9 Skills

9 Skills
to Survive and Thrive
1. Knowledge and understanding of history, science, math, leadership, writing, public speaking, social studies, language, use of technology, etc. **gained through classics**
2. The ability to think creatively, analytically, and independently.

3. The ability to work effectively in teams or alone.
4. The entrepreneurial spirit of seeing opportunity—even when others see only problems
5. The habit of effectively taking initiative—to look around, see what is needed or what could be accomplished, and then muster the plans, effort, collaborators, and resources to make it happen.
6. The habit of working incredibly hard and maintaining a passion for both the tasks at hand and the long-term goals these tasks are meant to achieve.
7. The tenacity to keep going even when things are very hard, and when faced with criticism and attack.
8. The ingenuity to face setbacks, problems, difficulties and failures, and find ways to overcome them, adapt, and turn them into opportunities.
9. Mastering the skills of learning new things at the rapid pace of technology and change in the 21^st Century economy, unlearning the old lessons as they become obsolete (without losing the wisdom of the past), and knowing how to learn and effectively apply new knowledge and skills as soon as they become useful.