Bryan Vaughn, MASLarLu Manufacturing
MAS ‐ 1.5 pts Tuesday, January 12
1:30 – 3 pm
Shared [X] Factors Of Winners
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Shared [X] Factors of Winners
Bryan Vaughn, MAS
January 12, 2010
1:30‐3:00
A winner? Who, me?
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Ideas in this session came from many sources.
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My goal for our time together
An exercise to start
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If the game of life ended tonight, would you be a winner?
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What you will learn
• The shared characteristics of “winners”
• Develop a “goal sheet” that looks at your purpose and goals
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your purpose and goals
• To think about your purpose
• That you are your own personal [X] factor
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense”
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- Frank Lloyd Wright
Purpose/ Goals
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Write it down
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The Journey
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Shared [X] Factor #1
Attitude
“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be”
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‐Abraham Lincoln
A good attitude can over come some limitations, but
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,even great talent can’t overcome the wrong attitude.
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It’s your choice what you’re feeling, what you’re
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what you re thinking, and what approach you are going to take
Attitude
GratitudeHumility
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Enthusiasm
An Attitude of Gratitude
Be continually reminded of how fortunate we are and what we have to be grateful
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what we have to be grateful for.
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“With humility comes wisdom”
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Proverbs 11:2
Enthusiasm is a way to demonstrate how important your task is to you.
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Don’t ever underestimate the power of an enthusiastic attitude for those around you.
Questions for Reflection
1. What’s it like being around people who are grateful? What about people who aren’t grateful? How do
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people who aren t grateful? How do they make you feel?
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Questions for Reflection
2. Do you feel a lack of enthusiasm for some part of your work? Why do you feel that way & how can you remedy
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feel that way & how can you remedy the situation?
“Paradise is where I am”
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‐Voltaire
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Discipline
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“Self discipline is when you tell yourself to do something & you
don’t talk back”
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don’t talk back” ‐W.K. Hope
In today’s society Discipline is considered a negative
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Discipline is what you do when no one is looking
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Focus is an important part of Discipline
“Keep your rear end, and your
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mind in the same place”
Questions for Reflection
1. What area of your life presents the greatest difficulty in gaining and maintaining discipline?
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maintaining discipline?
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2. Have you seen discipline work in your life, or in the life of someone you know?
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you know?
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“Now is everything you have to work with. When you live it fully, it is
more than enough ”
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more than enough.”‐Ralph Marston
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Excellence
“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence,
regardless of their chosen field or
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regardless of their chosen field or endeavor.”
‐Vince Lombardi
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Excellence is becoming the best person you can be in whatever discipline you choose.
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Questions for Reflection
1. Is there something in your life now that you know is not measuring up to the standard of excellence? What
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to the standard of excellence? What can you do to remedy that?
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2. How do you show your commitment to excellence?
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“If you heed your fears, you’ll die never knowing what a great person
you might have been ”
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you might have been.”‐Dr. Robert Schuller
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Faith & Belief
“Faith is the confidence that we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see”
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‐Hebrews 11:1
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• Faith is tied to your purpose
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• Belief is more a part of your goals
“Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself”
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Practice the WOWSE Concept
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Questions for Reflection
1. Think of a time in your life when a difficult task overwhelmed you. How did a belief in yourself help? Or how
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did a belief in yourself help? Or, how did a lack of belief in yourself hurt you?
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2. What commitment are you willing to make happen with, or without, someone else?
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someone else?
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their
dreams ”
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dreams.”‐Eleanor Roosevelt
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Shared [X] factor #5
Work
“Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls & looks like work ”
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overalls & looks like work.”‐Thomas Edison
Important to understand that work is h i ’ h d
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not who you are, it’s what you do.
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How do you see it?
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Work
Persistence Toughness
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Persistence is a quality possessed by people who want to achieve. If they have a passionate desire to succeed, the goal becomes much more
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the goal becomes much more important than the obstacle thrown in their way.
