1. This year – no more excuses!
Let’s begin living the life of our dreams!
SUCCESS LEAVES CLUES

2. "This one step - choosing a
goal and staying with it -
changes everything."

3. Successful People Have….
 High level physical ENERGY
and mental stamina
 Incredible sense of purpose
and MISSION
 Consistently positive
ATTITUDE
 World-changing GOALS
 Rock solid PLANS
 Crystal clear PRIORITIES
 Powerful ability to lead and
create SYNERGY
 Highly ORGANIZED
 Incredible ability to OPTIMIZE
time
 Highly action ORIENTED

4. 10 Mistakes that Mess with
Success:
 Consistently low physical
and mental ENERGY
 Half Hearted MISSION and
purpose
 A Defeatist ATTITUDE
 Vague, uninspiring GOALS
 Poorly Developed PLANS
 Confusing, unfocused
PRIORITIES
 Inability to lead and create
SYNERGY
 Total lack of ORGANIZATION
 Poor TIME management skills
 Inability to take ACTION

5. Low efforts based
performance is what causes
people to spin their wheels
and ultimately suffer the
heartbreak of failed hopes,
dreams and expectations.

6. “Success is not based on luck -
It requires consistent daily actions in the direction of
one’s dreams”.
Speaker: Faith Wood, CSP
The road to SOMEDAY leads to a place
called NOWHERE!

7. Unlocking the
Mysteries of the Mind

8. Our Minds
We use our minds all
the time, but do we
ever take the time
to think about what
power the mind
has?

9.  The mind, like the operating system of the computer does not exist
as an entity that we can measure but its power is truly awesome!

10.  Like a computer, once a program has
been accepted, no program will be
allowed in that conflicts with the
program.
 This means that the things we learned
at our earliest ages become the most
important and can sometimes impede
our progress.
 We act on evidence that confirms
what we already believe to be true.
(positively or negatively)
The mind functions much like a computer program – it needs detailed
and specific information to help it compute effectively

11.  The analytical portion of the
Mind has the job of
gathering all the information
about the things that are
going on around us.
 It helps us solve our
problems by providing all
the facts for analysis.

12.  Our emotional brain cannot be repressed. We can hold down the natural
release of an emotion but it always finds a way out.
 A repressed emotion will normally be expressed in a destructive manner.
Emotions drive our whole life.
Often we know what we should
do; we just don’t want to do it.

13. What about Willpower?
 Will Power is like the
booster rockets on
the shuttle.
 It’s job is to point you
in the direction of
any goal you choose
and then it gets you
in motion towards
that goal.
 Once you are moving
towards your goal, will
power is finished and
can no longer assist
you with achieving
that goal.
 Without an internal
desire to reach the
goal, it cannot be
obtained.

14. AWARENESS
If you are aware of:
 what you want in life, and
 what you are getting
Then
 you have the power to
change it!

15. Power of Choice
 If you could actually SEE your performance negatives – you
would eliminate them… wouldn’t you?
 If you knew what your negatives were costing you – personally
and professionally – you WOULD eliminate them – wouldn’t you?
 Permit negatives to remain and you will struggle with FAILED
expectations for the rest of your life.
 Choose to eliminate them and you have the capacity to be
successful beyond your wildest dreams!

16. Excellence is not a
single act, but a
habit. -Aristotle-

17. Habits
Habits are connectors that connect an action or
activity with the habit. You do one thing and you feel
compelled to do the other.

18. GOALS  Goals provide a target
and allow you to
manifest movement
towards them
 If you don’t know what
you want, how will you
know when you have it?
 Conversely if you don’t
know where you are
going, how are you going
to know when you get
there?

19. Many people limit their ability to succeed at a Goal
simply by the words that they speak
(either silently to themselves or
out loud for everyone to hear)
I cant
I don’t deserve it
I’m not ready or I amafraid
I’ll try

20. Within you right now is the power to
do things you never dreamed
were possible. This power
becomes available to you just as
soon as you shift your beliefs.
Dr. Maxwell Maltz

21. Stop Rationalizing inactivity
 Focusing on the BUT rather than the follow through
 Creating Excuses for why you aren’t taking action
The only thing keeping you from having
what you want in your life is the story you
tell yourself about why you can’t have it!

22. Momentum & Chunking (create
smaller bites) are powerful
antidotes to rationalizing
What is most important here?
What is the first step?
Momentum will overcome STRESS
Chunking focuses energy on
smaller bites of your big
audacious goal & keeps you
making consistent progress

23. Case Study for how chunking and
momentum work (In reality)….
 Faith decides to learn to slalom
ski at 40 to keep up with her
spouse.
 First attempt – I leaned back
too far and never made it out
of the water.
 2nd attempt, I leaned forward
too far and drank a lot of
water.
 3rd attempt, I am already
making excuses in my head as
to why I shouldn’t do this (too
old, what if I get hurt, blah blah
blah).

24.  embracing the challenge, I
dug in and managed to hold
the crouch on the 4th attempt
and push the ski flat on top of
the water.
 Once the ski began to shimmy
as it planed into position, I lost
my balance again – just where
does that back foot go???
 I wanted to quit. My body was
shaking from cold and from
nerves.
 The nagging voice in my head
kept shouting – wait for next
year – learn in stages – why
bother at all.
 if we accept these voices, then we limit our opportunities for
growth. I don’t know of anyone who ever tripped over success and
opportunity sitting in a chair.

25. So I took a deep breath and started focusing on the
smaller bite size steps to standing up.
 I discovered I could put the big
toe of my back foot against
the instep of my front foot and
that would give me greater
stability coming out of the
water.
 Then, I could stay crouched
until the ski leveled off behind
the boat.
 Then, I could stand up.
 Once stable, I could slide my
back foot behind me.
 With this re-focus, I soon found
myself riding solidly on one ski.
Success!!

26. Nope – I didn’t look as good
as this…
But what was this a realistic
expectation?

27. 10 Ways to Choose
GREATNESS
Choose to be
Energetic
Choose to be
Passionate
Choose to be
Enthusiastic
Choose to be Self-
Directed
Choose to be
Prepared
Choose to be
Focused
Choose to be
Supportive
Choose to be
Systematic
Choose to be
Timely
Choose to be
Proactive

28.  Don’t let tradition paralyze
your mind
 Ask yourself – How can I do
better?
 Ask yourself – How can I do
more?
 Capacity is a state of mind
 These questions put your
mind to work creating
shortcuts

30. Some parting thoughts….
 Sharing a goal with others gives you a multitude of reasons for
doing whatever it takes to make sure your dream becomes
reality – we call this accountability.
 When you feel defeated, tap into your greatest desires
 Regard setbacks as lessons – learn from them and then push
onwards
 Blend persistence with experimentation
A wise man will be master of his mind
A fool will be his slave.

31. Success is an Attitude
What are you focusing on?
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