kickstart presentation.final.3.17.16
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People spend more time planning a VACATIONthan a CAREER.
Circumstances and other people DICTATEour career choices.
DISLIKE/HATE LIKE/LOVE
70% 30%
HOW EMPLOYEES FEEL ABOUT THEIR WORK
What problems do I ENJOYsolving?
How do I become MORE EXPERT at solving these problems?
BE YOURSELF.
“ “ I wish I had lived a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.
-- Bonnie Ware, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
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A lot of parents will do anything for their kids except let them be themselves.
-- Banksy, British graffiti artist and political activist
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
-- Socrates
“Be YOURSELF.Then you’ll be UNIQUE and
EXCITING and people will beat a path to your door.”
ROBERT BALLARD*
BE EMPATHETIC.
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Empathy is the critical 21st-century skill.
-- Meg Bear, Group Vice President, Oracle Corporation
“ “ I simply make a FRIEND of my customers and give them WHAT THEY WANT.
-- Joe Girard, World Greatest Car Salesman
People who study emotional intelligence and leadership say that EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCEaccounts for…
85-90%
of SUCCESSat work.
Look BEYOND yourself andsee WHERE there might be a real need.
Don’t be put off by dealing with people from a different world, ESPECIALLY prisoners
and the homeless.
GLORIA KILLIAN
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BE A LEARNER.
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The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.
-- Alvin Toffler, Futurist
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I’m still learning.
-- Michelangelo, at the age of 87
NUMBER OF JOBS MILLENNIALS THINK
THEY WILL HAVEIN A LIFETIME
NUMBER OF JOBSMILLENNIALS
WILL LIKELY HAVEIN A LIFETIME
2-5 12-15
VICTORIA HALE, Ph.D.
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“Learn from OTHERS whenthey teach you something,
and REALLY take it in.”
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BE PERSISTENT.
80% of SALESPEOPLE give up after 3 TRIES.
Only 20% PERSISTS.
Bill Gates’s first company, “Traf-O-Data,” was a FAILURE.
Comedian Jim Carrey was HOMELESS when he was 15-years-old.
Competitive surfer Bethany Hamilton had her ARM BITTEN OFF by a shark.
Eminem grew up in a trailer park with a DRUG-ADDICTED MOTHER.
30 publishers REJECTED Stephen King’s first novel “Carrie”.
Every time I suffer a SETBACK,
I find myselfthinking instinctively,
‘How can I CAPITALIZE on this?’
TOM MONAGHAN*
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BE A RISK-TAKER.
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People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year, and people who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
-- Peter Drucker, management consultant, educator and author
Highly successful people are continually TAKING RISKSand are continually FAILING.
But they succeed MORE THANthe rest of us.
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FRED SMITH
“ FEAR OF FAILURE must NEVER be a reason not
to try something.”
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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt, politician, activist and diplomat