2. ∗ Inform participants how they can develop and
achieve their personal vision
∗ Help participants better understand the process for
developing a vision and values on an organization
wide basis
∗ Prepare participants for the task of achieving their
vision and values.
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Session Goals
3. ∗ Vision – “The ability to anticipate and make provision for
future events; foresight.”
∗ Mission – “a pre-established and often self-imposed purpose”
∗ Value – “To regard highly, esteem, prize.”
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Definitions*
4. Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless
you imagine it.
George Lucas
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5. ∗ Wouldn’t it be great if there was a “LIFE GPS” app
that you could type in what or where you want to be
in life and the app tells you how to get there and how
long it will take?
∗ Of course, you have to first know what or where you
want to be!
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6. Wisdom is knowledge rightly applied
A successful Time Manager is willing to do that which the unsuccessful
manager of time is unwilling to do.
Time – a continuum in which events succeed one another from the past,
through the present, to the future.
Inner peace – having serenity, balance, and harmony in our lives achieved
through the appropriate control of events
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Concepts
7. IF the basic element of time is an event
THEN Time is a sequence of events
Control of these events is the key to manage time
To gain control of our lives, we must gain control of our time.
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Time Control = Event Control
8. What events do we have no control over?
What events do we have control over?
What is the appropriate response to an event in which you have
no control? Adapt
When you feel you have no control, that you are being reactive vs.
proactive, how do you feel inside?
Does it make sense to get upset over events at which you have no
control?
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No Control vs. Control
No Control - - - - - Control
9. ∗ First Conditioning Factor – There are events we can control,
but we believe we can’t
∗ When the need is big enough, we control all kinds of events that we
normally trick ourselves into believing we can’t control.
∗ Second Conditioning Factor – There are events we cannot
control, but we believe we can.
∗ What is that? OTHER PEOPLE!
∗ You can only control YOURSELF
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Condition Your Mind
10. ∗ How do you feel when you are in control?
∗ What do you get when you control events in your life?
∗ Definition: Inner peace – having serenity, balance, and
harmony in our lives achieved through the appropriate
control of events.
∗ High Productivity = High Self-Esteem = Event Control
∗ Relationship: If self worth drops – productivity drops.
If Productivity drops – self worth drops
∗ Productivity is easiest element to attack. More
productivity = higher self-esteem and more control
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Inner Peace
11. ∗ Base – Personal Vision, Mission and Values
∗ 2nd Level – Long Range Goals
∗ 3rd Level – Intermediate Goals
∗ 4th Level – Prioritized Daily Task List
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Productivity Pyramid
12. ∗ Why do you exist?
∗ What is your purpose?
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Mission
13. ∗ What is most important to you?
∗ Where do you want to go in life?
∗ What is main thing that drives you daily?
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Vision
14. ∗ Values are the process in which you will accomplish
your personal vision.
∗ Determine these values by answering questions
“what are the highest priorities in my life?” and
“Which priorities do I value most?”
∗ Inner Peace – what you value and what you control
come together.
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Your Life Values
15. ∗ Faith
∗ Family
∗ Serving Others
∗ Growing intellectually
∗ Healthy Body
∗ Financially OK
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WB’s Examples
Mission – Created for a Purpose
Vision – To make a difference one person at a time
Values
16. Which Value do you “value” the most?
After prioritizing your values, give them vision with a
clarifying statement:
∗ Write statements as affirmations: a positive
statement written as if it had already occurred.
Ex: Healthy - I have a strong and healthy body.
∗ Your values are your personal Constitution.
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Prioritize Your Values
17. Faith
I am a strong witness for Christ
Family
I am a great husband and father
Serving Others
I make a difference in the world by serving others
Grow Intellectually
I am growing intellectually
Healthy
I have a healthy body
Financially OK
I am financially independent
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WB’s Examples of clarifying statements
18. ∗ Long Range Goals
∗ Intermediate Range Goals
∗ Short Range Goals
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Set Goals to Achieve and Maintain Your
Values
19. ∗ 3% of Americans have written and specific long range goals.
∗ Time Span of long range goals is 10 years +
∗ Example: I will be financially independent by 12/31/2025
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Long Range Goals
20. ∗ Imagine your historical timeline like that in a history
book
∗ Your past experiences are a solid line
∗ Your future is a dotted line – what do you want to be
put on your timeline?
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Historical Timeline
21. Time span: 5 - 10 years
Requires more specific actions
Example: Savings Plans, Life Insurance, Investment
Portfolio, Enhanced Education, Job Advancement,
Real Estate
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Intermediate Goals
22. ∗ How much in savings plan?
∗ How many stocks in investment portfolio?
∗ When will you get higher education degree, etc.?
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Assign Tasks to Intermediate Range Goals
23. ∗ Time Span: 1-5 years
∗ Requires even more specific actions
∗ Example: Setup a savings plan
Start a life insurance program
Start an investment portfolio
Determine education needs
Prepare for job advancement
Research real estate options
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Short Range Goals
24. ∗ How much will you deposit regularly into your savings
plan?
∗ What needs to be included in life insurance policy?
∗ How much will you invest regularly?
∗ Education – school, degree plan, financials
∗ Job – training, education, experience, work ethic
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Tasks for Short Range Goals
25. ∗ What can you do every day to accomplish your short
range goals?
∗ Prioritizing is the process of determining the
precedence of events
∗ Do what’s important instead of urgent
∗ Daily Planning – commit to spending 10 minutes every
morning planning your daily activities
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Prioritized Daily Task List
26. ∗ Make a list of everything you would like to accomplish
today
∗ Give a value to each item on the list
∗ A = Vital – the most valuable things you could accomplish today
∗ B = Important – could wait if necessary
∗ C = Would be nice to get done, but won’t lose value if postponed
∗ Give a numerical value to each item on the
Prioritized Daily Task List
∗ A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3, etc.
∗ Tackle tasks which have greatest value first to gain inner peace, reduce
stress
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Making Your Prioritized Daily Task List
27. Excuse - We think we’re going to get more of it
We think that we can save it somehow
Truth – We have all the time there is
Excuse – I don’t have time
Truth – I value some other event more
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2 Fallacies about time
28. ∗ Serve Others Study Successful Leaders Improve Yourself Constantly
∗ Determine what your vision and values in life will be.
∗ Develop personal and professional long term, mid-term, and short term goals based
on your life values.
∗ Spend 15 minutes daily improving yourself professionally by reading a self-help or
professional development book, magazine article or conference session materials.
∗ Avoid negative people/media or other influences. Maintaining a positive attitude will
help you to achieve your goals faster.
∗ Do not listen to or spread gossip.
∗ Associate with people who are where you want to be in life – or are going in that
direction. You become who you associate with.
∗ Develop a strong reason “why” you are in your profession – or change careers and
do what you really enjoy.
∗ Discuss negative or personal issues with your supervisors or those who can provide
help or support – usually not subordinates or peers.
∗ Take every opportunity to learn more about this profession and related areas.
∗ Participate in leisure/recreational activities to keep your mind/body/spirit refreshed.
∗ Remember –
∗ The people you associate with, what you read, and what you listen to will determine
where you’ll be in 5 years.
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Steps to Success
29. ∗ When your daily activities are in concert with your
highest priorities in life – you have a credible claim to
inner peace
∗ Live a life that states “I was here!”
∗ Kid President - What will you do that will make the
world more awesome?
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Success!
30. ∗ Warren Bird
∗ Recreation Director
∗ Garland Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts
∗ wbird@garlandtx.gov
We’re Done!
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