Zig Ziglar used to ask people what qualities they thought were most important in leading a successful life.
Invariably, they would say things like character, honesty, integrity, hard work, compassion, love, empathy and perseverance.
He then asked which of those things were attitudes and which were skills. Of the eight examples I just chose, all of them are attitudes. None of them are skills.
Seems like we should spend more time trying to develop the right attitudes.
Joel Stiff's Adventure 