My presentation slides used for the January 25, 2014 Delta Chi Fraternity Retreat for the active chapter brothers. My topic was academic success and life balance. Other presentation were on personal finances and rush success by Dan Cuprill and Steve Goldstein. ITB

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hey jack, all work
and no play?
or how to succeed academically without
really trying ... too hard

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is life a crap shoot?
...there are 3 ways to make 7
3rd time is a charm
3 branches of government
3 strikes and you’re out
luck (good and bad) in 3’s
#7 memory magic number
7 days in a week
7 deadly sins
james bond is 007

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random thoughts on if I knew...
balance
inspiration
brains
perspiration
habits
speed

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work life balance?

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you can’t have everything...
where would you put it?
Steven Wright

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off balance on purpose
Dan Thurmon

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you can have it all…
Classroom
Studies
Social /
Fraternal
College
Life
…just not at
the same time
Family &
Friends

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it doesn’t get any easier
School
Work
Friends
…you just get used to it (PR)

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so gear up
family
business
community

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get inspired

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learn from the best, invent the rest
"Good artists copy,
great artists steal.”
“Education is not the
learning of facts, but
the training of the
mind to think.”
Apple "has always
been shameless
about stealing great
ideas.”

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too soon old, too late smart
“ if the map doesn’t agree
with the ground, then the
map is wrong”
- Gordon Livinston

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leadership is a choice
"We had a leadership factory
where the choice could be made"

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it’s not a management theory
…it’s biology

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leading from the gut
“gut instinct is ‘pattern
recognition’ based on past
experience”
-Jack Welch
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/866222.Winning

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don’t blink… go ahead blink
“you have to ask yourself, 'On
what basis am I making a
judgment?' ... If you have no
experience, then your
instincts aren't any good.”
- Malcom Gladwell
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40102.Blink

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intellectually speaking
“The only real valuable
thing is intuition. The
intellect has little to do on
the road to discovery.”
- A. Einstein

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physical world

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human behavior

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education & brains

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it’s not rocket surgery

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just in time learning

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Wanted: Question Asking Skills
“First and foremost I look for
someone who asks good
questions… I want people that can
engage in good discussion. Who
can look me in the eye and have a
give and take.”
- Clay Parker, CEO
“It’s not how much you retain but
how much they can explore. It’s
how you ask the next question. I
can look up anything but I can’t
take it to the next level w/o
pushing and exploring“
– Christy Pedra, CEO

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who cares?
. “first and foremost, I look for
someone who asks good
questions… the ability to ask the
right questions is the single most
important skill.”
- Clay Parker, CEO

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brains and rules

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evolutionary senses
#3
• every brain is wired
differently
#11
• male and female
brains are different
#2
• the human brain
evolved, too
#9
• stimulate more of the
senses
#4
• we don't pay attention
to boring things
#10
• vision trumps all other
senses

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power up memories
#1
• exercise boosts brain
power
#12
• we are powerful and
natural explorers
#8
• stressed brains don't
learn the same way
#7
• sleep well. think
well.
#5
• repeat to
remember
#6
• remember to
repeat

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winners sweat

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winning the game
“success has little to do with
being a genius workaholic,
and everything to do with
playing the game”
http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-College-Surprising-Countrys-ebook/dp/B000FCK2XS/

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don’t do all of your reading
drop a class every semester
seek out phenomenal achievers
make friends your #1 priority

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things you need to do to
•
•
you have to do the hard things.
You have to make the call you’re afraid to
make.
•
You have to get up earlier than you want to
get up.
•
You have to give more than you get in return
right away.
•
You have to care more about others than they
care about you.
•
You have to fight when you are already
injured, bloody, and sore.
http://www.businessinsider.com/hard-things-you-need-to-do-to-be-successful-20141?utm_content=bufferfef2d
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You have to feel unsure and insecure when . .

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just do it
“we do what you have to do
in order to do what we want
to do.”

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habitual rituals

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10,000 hour practice
http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017930

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schedule is not a dirty word
produced
prepared
make a schedule
proven
practiced
make it a habit
planned
patterned

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free up time & energy
“...any behaviour that can be
reduced to a routine is one
less behaviour that we must
spend time and energy
consciously thinking about
and deciding upon. Habits
therefore free up time and
energy for other matters.”
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/17624817-the-power-of-habit

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changing your ways
a.
b.
c.
set habits can be very difficult to change.
once formed in the brain, they become encoded in the
structures therein
can never truly be eradicated – only replaced with a
stronger habit

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In 21 days
i.
first, there is a cue, a trigger that tells your brain to go
into automatic mode and which habit to use.
ii. then there is the routine, which can be physical, mental
or emotional.
iii. finally, there is a reward, which helps your brain figure
out if this particular loop is worth remembering for the
future

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faster and faster and faster

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second half of the chessboard
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/friedman-if-i-had-a-hammer.html

41. this is a very short
period of your life...
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but you will
remember
this time
forever

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7 steps
watch
listen
try
fail
learn
teach
repeat

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3 to remember