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Toughness is doing the right thing when the pressure is on.
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True toughness comes from courageous action.
Questions for Reflection
1. What has been the toughest experience in your life? How did you get through that experience & how
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get through that experience, & how did it affect you?
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2. How is persistence linked with passion? Can you be persistent about something for which you feel
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about something for which you feel no passion?
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“Whatever you do, don’t do it halfway.”
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‐Bob Beamon
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Handling Adversity & Success
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but is in rising every time we
fall ”
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fall.”‐Confucius
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If we want to succeed in life we must learn how to make the most out of both victory and defeat.
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3 Step process that ensures we will respond in a positive way to
adversity
1. Learn from it
2. Learn specifically what the right way
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3. Practice visualizing the right way until your conscious accepts a picture of yourself performing correctly
“Success is a lousy teacher it makes smart people think they can’t lose.”
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‐Bill Gates
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Questions for Reflection
1. What life situation pops into your mind when you think about adversity & success? What have you
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adversity & success? What have you learned from both?
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2. Has there ever been a situation where you simply wanted to give up, but you hung in there? What good
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but you hung in there? What good things came from that experience?
“It is a rough road that leads to heights of greatness.”
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‐Seneca
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Shared [X] Factor #7
Love
“Love cures all people‐ both the ones who give it and the ones who
receive it ”
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receive it.”‐Dr. Karl Menninger
Love is the deep sense of commitment & that commitment is the key to every relationship.
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“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him
absolutely no good ”
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absolutely no good.”‐Ann Landers
Questions for Reflection
1. If you had to pick the 3 most loving people you’ve ever known who would they be and why would they
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would they be, and why would they make the list?
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2. If the people in your life were asked to describe your feelings for them, whom would they say you loved?
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whom would they say you loved?
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“Be kind to one another, because most of us are fighting a hard battle”
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‐Ian Maclaren
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Responsibility
“When in doubt, tell the truth.”
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‐Mark Twain
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“Hold yourself to a higher standard than anyone expects of you. Never
excuse yourself ”
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excuse yourself.”‐Henry War Beecher
An aspect of responsibility is having class.
Class is the way you carry yourself.
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• Class is respect for other
• Class is having manners
• Class is treating every person as you would want them to treat you
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• Class never makes excuses
• Class does not depend on money or status
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Questions for Reflection
1. Who among your acquaintances has shown the most class?
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2. If you were to write an honor code for yourself what would it look like?
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“It takes less time to do the right thing than to explain why you did it
wrong ”
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wrong.” ‐Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Shared [X] Factor #9
Team
“Teamwork is a constant balancing act between self interest & group
interest ”
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interest.”
‐Susan M. Campbell
Team spirit is a genuine consideration for others. An eagerness to sacrifice personal interest of glory for the welfare of all.
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A good team player1. Gives 100%
2. Shows courage off the field
3. Makes no mental mistakes
4. Cares about the team above all else
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4. Cares about the team above all else
5. Demonstrates loyalty to all
Questions for Reflection
1. How can you be a better team member?
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2. What challenge are you facing today? Who is facing it with you?
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“There is no delight in owning anything unshared.”
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‐Seneca
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Hope
“Hope is the feeling you have that the feeling you have isn’t
permanent ”
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permanent.”‐Jean Kerr
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Hope versus Blind Hope
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Question for Reflection
1. How have you seen hope at work in your life either in a positive sense when you had hope or in a negative
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when you had hope, or in a negative sense when you lost hope?
Question for Reflection
2. Would you say your troubles bury you, or do you look for ways they can become stepping stones that
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can become stepping stones that help you to move closer to where you want to be in life?
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“Live in your hopes, and not in your fears.”
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‐Johnny Majors
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If the game of life ended tonight, would you be a winner?
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Shared [X] Factors of WinnersTh k Y !
Bryan Vaughn, MASJanuary 12, 2010
1:30‐3:00
Thank You!