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YOU are the Apprentice

YOU are the Apprentice. The Situation. You have decided to advance your career by trying out for a program like Donald Trump’s The Apprentice. Since this is a potentially huge step with an enormous payoff, it is important that you select the ideal opportunity that suits you. The Setting.

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YOU are the Apprentice

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  1. YOUare theApprentice

  2. The Situation • You have decided to advance your career by trying out for a program like Donald Trump’s The Apprentice. • Since this is a potentially huge step with an enormous payoff, it is important that you select the ideal opportunity that suits you.

  3. The Setting • It is important that you identify the opportunity where you will experience • Exhilaration • State of mind • Flow • Skills fully engaged, stretched • Absorbing challenge, total immersion • Effortless • Powerful, built in motivation • Work is a delight • Eustress, adrenalin rush

  4. Motivation Emotional tendencies that guide or facilitate reaching goals • Achievement Drive: • Striving to improve or meet a standard of excellence • Results-oriented with a high drive to meet objectives & standards • Set challenging goals & take calculated risks • Pursue information to reduce uncertainty & find ways to do better • Learn how to improve their performance

  5. Achievement • What drives you? • What do you value? • What are you willing to commit to? • What are you obsessed with? • What are you passionate about? • What areas challenge you? • Where do you set high goals? • Aside from money, what represents success to you? • For what knowledge do you thirst? • What new ideas & information do you seek?

  6. Motivation Emotional tendencies that guide or facilitate reaching goals • Commitment: • Aligning with the goals of a group or organization • Readily make sacrifices to meet a larger organizational goal • Find a sense of purpose in the larger mission • Use the group’s core values in making decisions & clarifying choices • Actively seek out opportunities to fulfill the group’s mission

  7. Commitment • What organizational goals will resonate with your personal goals? • What are you willing to sacrifice to achieve? • What do you believe in enough to make an unpopular decision? • How are you going to change the world? • How do you want to make a difference? • What support must an organization provide? • What makes you proud? • What are you loyal to?

  8. Motivation Emotional tendencies that guide or facilitate reaching goals • Initiative: • Mobilized to seize opportunities • Ready to seize opportunities • Pursue goals beyond what’s required or expected of them • Cut through red tape & bend the rules when necessary to get the job done • Mobilize others through unusual, enterprising efforts

  9. Initiative • What are you proactive about? • What problems do you anticipate? • What opportunities do you see? • What do you have the courage to pursue? • At what will you persist?

  10. Motivation Emotional tendencies that guide or facilitate reaching goals • Optimism: • Takes setbacks & obstacles in stride • Persist in seeking goals despite obstacles & setbacks • Operate from hope of success rather than fear of failure • See setbacks as due to manageable circumstance rather than a personal flaw

  11. Optimism • Are you an optimist or a pessimist? • How do you deal with setbacks? • What can you change for the better? • What gives you hope?

  12. Tell (Write) Me a Story • Describe the ideal apprenticeship for you, factoring in your preferences regarding • Achievement • Commitment • Initiative • Optimism

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