned if someone is willing to but forth a little effort.
The moral of this exercise is this; anybody can learn to be highly effective. Anybody can learn to be the the person that people look up to. All we have to do is study ourselves to figure out where we are lacking and then get to work on acquiring and mastering those skills.
With the exception of a select few, we are all born with the same ability to learn to be "great". The difference is where our motivation lies. Are we motivated to learn, grow, and become better. Or are we motivated to remain unmotivated. Remember what Jim Rohn says; "If we're not growing, we're dying." Lets make a conscious decision to grow.
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