The MTL Professional Development Programme is a collection of 202 PowerPoint presentations that will provide you with step-by-step summaries of a key management or personal development skill. This presentation is on "Do-It-Yourself Empowerment" and will show you how to empower yourself to excel at your job.  

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DO-IT-YOURSELF
EMPOWERMENT
Bring out the best in yourself
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Learn.
Do-It-Yourself
Empowerment
Introduction: If we rely on our organisations to empower us, then we'll never fully
attain the freedom or power to do what we are capable of. The power always
rests with others. To be fully empowered, and add value to what we do, we must
empower ourselves through self-reliance, self-motivation, self-discipline, and self-
direction. It means turning any job we do into a chance to grow. It means Do-It-
Yourself Empowerment.

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Break free of the chains of others
1. BREAK
FREE OF
OTHERS
Dr Harry Stanton says that, to be truly self-reliant,
we need to break free from 6 kinds of chains that
tie us to others. These are:
a. the morality of others, eg "you must...“
b. others' idea of what success is
c. the identity that others want to give you
d. other people's ideas of what it takes to be
happy
e. your place in the pecking order
f. how you should behave.

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2. NEVER
WAIT FOR
"THEM"
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Don’t wait for others to make plans for you
If we wait for others to help us succeed, we could
be waiting for a long time. Never rely on others
for the breaks you need to get where you want.
Set your own path and follow it regardless of
what others say or do. "The best motivation is
self-motivation. The guy says, "I wish someone
would come along and turn me on". What if they
don't show up? You've got to have a better plan
for your life." (Jim Rohn)

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See work as a springboard for success
3. CHANGE
YOUR
PERCEPTIONS
Self-empowered individuals don’t see work
negatively but as a springboard to achieving what
they want. Here are the differences:
a. from work as "a 9 to 5 kind of dying" to work as
"a chance to excel"
b. from work as "a chore, a must, a have-to" to
work as "a preference, a liking, a love"
c. from work as "doing it, but being somewhere
else" to work as "total flow and absorption".

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4. OWN THE
JOB
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Treat your job as if you owned it
If you owned your own business, you would plan
it, work at it, invest everything you could in it,
develop it, be proud of it, nurture it, and enjoy
every second in it. When problems came your
way, you would be responsible for calling on
others for help. And when success came your
way, you would share it with those who've helped
you. As Robert Townend says, "Make every
decision as if you owned the whole company."

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If you’re a road sweeper, be the best in town
5. BE THE
BEST
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The self-empowered individual is someone who
knows their strengths, finds a place where they
can exercise these strengths, and then works to
be the best. "If a man is called on to be a street
sweeper, he should sweep streets even as
Michelangelo painted... He should sweep streets
so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will
pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper
who did his job well." (Martin Luther King)

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6. ADD VALUE
You can add value to your job in the following
seven ways. Work smarter and be more
productive. Connect with others and create
synergy. Choose your targets and win more shots.
Talk to your customers and give them quality.
Find new ways to do things so you create
innovation. Find the quickest, safest, and most
reliable methods so you are efficient. Find the
simplest way to work and create smooth, stress-
free working.
Work smarter, quicker, and safer
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7. ZEN IT
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Be present with the job you are doing
When we "zen" our jobs, we do them for the sake
of doing them, not for what they lead to. The
word "zen" means we are totally absorbed in the
present, concentrating on the job in hand. In their
book, "Thank God, It's Monday", Charles
Cameron and Suzanne Ellusor describe seeing a
Zen monk sweeping snow from the steps of a
Buddhist temple even though it was still snowing.
It didn't matter that he wouldn't clear all the
snow. It was enough to be doing it.

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8. SHINE
YOUR LIGHT
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Let your own light shine
When we work with a sense of empowerment,
something magical happens. We are able to let
our own light shine. "Our deepest fear is not that
we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we
are powerful beyond measure. We were born to
make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And, as
we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same."

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This has been a Slide Topic from Manage Train Learn
AFinal
Word
In the Industrial-age organisations of the past, where power rested with those with power, giving
away some or all of that power was impossible to imagine. Today, it is not just a reality and
necessity for successful organisations; it is also a reality and necessity for successful individuals.