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Discover everyday mistakes derailing careers, apply techniques for peak performance. Learn to be accountable, communicate effectively, manage priorities, and welcome change for growth. Implement self-development plans, create purpose, and develop a positive attitude for a successful career. Embrace fun, teamwork, and a service-oriented approach to excel in your professional journey.
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Welcome to . . . Top 10 Mistakes People Make to Mess up Their Careers
Understand everyday mistakes people make to mess up their careers. • Apply simple techniques to eliminate those mistakes to become a peak performer.
1. Not being accountable for their behavior 2. Not having meaning and purpose in their jobInternal values 3.No self-development plan for improvement 4.Inability to communicate effectively 5.Difficulty managing multiple priorities Skills 6.Little understanding how to “play the game” 7. Resisting changeKnowledge 8.Having a bad attitude 9, Not having fun at workBalance 10.Not wanting to better serve the customerGive back to others
1) Be Accountable • Responsibility is anobligation to fulfill a task and can be shared whileaccountability cannot. • Accountabilitynot only means being responsible for something but also ultimately beinganswerable for your actions.
5 Ways to Grow Accountable Employees 1. Involve your employees 2. Establish boundaries 3. Establish realistic expectations 4. Create incentives for accomplishment 5. Honor all agreed-upon commitments
2) Get Focused and Create Purpose What are you looking forward to?
Do You Have a Bucket List? Write and publish a book Visit all MLB stadiums Ride a horse Start your own business Visit New Zealand Ride a streetcar in SF Speak a foreign language Go whale watching Go on safari Take a cruise Snorkel See a pyramid Run a marathon Learn to drive stick shift Be on T.V. Achieve your ideal weight Climb a mountain Do an extreme sport Learn a marshal art Ride in a hot air balloon Play an instrument See the Northern Lights Ride an elephant Plant a tree Mike a cow Make home-made ice cream Travel to all 50 states Be a mentor to someone Skydive Ride in a helicopter See the Taj Mahal Visit all seven continents
3) Create a Self-Development Plan Read Fun Time Training Quiet Time Speakers
4) Communicate Effectively Incoming Information - Race - Religion - Politics - Age - Gender - Regions - Economics Values Filter - Lifestyle Interpretation
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Communication Techniques Acknowledge Feelings Continue Suggestions Questions Inform Direct Criticize You talk, I listen I talk, You listen
A Little Girl’s Wisdom Never have your mom comb your hair when she’s mad at your dad.
Human Body Systems • Respiratory – breathing, lungs, nose, trachea • Muscular – muscles, body movement • Circulatory – heart, arteries, veins, blood vessels • Nervous – brain, spinal cord, nerves • Skeleton – bones, ligaments, tendons • Digestive – esophagus, stomach • Endocrine – hormones, metabolism • Reproductive – testosterone, estrogen • Urinary – kidneys, bladder • Intestinal – large, small • Glandular – thyroid, adrenal, pituitary • Lymphatic – body fluids • Immune – inflammation, sneezing • Integumentary – skin, hair, nails
Fighting amongst ourselves is like fighting for deck chairs on the Titanic
7) Be Open to Change • By 2020, men and women will each comprise about half of the total workforce. • Minorities will make up one half of the new entrants into the workforce. • 15% will be Hispanic (up from 9%) • 13% will be African American (about the same) • 6% will be Asian (up from 4%) • White males will be 68% (down from 76%) • Medicare and Social Security will undergo major changes • Many Baby Boomers unable to retire • By 2020, 20% of population will be 65 or older
Understanding Transitions Current Situation TransitionNew Beginning F E A R Transition begins with “letting go of the past!”
What is Success? Success is positive movement toward a worthwhile goal.
Where do Attitudes Come From? Expectations Beliefs Self-Concept 1. Ideal Self 2. Self-Image 3. Self-Esteem
M.O.T.H.E.R. Dearest Think > Feel > Act = Results Conscious Mind Subconscious Mind Four ways to program: • Repetition • Emotional Shock • Fascination • Bizarre Event Body
Positive Affirmations • I am • I can • I will • I have
9) Be Playful at Work • What do you enjoy doing? • What are you good at? • How can you make your job more enjoyable?
10) Be Service Oriented • Quality • Cost • Service
In Conclusion . . . Much is expected from those to whom much has been given.