It All Starts Here!
• The Golden Rule
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
• Focus on others and watch yourself grow!
• If you gain nothing else from today it is my hope
this will be the one nugget you leave with!
7 Life Lessons
1. Be a person of Character & Integrity
2. Seek out good role models (mentors) &
Surround yourself with quality people
(friends)
7 Life Lessons
1. Be a person of Character & Integrity
2. Seek out good role models (mentors) &
Surround yourself with quality people
(friends)
3. Embrace who you REALLY are!
The Correct Answer is…
Maybe you have been tricked into believing you
are someone you ARE NOT!
Nothing is
missing!
7 Life Lessons
1. Be a person of Character & Integrity
2. Seek out good role models (mentors) &
Surround yourself with quality people
(friends)
3. Embrace who you REALLY are!
4. Practice Discipline
Time to Exercise
• Please stand up and listen very carefully
• For you to go to the next level all you need to do
is reach as high as you possibly can.
• You there?
• Now just reach a little bit higher
• What just happened?
“There is no traffic jam
when you go the extra mile”
• Do you know what you need to improve on?
– Look within and be honest with yourself
– Be courageous and ask others
• Do you know how you need to improve?
– Start with the simple stuff and do it daily
– Discipline is a daily process and cannot be
achieved in a day
7 Life Lessons
1. Be a person of Character & Integrity
2. Seek out good role models (mentors) &
Surround yourself with quality people
(friends)
3. Embrace who you REALLY are!
4. Practice Discipline
5. Have a GREAT Attitude!
Why?
A T T I T U D E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is the ONLY thing YOU can
CONTROL!
7 Life Lessons
1. Be a person of Character & Integrity
2. Seek out good role models (mentors) &
Surround yourself with quality people
(friends)
3. Think before you speak or act
4. Practice Discipline
5. Have a GREAT Attitude!
6. Don’t fear Failure
Fear!
• False Evidence Appearing Real
• Each one of us struggles with insecurity
• Failing DOES NOT = FAILURE!!!!
• Learn to use failure to move forward, not
backward
• Don’t be afraid to say your afraid
• What’s the worst thing that could happen?
• Persevere
“The difference between average
people and achieving people is their
perception of and response to
failure.”
- John Maxwell
What’s Yours????????????
7 Life Lessons
1. Be a person of Character & Integrity
2. Seek out good role models (mentors) &
Surround yourself with quality people
(friends)
3. Think before you speak or act
4. Practice Discipline
5. Have a GREAT Attitude!
6. Don’t fear Failure
7. Be Authentically YOU!
The Bat
• The 7 lessons are like this bat
• If you make them part of you it protects you from
breaking
B-E-L-I-E-V-E
• Bottom Line: You can’t sell something you don’t believe
in!
• If you put a small value on yourself, rest assured the
world will not raise the price. If you want to become the
person you have the potential to be, you must believe
you can!
• I believe that you were created for a reason and purpose
• When you shift your thinking to focus on others rather
than yourself true success will be yours! Guarnateed!
• Father’s Say™ will be
introduced to all
employees in the 2nd
quarter
• It is designed to bring
dads closer to their
families, in a very
memorable manner
• It will also provide them
the tools to mentor their
children as well as
others
Tools to Unlock the Real YOU!
• 5 Questions everyone should answer
• The History of YOU!
• Your Timeline
• Your Life to this point
• Your personal Mission Statement
• Leadership Role Indicator
• The power of F.O.R.D.
The Power of F.O.R.D.
• Every Ashley employee will be receiving a sheet
similar to this
• It contains the following sections:
– Family
– Occupation
– Recreation
– Dreams
– Bucket List Desires
• Answer the Why and the How and then execute!
…When a man has put a limit on what he
will do, he has put a limit on what he
can do.”
—Charles Schwab
• The choice to be all you can be is
clearly yours. I believe there exists
greatness in every one of you. Truly!
Why?
“Because I know when you operate as
you were designed, living out your true
purpose you are
NOT Just An Average Joe!”