MicroEnterprise Self Assess Vocab

Comfort Engaging with Strangers

• The ability to interact in a friendly and effective way with unfamiliar people. The ability to seem welcoming and easy to talk to, even with people who are different in age, appearance or background.

• The ability to accurately convey. Both verbal (or spoken) and written communication skills are important.

• Abilities an individual develops that helps him / her succeed. Personal capabilities are developed by a combination of observation, training and hands-on trial and error.

• The ability to pursue a task without being told to by someone else. Individuals who are self-motivated can find the strength to start and then finish a task without giving up.

Communications Skills

• Commitment to get something done. Individuals with determination exhibit willpower to accomplish what they set out to do. Also called “tenacity.” Spirit, courage, willpower and single-mindedness describe determined individuals.

• An individual’s self-commitment to overcome obstacles to achieve long-term goals. The ability to keep pursuing your dream despite challenges and defeats. Perseverance, resilience and backbone.

• The ability to accurately convey. Both verbal (or spoken) and written communication skills are important.

• Working with others to address a challenge. Individuals using their skills in harmony with others to complete a task. Effective teamwork involves trust among team members. Collaboration and cooperation.

Computer Literacy

• The ability to pursue what you think is right or necessary to do despite temptations to quit. Self-command, persistence, and resolve.

• Understanding how individuals and businesses earn money and what they spend money on. Understanding important financial terms. Learning how to create a budget

• Relationships and resources that help individuals succeed. Support relationships are often with “mentors” (experienced individuals who help you learn and succeed). Support resources include both information sources (like the LA Star Jobs website) and the opportunity to experience new things (like an internship).

• The ability to use computers for basic tasks, such as developing documents, sending emails and searching the internet for information.

Determination

• Abilities an individual develops that helps him / her succeed. Personal capabilities are developed by a combination of observation, training and hands-on trial and error.

• An individual’s self-commitment to overcome obstacles to achieve long-term goals. The ability to keep pursuing your dream despite challenges and defeats. Perseverance, resilience and backbone.

• Commitment to get something done. Individuals with determination exhibit willpower to accomplish what they set out to do. Also called “tenacity.” Spirit, courage, willpower and single-mindedness describe determined individuals

• The ability to pursue what you think is right or necessary to do despite temptations to quit. Self-command, persistence, and resolve.

Financial Literacy

• Working with others to address a challenge. Individuals using their skills in harmony with others to complete a task. Effective teamwork involves trust among team members. Collaboration and cooperation

• Understanding how individuals and businesses earn money and what they spend money on. Understanding important financial terms. Learning how to create a budget.

• A person who coaches and supports an entrepreneur . . . or a student studying to become an entrepreneur. Mentors have "been there, done that," so they are a great source of experienced advice to an entrepreneur or a student.

• The ability to use computers for basic tasks, such as developing documents, sending emails and searching the internet for information.

Grit

• The ability to pursue a task without being told to by someone else. Individuals who are self-motivated can find the strength to start and then finish a task without giving up

• The ability to pursue what you think is right or necessary to do despite temptations to quit. Self-command, persistence, and resolve.

• An individual’s self-commitment to overcome obstacles to achieve long-term goals. The ability to keep pursuing your dream

  despite challenges and defeats. Perseverance, resilience and backbone.

• Abilities an individual develops that helps him / her succeed. Personal capabilities are developed by a combination of observation, training and hands-on trial and error.

Mentor

• An individual’s self-commitment to overcome obstacles to achieve long-term goals. The ability to keep pursuing your dream despite challenges and defeats. Perseverance, resilience and backbone.

• Relationships and resources that help individuals succeed. Support relationships are often with “mentors” (experienced individuals who help you learn and succeed). Support resources include both information sources (like the LA Star Jobs website) and the opportunity to experience new things (like an internship).

• The ability to pursue a task without being told to by someone else. Individuals who are self-motivated can find the strength to start and then finish a task without giving up.

• A person who coaches and supports an entrepreneur . . . or a student studying to become an entrepreneur. Mentors have "been there, done that," so they are a great source of experienced advice to an entrepreneur or a student.

Personal Capabilities

• Working with others to address a challenge. Individuals using their skills in harmony with others to complete a task. Effective teamwork involves trust among team members. Collaboration and cooperation.

• Abilities an individual develops that helps him / her succeed. Personal capabilities are developed by a combination of observation, training and hands-on trial and error.

• The ability to interact in a friendly and effective way with unfamiliar people. The ability to seem welcoming and easy to talk to, even with people who are different in age, appearance or background.

• The ability to find solutions to difficult or complex issues. The process of working through the details of a challenge or crisis – often under pressure – to reach a solution.

Personal Support Systems

• Working with others to address a challenge. Individuals using their skills in harmony with others to complete a task. Effective teamwork involves trust among team members. Collaboration and cooperation.

• The ability to interact in a friendly and effective way with unfamiliar people. The ability to seem welcoming and easy to talk to, even with people who are different in age, appearance or background.

• Relationships and resources that help individuals succeed. Support relationships are often with “mentors” (experienced individuals who help you learn and succeed). Support resources include both information sources (like the LA Star Jobs website) and the opportunity to experience new things (like an internship).

• A person who coaches and supports an entrepreneur . . . or a student studying to become an entrepreneur. Mentors have "been there, done that," so they are a great source of experienced advice to an entrepreneur or a student.

Problem Solving

• The ability to accurately convey. Both verbal (or spoken) and written communication skills are important.

• The ability to find solutions to difficult or complex issues. The process of working through the details of a challenge or crisis – often under pressure – to reach a solution.

• Working with others to address a challenge. Individuals using their skills in harmony with others to complete a task. Effective teamwork involves trust among team members. Collaboration and cooperation.

• The ability to pursue what you think is right or necessary to do despite temptations to quit. Self-command, persistence, and resolve.