Your g.r.e.a.t.n.e.s.s. matters sos 10.23.14

Presented by Rhonda L. Slade
© 2013 Rhonda L. Slade

 Being of significant importance
 Possessing exceptional talent or achievement
 Impressive

 EVERYONE has greatness within!
 We often don’t recognize it
 Or we discount it as being less than others’
 It’s important that you know YOUR greatness
so that you can achieve your goals
“I always knew I was destined for greatness.”
Oprah Winfrey

 G – Gifts
 R – Resilience
 E – Experience
 A – Attitude
 T – Thoughts
 N – Network
 E – Education
 S – Strengths
 S - Service

 Gift - a special ability or capacity; natural
endowment; talent
 Everyone has a distinctive gift -- something
that is "you" and needed by those around
you.
 It's much more than a skill -- it is a deep-rooted
strength powered by your deepest
passions, and developed by an unwavering
sense of purpose.

 What did you love to do as a child?
◦ Not influenced by your peers or fears
◦ What was the most fun?
◦ What created your best memories?
 What areas do others ask for your help?
◦ Others often see your gifts with more clarity than
you do
◦ Close relatives and friends will easily pinpoint your
strengths when they need your assistance in certain
areas

 What activity do you most enjoy during your
day?
◦ What do you do that causes you to lose track of
time?
◦ You forget to eat, sleep, or to look at the clock
 What do you think about when your head hits
the pillow at night?
◦ Your dreams give insight into your gifts
 What are you good at doing?
◦ Most people have a hard time identifying their
strengths because it is something we do everyday
and it’s not “spectacular” enough

 Experience - something personally
encountered, undergone, or lived through
 Life experiences can be applied to our jobs,
businesses, and community service
◦ “Knowledge gained through experience is far
superior and many times more useful than bookish
knowledge.” Mahatma Gandhi
 Our life experiences shape our perspectives
and attitudes
 People are motivated by the experiences they
value the most

“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which
makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard
to realize this. For the world was built to develop
character, and we must learn that the setbacks and
grieves which we endure help us in our marching
onward.”
Henry Ford – founder of the Ford Motor Company
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience
to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without
fear for newer and richer experience.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

 Attitude - the way you think and feel about
someone or something; a feeling or way of
thinking that affects a person's behavior
 Our attitude determines our approach to life
◦ Optimist – sees glass half - full
◦ Pessimist – sees glass half - empty
 Often our attitude is the only difference between
success and failure
 Our attitude determines our relationships with
people
◦ The Golden Rule: “Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.”
Source: “The Winning Attitude” by John C. Maxwell

 Personality – Who I Am
 Environment – What’s
Around Me
 Word Expression –
What I Hear
 Acceptance/Affirmatio
n – What I Feel
 Self Image – How I See
Myself
 Peers – Who Influences
Me
 Physical Appearance –
How We Look to Others

 Thought - an idea, plan, opinion, picture,
etc., that is formed in your mind
 Our thoughts determine our actions.
 Our feelings come from our thoughts.
 We can control our feelings by controlling our
thoughts.

 Negative thinking creates clouds at critical
decision times
 Negative thinking blows everything out of
proportion
◦ Murphy’s Law states “Nothing is as easy as it looks;
everything takes longer than you expect; and if
anything can go wrong, it will and at the worst
possible moment.”
◦ Maxwell’s Law states “Nothing is as hard as it looks;
everything is more rewarding than you expect; and
if anything can go right, it will and at the best
possible moment.”

 Service - the action of helping or doing work
for someone else
 Service is an honor and a reward
◦ “We make a living by what we get, but we make a
life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
 Our problems become small when we focus
our attention on other people
◦ “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in
the service of others.” Mahatma Ghandi
 What are you doing for others?

 You have your own individual path of
greatness
 Do not allow anything to diminish your
greatness
◦ Includes negative self talk
◦ Negative environment
◦ Circumstances
◦ Failures
 Stay motivated and keep moving forward to
reach your goals…YOUR Greatness Matters!

 Release Date: December 2014
 Pre-Order Your Copy at the Special Sorority of
Survivors Discount Rate of $8.00!
 Visit www.YourGreatnessMatters.com to place
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Rhonda L. Slade
CEO
R. L. SLADE Management
Consulting
301-909-8444
Rhonda@RhondaSlade.com
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