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Lesson One - Can You Guess The
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Greetings,
My name
is Randy Ross and I will be your facilitator for this class. This course will fast track you to unstoppable
success. It is based on years of research and real life experiences
with my MBA students. Before you spend lots of money for success
courses, self-help gurus, life coaches and or career coaches, let me
fill you in on the #1 critical factor for success. In my view, that
factor is ATTITUDE spelled in capital letters Without a positive
attitude you are not going very far in life. I can give you tools for
success, progress matrices, spreadsheets, and check-off lists, but if
you approach life with a chip on your shoulder, you will have wasted
your time. Throughout this course we will be working on the underlying
factors that drive a great attitude. These are good self esteem, strong
self confidence and a clear vision of where you are going and a
rock-solid action plan. Resolve now to have the best attitude in
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Here are several real life
examples of how the attitude of one person can be extremely powerful. Several
years ago I was in the San Francisco Airport making a connection on a day that
all professional travelers dread. It was the day of the perfect storm, when San
Francisco, Chicago and New York were virtually shut down for weather delays.
The ticket counter area in the main concourse looked like a three ring circus. I
quickly set out to escape from this insanity into the quiet of United’s
Red Carpet Lounge. Upon opening the door it was quickly apparent that this venue
also was in near pandemonium. All flights were severely delayed and a growing
number of flights were being cancelled. I stood in line with many others to
rebook my ticket. At the front of the line a very rude gentlemen was yelling at
the poor booking agent. I am sure that you have met his kind, the person that is
more important than everyone else. I patiently stood in line and watched the
spectacle. In the middle of this customer’s tirade, the agent stepped slightly
to the side, made direct eye contact with me and said in a warm and friendly
voice, “I see that you have entered my line and I will be with you as quickly as
possible.” I have to say I was very impressed with both her attitude and
composure. I did still have to wait like everyone else, but her kindness helped
make the flight delays a lot more tolerable.
Let
me share a quote with you written by
Marion Stroud.
"You are someone special
Whether your ambition is to turn the world
Upside down, or stay safely hidden
In the back row of life
Statistics show that you being "you"
Will have a noticeable effect on the lives
Of at least 162 other people
Your life will leave its mark.
In that you have no choice.
But you can begin to choose - now -
What kind of mark it will be.
For the choices you make today
will shape that future "you." …..
Now I have no idea how the
number of 162 people was arrived at. In fact I would suggest that number has a
few zeros after it. But, Marion’s remarks are right on the money.
Let me share another example with you. Recently I boarded a shuttle bus at the
Sacramento Airport that goes from the parking lot to the terminal. I stepped on
the bus and an impeccably dressed driver greeted me with a warm hello, a sincere
smile and repeated to me twice the parking lot row number where he had picked me
up, so that I can easily return to the correct spot. We entered into a pleasant
conversation for the remainder of the ride. This was a dramatic and welcome
change in attitude for me. Often these drivers are sullen, have terrible
attitudes and make the least possible effort. Now I am sure that this driver I
am describing could find lots of reasons to also be sullen if he wanted to. I
imagine he takes a lot of abuse every day from weary travelers. In the giant
airport org chart, his name is probably at the bottom of the list. But instead,
this driver did what I call signing your work with a beautiful pen. In other
words, whatever your work product is, you should be willingly to sign your name
on it with pride.
Be Willingly to Place Your Signature on Anything You Create
Now you may ask, so
what? What is the big deal about a positive attitude? Who cares? Those
passengers will never see that driver again. Yes, you may be right about the
last part. However, I concur with the theory that has been proposed by many
about the forces of energy. That is that positive energy begets positive
energy and negative energy begets negative energy.
So let’s take a look
at negative energy. Later that same day I passed through the security
screening in the Seattle airport. A TSA agent was sitting in a chair loudly blabbing in
an endless tirade about how terrible her working conditions were and who had
done her wrong. I can only best describe her as a poisonous cloud of negative
energy. If you stayed near that cloud for very long, it is sure to contaminate
you. Now don’t get me wrong, certainly lots of TSA agents have great attitudes.
However, this one woman, probably infected thousands of people before the end of
the day with her vile attitude and certainly created an unpleasant environment
for her colleagues.
Let me make a few
comments on this course. My
only expectation at the beginning of this course is that you know how to spell
the words "success and goals." At the end of this course, I expect that you will
be taking the world by storm and executing your powerful, unstoppable, awesome,
new personal competitive advantage we are going to build together. The purpose
of this course is to empower you with the ability to go achieve your dreams and
make the changes necessary in your life to get there. I will be pushing you out
of your comfort zone to make these changes in your life. Why? If you do not make
any change, including a positive attitude, then I can just about guarantee that
you will not achieve any of your goals. If you believe you have a greater
potential than you have reached today, and believe that there is more to life
than is currently available to you, then please continue on in this course to
Lesson 2.
I will close this session with some
infamous and inspiring words from Nelson Mandela.
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"Our deepest fear is not that we
are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask
ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing
small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about
shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. You are
born to make manifest the glory of God that is within you.
It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own
light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the
same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others.” |
Lesson
One | Lesson Two |
Lesson Three |
Lesson Four |
Lesson Five
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1)
Look this week in your work and community for three examples
of positive
and negative attitudes. Take a moment to interface
with each person. Record how
you felt during and after the
dialogues.
2)
Describe how you will achieve having the best attitude in your company or
community. What are your concerns about making this change? Do you feel you may
need a higher level of self confidence or self esteem? Note: We will cover both
self esteem and self confidence in this course.
3)
How many people do you believe that you interact with each week? Does
you attitude make an impression on them? Think of a situation where you could
have had a better interaction/attitude with a customer or friend.
4)
Build Your Critical Thinking Skills: Create arguments both pro and con
for using Nelson Mandela as an example of a positive thinker and visionary. He
was after all jailed multiple times.
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Copyright 2006 Randy Ross
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Lesson Three |
Lesson Four |
Lesson Five
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