Life Skills

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- Creating a budget: Identify income, expenses*, and whats leftover (savings or debt)

*Fixed: Regular expenses (Rent, phone, school. etc)

* Varible: May change (food, gas, entertainment)

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Develop Positive Traits

Building Positive Traits

- Most successful people demonstrate a level of responsibility and accountability

SMART Goals:

- Specific - well defined

- Measurable - provides the ability to know that your goal was reached

- Attainable - must be realistic

- Relevant - will help you achieve your long term goals

- Time Oriented - set a specific date, month, or year to reach your goal

My smart goal: I will study no less than 20 hours a week

Resourcefulness - the ability to deal quickly and skillfully with new situations or difficulties

The internet can be an outrageous resource

Positive thinking

Building Strong Relationships

Six Essential Relationship Skills:

Tolerance -The ability to recognize and appreciate the differences of others; Perspectives or viewpoints are allowed to var person to person without being assigned as "correct" or "incorrect"

Empathy - The ability to understand the feelings of others; The ability to place yourself in another's position

Respect and Trust - Trust is believing in the integrity of a person or thing; Respect is to admire someone as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements

Collaboration and Rapport - Collaboration is the ability to work with others on a task: Rapport is the affinity or feeling of closeness we develop for others. These characteristics are often present during effective communication.

Communication - you often don't know how your message will be "decoded" by the receiver. Each person has their own expectations and perspectives. Pay attention to your "encoding" (how you make the message make sense to the intended audience.

Sender should:

- Pay attention to the status, abilities, and interests of the audience. Make references that the audience can relate to.

- Use proper grammar and mechanics. Avoid lingo in professional emails and texts.

- Filter your words. Be professional. Charming maybe ;). Consider avoiding controversial topics.

- Consider the message channel (text, email, face-to-face). Are you using the best channel to reach this audience? The best channel for this type of message?

- Be aware of culture differences. Are there cultural or other factors that might cause miscommunication

Promoting your skill

Strong references

Watch online activity

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