1. Preparing For Success Building a Successful Business Manufacturing Mr. Graves

2. Planning and Preparation Thinking things through

3. Planning and Preparation Understanding pros and cons

4. Planning and Preparation Identifying strengths and weaknesses

5. Planning and Preparation Develop a strategy that completely eliminates “luck” and shows a clear and deceive path to success

6. Making it Work for You Planning and Preparation Remember the Steps Think thing through Understand the pros and cons Identify your strengths and weaknesses Develop a strategy that completely eliminates “luck” and shows a clear and deceive path to success How does it fit? School, sports, work………

7. The Right Frame of Mind Attitude You need to care…….G.A.S. If you believe you can be successful – you will be. If you don’t believe – it won’t happen.

8. Getting to “The Right Frame of Mind” Do you care, can you care? Do you have skills and qualities to be successful? (Foundation Skills) Are you competent to be successful? (Five Competencies)

9. Foundation Skills Basic Skills – Functional Literacy Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Personal Qualities

10. Foundation Skills Basic Skills – Functional Literacy Reading Locates, understands, and interprets written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules

11. Foundation Skills Basic Skills – Functional Literacy Reading Writing Communicates thoughts, ideas, information and messages in writing; and creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts

12. Foundation Skills Basic Skills – Functional Literacy Reading Writing Arithmetic / Mathematics Performs basic computations and approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques

13. Foundation Skills Basic Skills – Functional Literacy Reading Writing Arithmetic / Mathematics Listening Receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues

14. Foundation Skills Basic Skills – Functional Literacy Reading Writing Arithmetic / Mathematics Listening Speaking Organizes ideas and communicates orally

15. Foundation Skills Basic Skills – Functional Literacy Reading Writing Arithmetic / Mathematics Listening Speaking

16. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Decision Making Problem Solving Seeing Things in the Mind’s Eye Knowing How to Learn Reasoning

17. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Generates new ideas

18. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Decision Making Specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risk, and evaluates and chooses the best alternative

19. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Decision Making Problem Solving Recognizes problems and devises and implements a plan of action

20. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Decision Making Problem Solving Seeing Things in the Mind’s Eye Organizes and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and other information

21. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Decision Making Problem Solving Seeing Things in the Mind’s Eye Knowing How to Learn Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply knowledge and skills

22. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Decision Making Problem Solving Seeing Things in the Mind’s Eye Knowing How to Learn Reasoning Discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or more objects and applies it when solving a problem

23. Foundation Skills Thinking Skills – Higher Level Skills Creative Thinking Decision Making Problem Solving Seeing Things in the Mind’s Eye Knowing How to Learn Reasoning

24. Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Responsibility Self-Esteem Sociability Self-Management Integrity / Honesty

25. Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Responsibility Exerts a high level of effort and perseveres towards goal attainment

26. Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Responsibility Self-Esteem Believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self

27. Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Responsibility Self-Esteem Sociability Demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings

28. Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Responsibility Self-Esteem Sociability Self-Management Assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control

29. Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Responsibility Self-Esteem Sociability Self-Management Integrity / Honesty Chooses ethical courses of action

30. Foundation Skills Personal Qualities Responsibility Self-Esteem Sociability Self-Management Integrity / Honesty