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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