Transcript Happiness: It All Begins With Me

The Secret to
Success: You and
Only You
Designed Exclusively for the
MASFAP March 2007 Conference
Presented by Terry D. Everson
Senior Vice President of Training & Sales
Session Agenda
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Welcome & Overview
Let’s Get Selfish: Looking In The Mirror
Motivation: What Does It Come From?
Take Ownership: You Have The Power
Now, Let’s Get Lucky
Action Planning
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Let’s Get Selfish
Outgoing
Private
Practical
Creative
Analytical
Values
Structured
Flexible
• Develop Your Strengths
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Motivation In The Work Force
Challenging
Work
Full Appreciation for
a Job Well Done
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A Feeling of Being in on Things
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Money Can’t Buy Happiness
• Out of Poverty is the Big Step
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Food
Clothing
Shelter
Life’s Basics
Step I on Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs
• It Is Easier To Cry In A Porsche Than A Vega
• Read Faces In The Fire – Wow
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Motivating Employees
Job-Factors-Survey Rankings
Compare your own rankings to these results validated by then-thousand workers:
Employees’ Ranking
Supervisors’
Ranking
Feeling of Being in on Things
3
10
Job Security
7
2
Interesting Work
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5
Personal Loyalty to Employees
8
6
Tactful Disciplining
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7
Promotions and Growth in the Company
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Good Wages
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Sympathetic Help on Personal Problems
10
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Full Appreciation of Work Done
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8
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The Grass Always Seems
Greener
• Excitement vs. Happiness
• If you can’t be with the one you love, Honey,
love the one you’re with.
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Speed Bumps To Change
• Nexting
– Past + Present = More Of The Same
• Our “Permanent Present”
• Dire Days
– Self Scope Techniques
– Lessened Impact
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“For there is nothing
good or bad, but thinking
makes it so.”
Shakespeare, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Why We All Aren’t Polly Anna
• We See The World In A Mix Of Stark Reality
And Comforting Illusions
• “The Mind May Be Gullible But It Ain’t No
Patsy!”
• We Have Our Own Psychological Immune
System
• We Need A Balance So We Can Cope (Good),
Yet Do Something About It (Bad).
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Oprah is Only Partially Right
• P
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• S
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How To Make A Change
• Act
• Think
• Fear
• Believe
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Happiness: It Really Is Up To
You
• Think about at least three (3) good things that you
experience each day and spend time in the evening
analyzing and thinking about them.
• Revel in the pleasure.
• Perform random acts of kindness.
• Create your own personal “North Star”.
• Celebrate yours and others successes.
• Which comes first, Money or happiness? The jury is
still out.
• A final thought: Focus on happy and you will truly
grow.
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Take Ownership / Take Pride
“Winning isn’t everything. Wanting to win is.”
Catfish Hunter
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Join A Club
Take Small Steps / Set Goals
Have a Hero
See The Future
Relax
Collect Cool Quotes
Fear is OK
Use the “Next Time” Rule
Never Give Up
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Lessons From The Lucky
• Maximize Chance Opportunities
• Listen to Your Hunches
• Expect Good Fortune
• Turn Bad Luck Into Good
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Mr. Mom Knows
“It is easy to forget what is
important, So Don’t!!!!!
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Call to Action
I will do what? By when?
Action
Signed___________________
Date
Date______
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Contact Information
Terry D. Everson
Senior Vice President of Training and Sales
Student Loan Xpress
3532 John Muir Drive
Middleton, WI 53562
[email protected]
(o) 608-831-5586
(f) 608-831-5589
(c) 608-225-3762
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