It's one thing to care and be passionate about a cause or a goal, it's another thing to actually figure out how to tackle it, much like 'eating an elephant'. In This workshop on effectiveness, we'll be breaking down the huge goals and passions we have into manageable chunks. A number of exercises and activities inspired by awesome change makers around the world, focusing on your own goals, will have you looking more analytically at your vision, your thinking and your actions. You'll leave ready to take that first or next step towards achieving your dream and making change!

1. E A T I N G T H E E L E P H A N T
B E I N G E F F E C T I V E A N D …
@AishaKellaway
http://ordinaryextraordinaries.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/eating-the-elephant/

2. - B A R A C K O B A M A
“Change will not come if we wait for some other
person or some other time. We are the ones we've
been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
Img Source: SomeDriftwood

3. Img Source: Peter Glenday

4. It’s All About
Breaking It
Down
Into
Manageable
Chunks
Img Source: Peter Glenday

5. W H A T W E ’ R E
G O I N G T O C O V E R :
• Vision
• The Big Picture
• The Baby Steps
• 3 Most Important Questions
• Thinking
• Know Who You Are
• Desire, Believe, Achieve
• Ask Yourself WHY?
• 80/20 Thinking
• Actions
• Choose Who You Let on The Bus
• Flywheel Effect
• Write it Down and Make it Public
• Keep, Start, Stop
Img Source: Peter Glenday

6. Standing On the
Shoulders of Giants!
Most of these
theories aren’t my
own.
They’ve simply
worked for me and
I want to share
them!
Img Source: Peter Glenday

7. Vision… What Are You Shooting For?
Img Source: Scott Wills

8. T H E B I G P I C T U R E
• Be Unrealistic: Your “Big
Picture” Goals Should Push
You Out Of Your Comfort
Zone - Make the Impossible
Possible.
• Be Flexible: The Big Picture
is Allowed to Change… and
Sometimes It will Need to.
Img Source: Scott Wills

9. – G E O R G E B E R N A R D S H A W
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world:
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the
world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on
the unreasonable man.”

10. B A B Y S T E P S
• Think of your “Big Picture” Goal as a
Jigsaw Puzzle…
• It can’t exist without its pieces…
• To create the picture, we need to put
the pieces together one at a time.
• Some Pieces Look More Important
than Others… But you need them all.
• When you achieve your “Big Picture”
Goal… it too then becomes a small
piece of yet another jigsaw.
Img Source: angelred22

11. 3 M O S T I M P O R T A N T
Q U E S T I O N S
• Forget about the “means”
goals (money, grades, etc) and
think about the end goal - to
find the end goals ask:
• What do I want to Experience?
• How do I want to Grow?
• What do I want to Contribute to
the planet?
Vishen Lakhiani

12. Experiences Growth Contribution
• Travel to 100 countries
• Starting a Family/Raising
Children
• Good Health throughout my
entire life
• Continued love and
companionship in a healthy and
mutually supportive relationship
• Experience new food/cuisines
frequently
• Eat out once a week
• A continuously expanding
network of QUALITY friends
around the world
• Keep becoming a better cook
• Run amazing events which
create memories and motivate
people
• Teach and assist people
(especially children) to grow
• 3 international trips/year
• To own a beautiful home
• Walk the Inca Trail/Kokoda Trail
• Become fluent in another
language (French)
• Constantly improve my
listening skills
• Always work on being less
judgemental
• Improve my culinary skills
• Flexibility
• Complete a Mountain climb
• Walk the Inca Trail/Kokoda
Trail
• Financial stability and
liveable passive income
stream
• Build a school/s
• Pass great morals and compassion
onto my children
• Share my wealth and success with
my family, friends, and others in
need
• Inspire/motivate as many people as
possible to follow their dreams and
succeed
• Make a stranger smile every day
• Practice a random act of kindness at
least once a week
• Be involved in events which create
lasting memories
• Give amazing, genuine, life changing
hugs
• Be the Friend that will unconditionally
be there for support and to listen
• Approachable and helpful to
strangers

13. Thinking…
How to Use Your Mind and Process Information Most Effectively.

14. K N O W W H O
Y O U A R E
• Are you Introverted or
Extraverted?
• Are you a Leader, an
adopter or a follower?
• How do you learn best?
• How do you socialise best?
Img Source: SAM Nasim

15. D E S I R E , B E L I E V E ,
E X P E C T
• Desire to achieve your end
goals - Ask yourself “Why”
• Believe that
achieving/attaining your
end goals is possible
• Wholeheartedly Expect to
achieve your end goals

16. “When faced with achieving something, ask
yourself why you want to achieve it, The why will be
your emotional fuel to keep going, the why will be
your willpower.”

