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Success and YOU!
www.brianpatrickjensen.com ©Brian Patrick Jensen (All Rights Reserved 2012)

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Perseverance, Success and You

Tell ya what I’m gonna tell
 Dynamics to perseverance
 5 things resilient people do
 Share the adventure
 Take action !

©Brian Patrick Jensen (All Rights Reserved 2012)


Dynamics to Perseverance

Perseverance is…
serious business buzz
Resilient organizations
Financial sustainability
Crisis management
Disaster recovery plan



Perseverance is…
ultimately personal. It
requires leadership,
courage and strategic
action. It’s about YOU!



Perseverance is…
a process of
choices and actions,
not a personality trait.




Perseverance is to…
 bounce back
 persist & endure
 achieve success
 be better for it



Perseverance requires the…
 unexpected  unhappy
 unwanted  unprepared
 unpleasant  uncharted
 unsettling  unrelenting
 unlucky  unimagined


1
Take Action:
Considering these
dynamics, write a brief
description of a real-life
challenge, you now wish
to overcome…



Note to self…



5 things
resilient people do
1 Make it personal
2 Stare down hard reality
3 Find higher meaning
4 Visualize the extraordinary
5 Take specific action


# 1: Make it personal
We do NOT control the external

 All other people
 Time & events
 Macro economics
 Disasters & crisis
 Harm & illness
 Employees’ minds
 World ignorance



We DO control internal self

 Reaction to others
 Own behavior
 Personal beliefs
 Plans (not outcomes)
 Business savvy
 Chosen priorities
 Own decisions
 Leadership skills


We influence external world

Influence by…
conviction
knowledge
Persuasion
passion
example
force*
*Force by law, might or “position-power”




Rules of influence
 It is ineffective to focus on
things we do not control
 External focus decreases it
 Internal focus increases it
 Forced influence rarely sticks


Change you; change the world



2
Take Action:
Write two lists concerning your
current challenge:
I do NOT Control I DO Control
• That I’m% #$ deaf !
@ • How I com unicat e
m
• Job & consul t ing m ket
ar • How I buil d m business
y
• Bias about disabil it ies • Asking f or hel p
• Technol ogy l im s
it • Opt imizing cur r ent t echnol ogy
• Audience t r ance • M st age pr esence
y



# 2: Stare down hard reality

Face it, you gotta face it!
A. Avoid optimism trap
B. Inventory cold hard facts
C. Ask for specific help
Acceptance is the key!



A.)Avoid optimism trap
 Hard-wired optimism*
is denial in disguise
*People hugely underestimate chances of getting divorced,
losing a job and being diagnosed ill while overestimating
personal achievement, family fortune and life span.
-Time Magazine: The Science of Optimism




B.) Inventory hard facts
 Miss my children’s voices
 Don’t know when I don’t know
 Get exponentially less information
 I feel isolated; talk to less people
 Interpreting visual cues is exhausting
 Lip reading seems impossible
 Getting jobs & stints far more difficult
 Successful career stopped in tracks
 Depleting my money in transition



C.) Ask for specific help
 Admit it (acceptance)
 Do not assume they know
 Show exactly what to do
 Never beg or apologize
 Praise their efforts


3
Take Action:
List all hard facts; select one item
and describe how others can help:



# 3: Find a higher meaning

Believe pain means more




The personal reality is…
 World is literally more vivid
 My eye sight has improved
 Greater insight into others
 Inspired by others’ feedback
 Improved writing and reading skills
 More connected with my kids




The business reality is…
 I get to hone my best strengths
 Captions add value to me & clients
 New and enhanced networks
 New venue for consulting business
 Great marketing potential
 Accomplishment far more rewarding




The awesome reality is
the best chance I’ve ever
had... for myself;
 to work
 do what I love most;
 contribute my best talents;
 build something big;
 and follow my dream!


4
Take Action:
Write your own list of lessons
learned or other positive outcomes
that resulted from your difficulty.
Caution: List only firm convictions, facts or actual
events. This is not a wish list or ambiguous hope
that something good will come. It must be real.



# 4: Visualize the extraordinary

Nothing heals as vision!
Visualize triumph
by imagining a
specific scene of
hardship overcome



Nothing heals as vision!



5
Take Action:
Imagine your specific scene. Write it
down in painstaking glorious detail.
Frame it, put where you can’t miss it,
and read it repeatedly every day.

Caution: Do not dream the physically impossible.
Do not envision a “cure” to your current plight,
(e.g. I will always be deaf).


# 5: Take specific action

Nothing happens if it doesn’t
 Memorized Sarah’s speech
 Wrote daughters a poem
 Started new blog
 Took sign language classes
 Contacted HLAA / ALDA
 Dusted off telescope
 Started networking
 Obtained great job references
 Created this presentation!



# 5: Take specific action
6
Take Action:
Write your own list of actions that
you can do right now or presently
to either deal with your problem
or move toward your vision.
Note: Include on your list to complete the exercises
suggested during this training.



In Summary

Quotes to summarize
Change you; change the world
Face it, you gotta face it!
Optimism is denial in disguise



In Summary

Quotes on key points
The awesome reality is the best
chance I’ve ever had…
Visualize the extraordinary!
Nothing happens if it doesn’t


In Summary

Quote that sums it up

Simply believe that
hurt means more.


In Summary

Exercises: take action
1 briefly describe the challenge
2 list what you control and not
3 write how others can help
4 list lessons learned by suffers
5 describe extraordinary scene
6 list “To Do” actions & do it!

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