MAKE CHOICES THAT WILL ADD VALUE TO YOUR TALENT

BY JOHN C. MAXWELL (pg 53 GO FOR GOLD)

What creates the effectiveness necessary for converting talents

into results? It comes from the choices you make. Orator, attorney,

and political leader William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a

matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited

for, it is a thing to be achieved." I've discovered thirteen key choices

that can be made to maximize any person's talent:

1. Belief lifts your talent.

2. Passion energizes your talent.

3. Initiative activates your talent.

4. Focus directs your talent.

5. Preparation positions your talent.

6. Practice sharpens your talent.

7. Perseverance sustains your talent.

8. Courage test your talent.

9. Teacheability expands your talents.

10. Character protects your talent.

11. Relationship influences your talent.

12. Responsibility strengthens your talent.

13. Teamwork multiplies your talent.

Make these choices, and you can become a

talent-plus person. If you have talent, you

stand alone . If you have talent plus, you stand

out.

- Talent is never Enough

Children have talents and learn faster and

better-when they are young. Parents must
help them discover these talents early and
help them harness it until they become
independent.

These lessons By John C. Maxwell, are easier to

apply for Adult whose parents have layed the
right foundation for them in their formative
years.Make the foundation of your children
a priority today.