17. 8 0 / 2 0
P R I N C I P L E
• 80% Achievement in 20% time spent
• 80% of total happiness in 20% Life
• If we make good use of time there is no
shortage of it
• “Productive Laziness”
• Everyone can achieve something
significant. Key is not effort but finding the
right thing to achieve
• Focus on Objectives
• Be selective of your relationships
• Pursue what generates happiness
Img Source: Scott ThomsonSource: Richard Koch - The 80/20 Principle

18. H A P P I N E S S A N D A C H I E V E M E N T
I S L A N D S
• Make 4 Columns:
• Happiness Islands
• Happiness Desert Islands
• Achievement Islands
• Achievement Desert Islands
Source: Richard Koch - The 80/20 Principle

19. T O P 1 0 H I G H E S T - V A L U E U S E S O F
T I M E
1. Things that advance your overall purpose in life
2. Things you’ve always wanted to do
3. Things already in the 80/20 relationship of time to results
4. Innovative ways of doing things that promise to slash the time required or multiply quality of results
5. Things that other people say can’t be done
6. Things other people have done successfully in another arena
7. Things that utilise creativity
8. Things that you can delegate to others with little effort on your part and the same results
9. Anything with high quality collaborators who already use time effectively
10. Things for which it is now or never
Source: Richard Koch - The 80/20 Principle

20. T O P 1 0 L O W E S T - V A L U E U S E S O F
T I M E
1. Things that other people want you to do
2. Things that have “always been done this way”
3. Things you’re not unusually good at doing
4. Things that you don’t enjoy
5. Things that are constantly interrupted
6. Things few other people are interested in
7. Things that take longer than expected
8. Things where your collaborators are not reliable/low quality
9. Things that have a predictable cycle
10. Answering the phone
Source: Richard Koch - The 80/20 Principle

21. Actions…
What are you doing today to help get closer to your end goal tomorrow
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22. C H O O S E W H O Y O U
L E T O N Y O U R B U S
• Very few people succeed
without the help of others
• Think of yourself as a bus
driver and your end goal is
your destination
• Before you begin your
journey make sure you have
the right people on your bus
• And IN THE RIGHT SEATS
Img Source: Dave Conner
Source: Jim Collins- “Good To Great”

23. T H E F L Y -
W H E E L
E F F E C T
• Think of your company or your vision
as a giant flywheel.
• To get it moving from stand-still is
the hardest part.
• Once you’ve completed a few
rotations it gets easier.
• You’ll reach a point where the
momentum of the wheel turns itself.
• Momentum is the key word! People
thrive on momentum and successes,
no matter how small.
Img Source: Howard Dickins
Source: Jim Collins- “Good To Great”

24. W R I T E I T D O W N
A N D M A K E I T
P U B L I C
• ALWAYS write down your goal and
have it somewhere you can see it
every day
• If you are a visual learner, make
your goal/achievement a visual
representation
• To motivate you to achieve your
end goal - make your dedication to
achieve it public with a deadline -
the social obligation might help stop
you giving up
• Acknowledge Milestones

25. K E E P S T A R T
S T O P
• Things I want to KEEP
Doing (Refer to Happiness
Islands)
• Things I want to START
Doing (Refer to
Experiences, Growth and
Contribution Lists)
• Things I want to STOP
doing (Refer to Desert
Islands)
Img Source: gianΩmerz

26. - L A O - T Z U
“A Journey of A Thousand Miles Begins With A
Single Step”
Img Credit: Alice Popkorn

27. T: @AishaKellaway
E: aisha.kellaway@gmail.com
http://ordinaryextraordinaries.wordpress.com/2014/07/12/eating-the-elephant/