THEPAC2014 - Warren Rustand - Next Level Presentation

TAKING YOUR LIFE TO THE
NEXT LEVEL
Warren Rustand
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Our lives
 86,400
 700,000
 28,000
 The choices we make
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We are the sum total of
our life experiences
“We are what we
repeatedly do.”
- Aristotle

Getting to the next level
 Economic meltdown
 Political chaos
 Global tragedies
 What should we do?

We are challenged
 Physically
 Emotionally
 Economically

What is greatness
“Greatness is not a function
of circumstance. Greatness,
it turns out, is a matter of
conscious choice and
discipline.”
- Jim Collins
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During crisis, chaos & challenges
 We discover who we are
 Life gets our attention
 Individual greatness emerges
 We define greatness. “It” doesn’t define us.
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What is greatness
“As human beings, our
greatness lies not so much
in being able to remake the
world as in being able to
remake ourselves.”
- Ghandi

How to achieve greatness
To accomplish great
things we must not only
dream, but plan, not only
believe, but act.
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Why change is needed
 Survival
 Eliminate habits, memories and behaviors
 Acquire new habits, skills and capacities

Why change is needed
 Rocks in a backpack
 Change is a catalyst for
extraordinary results
 Think about great people

What you can do
 Challenge your status quo –
self confrontation
 Embrace the possibility of your
personal greatness
 Never underestimate your power
to change your life

Track Meet

Five principles of personal
greatness and leadership
1. Commit to personal discipline
2. Live with purpose
3. Act with intent
4. Make conscious choices
5. Engage a cause greater than self

Commit to personal discipline
 Mindset
 Exercise
 Nutrition
 Schedule

Commit to personal discipline
 When you correct your mind,
everything else falls into place
 All that we are is the totality of
what we have thought

Live with purpose
 Personal vision statement
 Family vision statement
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Live with purpose
“No success in life
compensates for
failure at home.”
- McKay

Act with intent
 Strategy is everything. If strategy is wrong,
execution doesn’t matter.
 Life is not chance, but premeditation
 Strategies for life
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Make conscious choices
 Stephen Covey – Great moments of truth
 Core beliefs and values
 Commitment
 Behavior

Decisions made once
 Marriage, family
 Alcohol, drugs
 Ethics, values, beliefs
 127 hours
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Leadership –
James McGregor Burns
 Transactional vs.
Transformational leadership
 Take that which lies in an unconscious
state and raise it to a conscious level
 Are you a transformational leader?

Leadership
“Conviction is
worthless unless it is
converted conduct.”
- Nathaniel Emmans

Leadership
“People acquire a
particular quality by
constantly acting in
a particular way.”
- Aristotle

Cause greater than self
 Service above self
 Community and country
 Lift where you stand

Leadership
 To hear it is to forget it.
 To read it is to remember it.
 To do it is to understand it.
- Manchu Tribe

Four things once spent,
never return
 Sped arrow
 Spoken word
 Wasted second
 Neglected opportunity
- Omar Ibn Alhalif

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