Begin with the end in Mind - Habit 2
- 1. Begin with the end in mind PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL LEADERSHIP The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- 2. What it Means ? Begin today with a picture of the end of your life Every moments behaviour must be in line to what matters the most to you Having a clear understanding of your destination Climb the ladder that stands against the right wall We need to be not only efficient but effective as well Be sure what is the right part of your Wall ( Maybe Fame, achievement, money are not even the part of the wall)
- 3. All Things are Created Twice 1st is the MENTAL Creation, 2nd is the Physical Creation. One must be sure that the 1st creation is perfect and aligned to the Goals We need to understand the principle of both creations and accept responsibility for both
- 4. Design or Default • If we don’t develop our own self awareness and responsibility for our own creations, we empower other people and circumstances and shape our lives by default • We reactively live according to scripts handed to us by other people and situations
- 5. • Based on Principles of Personal Leadership • Management is doing the things right, leadership is doing the right things • Proactive leadership monitors the environmental changes and organises resources accordingly • One needs to think of Direction and purpose instead of control, efficiency and purpose in a leadership role Leadership and Management
- 6. Rescripting : Becoming Your Own First Creator • Having victory over Self • Developing our self awareness • Stop living with assigned scripts • Create new ones which are more proactive assign value to our lives
- 7. • One can call a personal mission statement – A personal Constitution • It should be fundamentally changeless • Based on correct principles • Needs to be helpful to make life directing decisions • People cant live with change unless one has a changeless attitude • One should value ones own principles • The Key ability to change is a changeless sense of who you are, what you are about and what you value Developing Personal Mission Statement
- 8. At the Center To write a personal mission statement we must begin at the very center of Influence Here we can examine whether our direction, paradigms are based on the correct principles and are accurately within the territory. 4 FACTORS : Security, Guidance, Power, Wisdom are independent Security and clear guidance bring true wisdom becomes the spark or catalyst to release and direct power
- 9. Alternative Centers Spouse Centeredness Family Centeredness Money Centeredness Work Centeredness Possession Centeredness Pleasure Centeredness Friend Enemy Centeredness Church Centeredness Self Centeredness
- 10. • Where do you stand? • What is the center of your own life? • Life support factors. • Person’s Center • External and internal condition • Unstable behavior • One clear center Identifying your Center
- 11. A Principle Center Deep, Fundamental truths, classic truths etc Correct principles Principles don’t change, our understanding of them does. These are the things which really are, have been, and will be. Results- knowledge, proactive individual etc Correct way of seeing and analyzing things results correct principle
- 12. Writing and using a personal mission statement You could call a personal mission statement a personal constitution: it is changeless Internal monitor. Everyone’s task is unique It should define your values and goals and become a standard to measure yourself against To begin, define what is at the center of your Circle of your Influence We create our life. The computer metaphor. Clear about what we want to be and what to do in life Self introspection . Say I have a mission and I am excited about it.
- 13. Using your whole brain • Imagination and conscience-Primary functions of the right side of the brain • Understanding how to tap into the right brain capacity greatly increases our first-creation ability. • Brain Dominance Theory • Left/Right Hemisphere of the brain • “Comfort Zone” • Different Perceptions • Do we live in a left or right brain dominant world? • The 10 percent of the brain myth is a widely perpetuated urban legend that most or all humans only use 10 percent (or some other small percentage) of their brains. It has been misattributed to many people, including Albert Einstein.
- 14. Two ways to tap the right brain Expand your mind Visualize in rich detail Involve emotions and feeling as possible Involve as many of the senses as you can. “Assume you only have this one semester to live” Effect with parents and siblings Underlying principle is Love Less time means they will think more Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were to live forever said by?
- 15. Identifying roles and Goals We each have a number of different roles in our lives different areas or capacities in which we have responsibility. I may, for example, have a role as an individual, a husband, a father, a teacher, a church member, and a businessman. And each of these role is important. My mission is to live with integrity and to make a difference in the lives of others. To fulfill this mission: I have charity: I seek out and love the one each one regardless of his situation. I sacrifice: I devote my time, talents, and resources to my mission. I inspire: I teach by example that we are all children of a loving Heavenly Father and that every Goliath can be overcome. I am impactful: What I do makes a difference in the lives of others.
- 16. Family Mission Statements Many families are managed on the basis of crises, moods, quick fixes, and instant gratification not on sound principles. Symptoms surface whenever stress and pressure mount: people become cynical, critical, or silent or they start yelling and overreacting. Children who observe these kinds of behavior grow up thinking the only way to solve problems is flight or fight. The core of any family is what is changeless, what is always going to be there-shared vision and values. By writing a family mission statement, you give expression to its true foundation.
- 17. Organisational Mission Statements Mission statements are also vital to successful organizations. One of the most important thrusts of my work with organizations is to assist them in developing effective mission statements. An organizational mission statement one that truly reflects the deep shared vision and values of everyone within that organization creates a great unity and tremendous commitment. It creates in people's hearts and minds a frame of reference, a set of criteria or guidelines, by which they will govern themselves. They don't need someone else directing, controlling, criticizing, or taking cheap shots. They have bought into the changeless core of what the organization is about