This document provides guidance and questions for being prepared on day 1 of a new role or opportunity. It addresses the importance of honesty, having the ability, drive, and ambition. It discusses vision, mission, goals, and roles. It also covers attitudes, commitment to excellence, targeting goals versus just achieving them, and assuming responsibility for one's own life.

1. Being Prepared – Day 1

2. The Start
Asking the right questions and being
honest with your answers.
No matter how your answers sound
or how they look on paper it is important to
remember that if you do not tell the
truth...the only person you are
fooling is yourself

3. Do you have the . . .
ABILITY
DRIVE
AMBITION

4. What is…..
Your VISION
Your MISSION
Your GOAL
Your ROLE

5. SUCCESS is to be
measured not by
wealth, power or
fame, but by the ratio
between what a man is
and what he might be.

6. Simply Put
Are you giving 100%
in everything you do
OR
Are you as successful
as you can be

7. A SUCCESSFUL
SALESMAN
Prospecting 55%
Sales Presentation 20%
Service 20%
Administration 5%
Self-Improvement 10%

8. Attitude
Is
Everything it is cracked up
to be!

9. What type of
people climb
Mt. Everest?

10. Recently ...
4 people were
blind and 1 was
had no legs but
was not disabled

11. The quality of a person’s
life is in direct proportion
to their commitment to
excellence, regardless of
their chosen field
of endeavor.

12. THE QUESTIONS
Are we good enough
Are we deserved
Are we hard working
Are we honorable
Are we professional
Are we proud
Are we as we want to be

13. The end goal is
not only to have a
great career. It’s
to have a great
life.

14. QUESTION:
What is the difference
between a target and
a goal?

15. ANSWER:
are broken;
S
are achieved.

16. . . . AND YOU THINK YOUR JOB STINKS.

18. Here’s the plan ...
“When I was a child . . .I thought
As a child, accted like a child and played
As a child.....when I grew up...”

19. Defining
Your
Goals.

20. BEGIN WITH
THE END IN
MIND.

21. The object is to
pick 3 things and
do them better.

22. Assume responsibility
for the quality of your
own life.