Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars

Steven A. Gedeon , PhD, MBA, PEng [email_address] Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars

Success and Happiness come from Harmony GOALS ACTIONS

Success and Happiness come from Harmony VALUES & BELIEFS GOALS ACTIONS

Success and Happiness come from Harmony VALUES & BELIEFS GOALS REALITY ACTIONS

Great Goals How much Success? How much Happiness? Average Goals and Effort will Produce an Average Life

Harmony What you Do What you Say What you Think What you Feel HARMONY VALUES & BELIEFS GOALS REALITY ACTIONS

Harmony Live “Without Wax” (sina cera > sincere) Ensuring Non-Contradictions To Thine Own Self be True Aptitudes – Your Goals Conform to Reality Become Great at what you are Good at Honesty – Your Words Conform to Reality Integrity – Your Actions Conform to your Words Character – Your Actions over Time

Greatness is Being Proactive HARMONY Self-Esteem Creative Visualization Time Management Responsibility Self-Control Adaptability Benevolence SUCCESS SKILLS VALUES & BELIEFS GOALS REALITY ACTIONS

Reality Productivity You have to Work to Earn a Living Aptitudes Become Great at what you are Good at You Always Get Out what you Put In You Don’t Get Something for Nothing You Can’t Have It All Right Away You Need to Balance Short and Long Term Goals – there are Time Constraints REALITY

Core Beliefs Deeply held, typically non-verbal, Core Beliefs have a powerful effect on your self-esteem and behaviors. For example: “ My Life is Important” “ What Other People Think of Me is Very Important” “ I Deserve to be Happy” “ Life is Unfair” “ I’m Stupid, Lazy, Ugly…” “ It’s a Dog-Eat-Dog World” “ Life Sucks and then You Die” VALUES and BELIEFS REALITY

Values and Beliefs What are Your Core Beliefs? Do You Agree with ALL of Them? How did they get there? Because we Believe them to be True, we will Act as if they are True What are Your Primary Values? Do you Consistently Act in Accordance with Them?

Set Goals The Cheshire Cat The Reason so many Fail to Achieve their Goals is that they Never Set them in the First Place By Failing to Plan – They Plan to Fail! The Mind is like the Homing System of a Torpedo It will achieve your good or bad expectations If no target set, it will wander aimlessly and self-destruct

The Well Balanced Life Mental Social Career Family Physical Educational Financial Community Long-Term Goals Yearly Goals Monthly Goals Weekly Goals

Set Clear Goals SMART Goals: S pecific M easurable A ction-Oriented R ealistic T imely An Unwritten Goal is Merely a Wish!

Success Skills Reality-Based Self-Esteem Creative Visualization Time Management Responsibility Self-Control Adaptability Benevolence ACTIONS

1: Reality Based Self-Esteem Unconditional Love and Causeless Value vs Rational Basis of Lasting Self-Esteem Reality-Based Self-Esteem Event Control Productivity REALITY

Earning Self-Esteem You MUST Earn Respect of Others You MUST Earn Your Own Respect REALITY

Your Self-Esteem Must Ultimately Come from Within Seeking others’ approval often pressures us into behaving contrary to our deepest values When we seek external validation, we lose control over our lives Don’t behave according to someone else’s values rather than your own Whenever we accept someone else’s prejudice against us, we give them a degree of control over our lives You can be happy and successful regardless of other people’s opinions REALITY

2: Creative Visualization You become what you think, say, and believe about yourself (your self image) The Mind’s Guardian (Reticular Activating System) Your info filter – be careful what you give importance to Most negative values and beliefs are stored, through habitual repetition in our right-brains. You can “re-write” these with Self-Talk VALUES & BELIEFS

Creative Visualization The Power of Visualization, Affirmations and Self-Talk to “Re-Write Your Beliefs” Who you see in your imagination will always rule your world

Self-Talk Self-Talk Statements Concerning Each Major Value, Goal or Core Belief Use Personal Pronouns (“I”, “mine”,”me”) Present Tense Short and Concise Positive Goal Seeking, not Avoiding Negatives Non-competitive, don’t Compare to Others Strive for Improvement, not Perfection VALUES & BELIEFS

3: Time Management You Cannot Control Everything – Sometimes you Must Adapt, Roll with It Think “Event Control”, not “Time Management” No Control Total Control Sunrise, Death, Boss Earthquakes, Tides Other people… What I Eat, What I Wear My Reaction to Events… GOALS

Taking Control There are Events we Can NOT Control, but we Believe we can We Cannot Control what Other People Do! There are Events we CAN Control, but Believe we can’t Interruptions, Time Robbers, Procrastination… Being Busy vs. being Productive Being “Efficient” vs. being “Effective” GOALS

The 4 Quadrants of Time Mgt I III II IV Important Not Important Urgent Not Urgent GOALS

Planning Properly Find a place that is free of distractions Review the long-range goals – Put Big Rocks in First! Make sure the number of tasks and time is achievable Set specific daily goals for tasks Prioritize your tasks List all your tasks – especially non-urgent ones! Give a Value to Each Item on the List (A important, B, C trivial) Give a numerical Value to Prioritize (A2, B3…) Character is doing what you say you will do Character is the ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed GOALS

4: Responsibility Take ownership of our failures and weakness We become what we do Character cannot be counterfeited or put on and cast off like a garment Our rewards depend on the quality and amount of work we put into it Delay immediate gratification for long-term goals

The 7 C’s of Self-Control We Control the Clock We Control our Concepts We Control our Contacts We Control our Communication We Control our Commitments We Control our Causes We Control our Concerns

6: Adaptability These are “The Good Old Days” Problems are Normal in any Era Successful people develop Mental Toughness, Strength of Character and Adaptability Stress is a Normal Part of Life Many Types of Stress – It’s how you Take it that Counts

7: Benevolence The World is your Oyster (What Pearl can you find today?) The Explorer’s Premise Discover New Goals and Change Goals The Abundance Mentality Think Win-Win Be Nice to People! Take Time for Empathetic Listening

Personal Greatness Greatness is Ultimately about being Proactive Integrated Values, Beliefs, Goals and Actions Balanced Living Greatness is a Journey, Not a Destination You Always Get Out what You Put In Sow Seeds of Greatness!

Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars

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