Pollyanna Power Principles

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Pollyanna Power PrinciplesLaura Deaton

Introduce yourself and share something about yourself with the person sitting next to you.

In just the last 6 years…

And…

Written by Eleanor Porter, 1913 Mary Pickford as Pollyanna, 1919

WE ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR.

Pollyanna Principle #1

“Action toward or involving others that reflects the integrity of the person I

want to be.”

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS CREATING OUR PERSONAL FUTURE, EVERY DAY…

Pollyanna Principle #2

Whether we do so consciously…

Or not…

WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED AND INTERDEPENDENT…

Pollyanna Principle #3

Whether we acknowledge that…

Or not…

“BEING THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE” MEANS WALKING THE TALK OF OUR VALUES.

Pollyanna Principle #4

Congruence

When people know that what you say is on track with what you value , and it is also aligned with what you do – your actions.

STRENGTH BUILDS UPON OUR STRENGTHS, NOT OUR WEAKNESSES.

Pollyanna Principle #5

WE SUCCEED WHEN WE HAVE SYSTEMS TO DO SO.

Pollyanna Principle # 6

Successful Change Agents and Catalysts…

• Are lifelong learners• Spend some portion of their days in

contemplation, reflection, or meditation• Are servant leaders• Are strong communicators• Keep their eyes on the prize

Successful Change Agents and Catalysts…

• Are lifelong learners• Spend some portion of their days in

contemplation, reflection, or meditation• Are servant leaders• Are strong communicators• Keep their eyes on the prize

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Play them as a chord…

The Looking Glass

Successful Change Agents and Catalysts…

• Are lifelong learners• Spend some portion of their days in

contemplation, reflection, or meditation• Are servant leaders• Are strong communicators• Keep their eyes on the prize

Identify your SELF and your VALUES

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Successful Change Agents and Catalysts…

• Are lifelong learners• Spend some portion of their days in

contemplation, reflection, or meditation• Are servant leaders• Are strong communicators• Keep their eyes on the prize

Beyond Downloading

Successful Change Agents and Catalysts…

• Are lifelong learners• Spend some portion of their days in

contemplation, reflection, or meditation• Are servant leaders• Are strong communicators• Keep their eyes on the prize

Goals

Health and Wellness

Financial Security

Relationships and FamilyCareer

Spirituality

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The Everyday ChallengeWhat did I do today… …to hold myself accountable?…to consciously create my future?…to acknowledge my interconnectedness and interdependency?…to “walk the talk” of my values?…to leverage my strengths and the strengths of others?… to make sure that I do the same tomorrow?

One of my favorites…

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Questions and Thoughts

The Pollyanna Principles

1. We accomplish what we hold ourselves accountable for.2. Each and everyone of us is creating our personal future

everyday, whether we do so consciously or not.3. We are all interconnected and interdependent, whether

we acknowledge that, or not.4. “Being the change we want to see” means walking the

talk of our values.5. Strengths build upon our strengths, not upon our

weaknesses.6. We succeed when we have systems to do so.