This document summarizes Michael Jordan's quote about failure and success and discusses how to identify and leverage one's "diamonds" or key resources for a new venture. It identifies 5 categories of diamonds: 1) Skills, 2) Technologies, 3) Assets and Accomplishments, 4) Relationships and Reputation, and 5) Strengths. Each category is then defined and examples are provided. The overall message is that by inventorying these internal resources, one can recognize the tools available to achieve success in a new project or business.

1. THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR STARS
From the book “Unleash Your Inner Company, Chp. VI” by John Chisholm
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2. “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I’ve lost almost 300 games.
27 times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and have missed.
I’ve failed and over and over again in my life.
And that is why I succeed.
-Michael Jordan
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3. YOU HAVE ACCESS OF DIAMONDS
You too, have resources you may not
recognise, that can help make your new
venture a success.
On the next slide, we are going not merely to
discover, but catalog and inventory your access
of diamonds.
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4. STARS = DIAMONDS
Your diamonds are your resources.
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5. STARS, They fall into 5 categories:
1. Skills
2. Technologies
3. Assets and Accomplishments
4. Relationships and Reputation
5. Strengths.
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6. 1. SKILLS
Your skills include abilities you have developed or acquired through study,
practice, exposure, or application. The following are examples:
➤ Computer science bachelor’s degrees and lab/hard skills
➤ Scuba certification
➤ Microsoft Office proficiency
➤ Conversational English skill
➤ 3 years of work experience in medical services
➤ Played guitar in a rock band for 4 years
➤ etc.
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7. 2. TECHNOLOGIES
These are technologies for which you have acquired significant firsthand
knowledge and experience, either by using the technologies directly, working on or
with the technologies, or worked closely with others who know them well.
Here are a few of the millions of examples you might know or aspire to know
something about:
Transportation automotive mechanics, GPS tools, self-driving cars, traffic management, logistics
Energy/Power heating, ac, power transmission and distribution, refrigerator
Life Science/Health micro-fluids, pharmaceutics, radiology, sonography, wearable device
Construction & manufacturing ceramics, fire protections, home building, robotics, packaging, power tools, 3-d printing
Computer & Telecom IC design, memory, storage, sensors, routers, data transmission, video compression
Information software development, data security, analytics, ux, machine learning, virtual reality
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8. 3. ASSETS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Assets
➤ Physical: laptop, printer, high access internet, smartphone, garage/bedroom
➤ Financial: savings, full-time job, income, ability generate funs through services
➤ Knowledge: software design & prototype, know hometown well (born & raised)
Accomplishments
➤ Earning a college degree
➤ Completing a project on time and under budget
➤ Paying off a debt
➤ Taking first place in a competition important to you
➤ Putting a child through top school/college
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9. 4. RELATIONSHIPS AND REPUTATION
Relationships:
➤ Family who can provide help and encouragement
➤ Mentors who can provide advice
➤ Coworkers as potential friends, cofounders, employees, customers
➤ Professional and alumni association
➤ Your social network
Reputation:
➤ Friend I trust and who trust me
➤ Recommendations
➤ Strong credit score
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10. 5. STRENGTH
Your strength to mean inner strength include personal qualities, such as:
➤ Loyalty
➤ Integrity
➤ Leadership
➤ Intelligence
➤ Knowledgable
➤ Diligence/perseverance
➤ Compassion & empathy
➤ Entrepreneurship
➤ Excellent health
➤ Peace of mind
➤ Thoughtfulness
➤ Vision
➤ Self confidence
➤ Etc.
Inner strength are so important
that devote the entire, because
everybody else has a chance to
“grow their mind from the
inside out” to them.
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11. THANK YOU.
By Renny Wijayanti.