"It’s your life: What Would You Do, If You Knew You Could Not Fail?" Sections: 1. Motivation 2. Goal setting 3. Wheel of Satisfaction 4. Getting Help 5. Written Plan 6. Getting Started Includes four (4) of my favorite motivational quotes.

1. It’s Your Life
WHAT WOULD YOU DO,
IF YOU KNEW YOU COULD NOT FAIL?
SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

2. It’s Your Life: Overview
1. MOTIVATION
2. GOAL SETTING
3. WHEEL OF SATISFACTION
4. GETTING HELP
5. WRITTEN PLAN
6. GETTING STARTED

3. Everyone Needs Motivation
MOTIVATIONAL SAYINGS ARE EVERYWHERE:
1. MAKE IT HAPPEN
2. THIS IS NOT A TEST
3. YOU ONLY GO AROUND ONCE
4. GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES
5. JUST DO IT

4. This is 2012
(We will never see it again)
1. DID YOU SET ANY GOALS FOR 2012?
2. DID YOU WRITE THEM DOWN?
3. DID YOU SHARE THESE GOALS WITH ANYONE?
“WRITE IT DOWN, MAKE IT HAPPEN”
BY HENRIETTE ANNE KLAUSER

5. What is Your Purpose?
1. WHY DID YOU SET GOALS?
2. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THE GOALS THAT YOU DID?
3. WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU REACH GOALS?
4. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DO NOT REACH YOUR
GOALS?
5. WHAT IS YOUR REWARD FOR SUCCESS?

6. Wheel of Satisfaction
THE WHEEL OF SATISFACTION
1. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU?
2. WHAT WILL MAKE YOU SATISFIED?
3. WHERE ARE YOU DIS-SATISFIED?
4. A TOOL TO HELP YOU DISCOVER
SOURCE: THE COACHES TRAINING INSTITUTE

7. Elements of Professional Wheel
1. RECOGNITION
2. SATISFACTION
3. RELATIONSHIP
4. COMMUNICATION
5. CREATIVE SELF-EXPRESSION
6. RESULTS
7. CAREER DEVELOPMENT
8. CLIMATE AND CULTURE
SOURCE: THE COACHES TRAINING INSTITUTE

8. Wheel of Satisfaction

9. It Takes a Village: Get Help
SUCCESSFUL PROFESSIONALS HAVE PROFESSIONAL
HELP.
1. FRIENDS
2. MENTORS
3. SUPPORT TEAMS/PARTNERS
4. COACHES
5. CONSULTANTS
6. ADVISORS

10. A Written Plan
1. YOUR GOALS
2. FOCUS
3. MOTIVATION
4. CONSISTENT EFFORT (PERSISTENCE)
5. YOUR TEAM
6. TIMEFRAME
7. REWARDS

11. Getting Started:
What Do You Want to Be?
1. TIME LOG
2. PUT YESTERDAY BEHIND YOU
3. TUNE OUT DISTRACTIONS (LEARN TO SAY NO)
4. TUNE OUT DISTRACTORS (SAY NO TO “NAY-SAYERS”)
5. OPTIMISM, ENERGY & HEALTH
6. FOCUS ON YOURSELF & QUIET TIME
7. CREATE A SIGN WITH YOUR GOALS, PUT IN PLACE TO
SEE EVERY DAY

12. Real Motivation
"WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, OR DREAM YOU CAN DO,
BEGIN IT. BOLDNESS HAS GENIUS, POWER, AND MAGIC
IN IT."
-- JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
“YOUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T DETERMINE
WHERE YOU CAN GO; THEY MERELY DETERMINE WHERE
YOU START.”
-- NIDO QUBEIN
SOURCE: BRAINY QUOTE: WWW.BRAINYQUOTE.COM

13. More Motivation
"LEAP AND THE NET WILL APPEAR."
-- ZEN SAYING
“VICTORY IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE FOR THE PERSON WHO
REFUSES TO STOP FIGHTING.”
-- NAPOLEON HILL
SOURCE: BRAINY QUOTE: WWW.BRAINYQUOTE.COM

14. Thank You
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION

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