Bragging rights 2008

Bragging Rights!Bragging Rights!

“Nobody will think you’re somebody if you don’t think so

yourself” Copyrighted A. M. Walker/2010

Who Do You Brag About?Who Do You Brag About?

Copyrighted A. M. Walker/2010

Backing Away from SuccessBacking Away from Success•Have you created a problem for yourself just when Have you created a problem for yourself just when things might have gone really well?things might have gone really well?

•Did you speak up when there was something you Did you speak up when there was something you wanted?wanted?

•Did you persist even when the going got tough?Did you persist even when the going got tough?

•Did you introduce yourself to people you need to know Did you introduce yourself to people you need to know or wanted to know to get what you wanted?or wanted to know to get what you wanted?

•Did you enjoy doing well in sports, exams or at parties?Did you enjoy doing well in sports, exams or at parties?

•How did you feel when you brought home athletic How did you feel when you brought home athletic prizes, good grades, wonderful friends?prizes, good grades, wonderful friends? Copyrighted A. M.

Walker/2010

Identifying The BarriersIdentifying The Barriers

• Lack of Knowledge

• Limiting and Inaccurate Beliefs

• Fear

• Low Self-Esteem

• PrideCopyrighted A. M.

Walker/2010

Breaking Down the BarriersBreaking Down the Barriers• Imagine the best that could happen

• Begin

• Take charge of your life

• Have a vision bigger than you are

• Get a buddy

• Stay open to the outcome

• Use proven scripts

• Let your sphere of influence help make you successful


What YOU Can DoWhat YOU Can Do

•CelebrateCelebrate

•Share your storiesShare your stories

•Acknowledge your giftsAcknowledge your gifts

•Be aware of the impact of your workBe aware of the impact of your work

•Pass it OnPass it On


Making it HappenMaking it Happen

• Schedule Time for Yourself on a Daily, Weekly, Monthly Basis

• Make Use of Goal Setting, Affirmations and Visualizations

• Keep a Positive Focus

• Tap your Inner Power

• Build a Support Group

• Keep a Log of your Victories and Gratitudes

• Put your Positive Attitude into Action

• Know your Strengths


Some Useful TechniquesSome Useful Techniques

• Goal Setting: know what you want, by when you want it and how you’ll be able to tell you’ve achieved it

• Affirmation: a positive, results-oriented statement spoken to yourself in the first person. It is stated as if the result you desire is already achieved.

• Visualization: vivid mental picture of you IN your affirmation.



CommunicationCommunication Styles Styles

DRIVERDRIVERStrengthsConfidentDecisiveCompulsively ActiveGoal SetterPersistentOpen to New Ideas(from those respected)Action OrientedProductiveThrive on ChallengeExcellent in Emergencies

Potential VulnerabilitiesDemandingShort TemperedStubbornHate to Admit FaultPoor ListenerArgumentativeBored with Small TalkUnsympatheticTerse Advice GiverImpatient with Emotions


ANALYTICANALYTIC

StrengthsPatienceGenius-ProneOften Artistically InclinedView Things as “Works in Progress”Deep ThinkersProcess FocusedDetail OrientedScheduledLook at all Aspects of DecisionsFinish What They StartCautious

Potential VulnerabilitiesNegativeMoodyPassive AggressiveHold Things InPlanning vs. DoingGrudge CarriersPerfectionistsCriticalUnsympatheticNon-Emotional

Communication StylesCommunication Styles


RELATORStrengthsEasy Going, CalmingPleasant, CaringDependableMediatorWell-LikedGreat Under PressureWell-BalancedInoffensivePuts Self in Others’ ShoesNon-Judgmental

Potential VulnerabilitiesWorry too MuchIndecisiveNon-DisciplinarianSarcasticNot Self StarterNot Risk TakerShyNot Focused on DetailsAvoid IssuesLack Follow Through



EXPRESSIVE

StrengthsFriendlyLivelyMotivatingHumorous, even with selfGenerate EnthusiasmCuriousCreativeSpontaneousWilling to Try New ThingsSee the Positive in Anything

Potential VulnerabilitiesTalk A lotThoughtlessInterruptForgetfulUndisciplinedEmotional Highs and LowsEasily DistractedLack Follow-ThroughTake Feedback PersonallyUnreasonable Under Pressure



Advice to those with Driver tendencies:

Prepare others for decisions

Take notes

Rephrase and feedback to clarify

Lower voice

Slow pace

Understand that others may process information differently



Practice risk-taking on less important issues

Share reluctance to speak, but make the effort

Practice positive statements

Work on summarizing key points and concepts

Develop interpersonal skills


Advice to those with Analytic tendencies:


Set small goals and increase with successes

Make a stand, pick a side, make a decision!

Practice saying what you are feeling - Speak up!

Team up with a Driver or Expressive to develop assertiveness


Advice to those with Relator tendencies:


Team up with someone to assist in remembering dates, times, details

Take notes

Practice active listening - stop talking!

Allow others peaceful times

Develop a business/detail focus


Advice to those with Expressive tendencies:

What’s in Your Bragbook?What’s in Your Bragbook?

•Individual•Professional

•Personal•Team


It’s All About AttitudeIt’s All About Attitude

• Attitudes filter reality for you

• Attitudes have outcomes

• Build a winning attitude

““Think highly of yourself because the world takes Think highly of yourself because the world takes you at your own estimateyou at your own estimate””


Bragging RightsBragging Rights

• To celebrate and acknowledge my gifts and accomplishments

• To share my stories with others and to encourage them with theirs

• To ask for what I want

To choose to pursue my dream

To find joy in my work

To make a difference to the world around me.

““Be the change you wish to see in Be the change you wish to see in the world.” the world.” GhandiGhandi


Will You Be the Rock that Will You Be the Rock that Redirects the River?Redirects the River?

““Anybody can do just about Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are his mind to do. We are capable of greater things than capable of greater things than we realize.” we realize.” Norman Vincent Norman Vincent PealePeale


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Bragging rights 2008