This document discusses how to take your life to the next level. It suggests that we are the sum of our life experiences and that our greatness comes from consciously choosing to remake ourselves, not from external factors. The document outlines five principles of personal greatness: committing to personal discipline, living with purpose, acting with intent, making conscious choices, and answering the call to serve. Changing is necessary for survival, eliminating bad habits, and acquiring new skills. Greatness comes from within through self-reflection and discipline, not from outside forces.

2. Taking your life to the next level
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3.  Our lives
› 86,400
› 700,000
› 28,000
› The choices we make
Good Morning
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4.  We are the sum total of our life
experiences.
“We are w hat w e repeatedly do”
~Aristotle
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5.  Economic meltdow n
 Political chaos
 G lobal tragedies
 What should w e do?
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6.  We are challenged:
› Physically
› Emotionally
› Economically
› Spiritually
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7.  During crisis, chaos, and challenges
› We d i s c o v e r w h o w e a r e
› Life gets our attention
› I n d i v i d u a l g r e a t n e s s e m e rg e s
› We d e f i n e g r e a t n e s s “ i t ” d o e s n ’t d e f i n e u s
Think
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8. “G reatness is not a function of
circumstance, greatness, it turns out is a
ma t te r of conscious c hoic e and disci pl ine”
~Jim Collins
3 M e n Wo r k i n g
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9. “A s human beings our greatness lies not
so much in being able to remake the
world as in being able to remake
ourselves”
~Gandhi
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10. To accomplish great things, w e must not
only dream, but plan, not only believe,
b ut act.
TRW
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11.  Why is change needed?
› Survival
› Eliminate habits, memories, and behaviors
› Acquire new habits, skills, capacities
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12.  Why is change needed?
› Rocks in a backpack
› Change is a catalyst for extraordinary
results
› Think about great people
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13.  Challenge your status quo - self
confrontation
 Embrace the possibility of your
personal greatness
 Never underestima te your power to
change your life
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14.  Five principles of personal greatness
and leadership
› Commit to personal discipline
› Live with purpose
› Act with intent
› Make conscious choices
› Answer the call to serve
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15.  Commit to personal discipline
› Mindset
› Exercise
› Nutrition
› Schedule
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16.  When you correct your mind everything
else falls into place
 All that we are is the totality of what
w e have thought
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17.  Live with purpose
› Personal vision statement
› Family vision statement
Bridge Builder
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18. “N o success in life compensates for
failure in the home”
~McKay
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19.  Act with intent
› Strategy is everything. If strategy is
w r o n g , e x e c u t i o n d o e s n ’t m a t t e r
› Life is not chance, but premeditation
› Strategies for life
B o o k e r T. Wa s h i n g t o n
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20.  Make conscious choices
› Stephen Covey – Great moments of truth
› Core beliefs and values
› Discovery
› Commitment
› Behavior
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21.  Decisions made once
› Marriage, family
› Alcohol, drugs
› Ethics, values, beliefs
› 127 hours
President Ford
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22.  Leadership ---James McG regor Burns
› Tr a n s a c t i o n a l v s . Tr a n s f o r m a t i o n a l
leadership
› " Ta k e t h a t w h i c h l i e s i n a n u n c o n s c i o u s
state, and raise it to a conscious level"
› Are you a transformational leader?
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23. “Conviction is w orthless unless it is
converted conduct. ”
~Nathaniel Emmans
“People acquire a particula r quality by
constantly acting in a particular way. ”
~Aristotle
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24.  Answer the call
› Service above self
› Cause greater than self
› Community and country
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25.  To hear it is to forget it
 To read it is to remember it
 To do it is to understand it
~ M a n c h u Tr i b e
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26. Four things once spent, never return
Sped A rrow
Spoken Word
Wasted Second
N eglected O pportunity
~Omar Ibn Alhalif
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