Enterprise Lecture 5 - 10 Steps to a Future You

Be Proactive.

Highly effective people make decisions to improve their situation through the things they can influence rather than simply reacting to external forces.  Ineffective people spend far too much time paying attention to things they cannot influence.
Circle of influence - change what people do. Proactivity - encroach / break barriers into circle of concern.

Project.

 

•Develop a vision of your future

•Create a principle-centred personal mission statement

•Extend the mission into long term goals

Provide

•Clear explanations  to people

•Speak in their language; not yours

•Talk about benefits ; not processes

•Think – who you are talking to

•Create – clear messages

•Inspire – people with your creativity

Prioritise.

•Put first things first

•Keep a proper balance

•Stick to your personal mission

 Presents.

•Think – win/win

•Seek  outcomes and relationships that are mutually beneficial

•Do a favour to gain a favour

Kohlberg's theory:

Pre-Coventional - generally concerned with themselves. Deal with short term results.
Conventional - conforms to social norms.
Post - Conventional - question social norms.

Pause.

•Pause to listen – give all your attention. Give yourself to the moment.

•Empathise, walk in someone’s shoes,

•Don’t re-iterate or interpret – just listen.

•Do you really know how they feel or are you just saying how you feel? 

•See first to understand ; then be understood

•Learn from your differences

Proven.

• Consistency

• integrity

• Reliability

Partner

Synergy multiplies your talents

Work with other experts outside your field to achieve greatness

Pit-stop 

•Sharpen up – bolt on , get new stuff,

•Rest – renew, re-vitalise

•Explore - challenge, excite

Propel

•Extinguish your fears

•Exude confidence

•Instil faith