Transform Your Life

Empowering individuals to take control over their lives through learning and applying Strong Core Values and Life Skills necessary to be successful in everyday living

Transform Your Life – Prison To Freedom

Mission Statement

The Book of James

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Transform Your Life – Prison To Freedom

Life’s Storms Chaos

Peace

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Attitude Improvement

Balance Life Style

Spiritual Mental

Emotional Physical Social

With Character and Strong Core Values

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Definition of Attitude

• It is a manner, disposition, feeling, or position, with regard to a person or thing; it is a tendency or orientation, especially of the mind; and can be either positive or negative.

• It can be expressed as a position or posture of the body appropriate to our expressive view/emotion/mindset at any point in time in any set of circumstances or situations.

4 Attitude is a choice

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What is Character? The aggregate of features or traits that make up ones being - Moral or ethical quality/values o Integrity o Honesty/Truthfulness o Trustworthiness o Courage – Inner strength o Accountability/Responsibility Accept Responsibility for your actions o Work Ethic o Introspection (Evaluate one’s self)

Attitudes and Character

Adversity Builds Character

Romans 5: 3 – 5 Through Suffering - Peace and Joy

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Core Values

The core values of a family are those values we hold which form the foundation on how we live, work, and conduct ourselves. We have an entire universe of values, but some of them are so primary, so important to us that throughout the changes in society, government, politics, etc., they are STILL the core values we will abide by.

In an ever-changing world, core values are constant. The values underlie our lives, how we interact with each other, and which strategies we employ to fulfill our mission in life. The core values are the basic elements of how we go about our lives. They are the practices we use (or should be using) every day in everything we do.

Matthew 7: 24 – 27 Firm Foundation - The Wise and Foolish Builders

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Core Values … Continued

• CORE VALUES:

Governs personal relationships.

Clarifies who we are.

Articulates what we stand for.

Helps explain why we do the things the way we do.

Informs us on how to reward.

Guides us in making decisions.

Underpins the whole family.

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Success through attitude

Success is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. “Chuck Swindoll”

Pessimist’s see difficulties in every opportunity

Optimists see opportunities in every difficulty

It Can mean the difference between enjoying your life or simply tolerating it.

o Life only comes once, so enjoy it

John 15: 7 - 8 Obedience - Ask whatever you wish and it ill be given to you

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Shaping our attitudes

•Early childhood Family - Acceptance/affirmation

• Expectations (Behavior)

• Church (God)/Environment

•Late childhood Self image, achievement,

• Exposure to outside influences

• Peers, physical appearance

•Adult Relationships, career, events

• (Crime, Prison, After release)

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Stages Influences

The Book of James

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Attitude and Team Work.

Good/Great talent + Great attitude = Great results

“The Winning Edge”….. Most successful people have it in abundance.

Its called “Positive Attitude”.

Team versus Individual Goals and Objectives.

Ecclesiastes 4: 9 – 12 Two are better than one

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Impact of Attitude

o Impacts our approach to living, work, personal relationships

o Can make the difference between success and failure

o Is more important at the beginning of a task or activity (release from Prison)

o Helps to develop character and maturity during tough times (envision victory)

o Influences our perspective of how we view everything around us

Ephesians 4: 22- 24 To be made new in the attitude of your minds

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o Lack of Vision Doesn’t Plan

o In-attention to Behavior Patterns

o Avoidance of Responsibility and

o Accountability

o Avoids Total Commitment

o to family and relationships

o Guarded Communications

o Fear of Conflict

o Absence of Trust and openness

o in family relationships

Dysfunctional Families

Lacks Firm Foundation

Functional Families

Has Firm Foundation

Has Vision and plans with Family

Pays Attention to Behavior Patterns

Accepts Responsibility and

Accountability

Promotes Total Commitment to Family

and relationships

Open/Un-Guarded Communications

Has Positive Conflict

Has Total Trust and openness

in family relationships

Patrick Lencioni

Versus

The Book on Boundaries

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What if I fail

Be flexible

Don’t let change throw you….”FEAR”

Seek out the benefits to you

Keep an open mind

Be patient

Visualize the change

Remain focused

Find an accountability partner

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Managing Change

Proverbs 15 : 21 – 22 Plans fail for lack of counsel

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• People who are unhappy and remain • in difficult circumstances, usually do • so because they prefer the misery of • the familiar (a comfort zone) to the • uncertainty of change.

• So…………..

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Change and your attitude

Remember…. It’s your choice….Your decision

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• A “positive attitude” with “strong character” is the key to success in all parts of your life and directly contributes to the attitude of those you come in contact with, particularly in your current environment, your family, and your social groups.

• A positive outlook can mean the difference

• between success and failure, being happy

• and being miserable.

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Summary / Conclusion

We have a responsibility to ourselves

and others to be all we can be