3. day 3 (personal responsibility & proactivity)
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�Personal Responsibility &
Proactivity
Copyright © African Leadership Academy, 2011
Beat My Match
Rules for Beat My Match
• Game played with partner, four in a pod
• All 52 cards are dealt out to entire pod
• Each game has 14 rounds (one for each card in
players’ hands)
• Players will all put down one card at the same time
• Once all cards are down in a round, each team will
subtract the low card from the high card
• The highest difference wins the round• Example:
• Team 1 plays a 10 and a 4, they have 6
• Team 2 plays a 5 and a 2, they have 3
• Who wins?
Rules for Beat My Match
• All Face Cards and Aces are equal to 10
The Catch
• Teammates cannot communicate in any way
• Teammates must put down a card of the same
color to be eligible • Hearts and Diamonds together
• Spades and Clubs together
• Winning team takes all of the cards played in
that round and wins a point for each
Scenario 1
Team 1
Team 2
Team 1
Team 2
Team 1
Team 2
Scenario 2
Team 1
Team 2
Team 1
Team 2
Team 1
Team 2
New Rules
• Team 1 can communicate silently
• Team 2 cannot look at each other
New Rules
• Team 1 may discuss strategy and the play for
each round
• Team 2 will automatically forfeit a round if
caught communicating
Reflect.
•How did you act when the rules changed in
your favor? What was the change from
beginning to end?
•What did you notice in your opponents’
behavior? How did they act/react from start
to finish?
Discuss.
• What is self-awareness?
• How does Covey define it?
• What is determinism?
• How do we tend to use it?
• Who is Victor Frankl? What was his
predicament, and how did he respond?
• Why is he proof that conditioning can be
overcome?
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90%
how you react to it.”~Charles R. Swindoll
EL Journey Wheel
EL Journey Wheel
Proactivity Experiment
• Take 25 minutes to exercise their “R&I” and
act proactively
• You must do something—it can be personal,
interpersonal, or campus-related
• You must be back at the end of 25 minutes
• You may partner up
Discuss Proactivity Experiment
• Find a partner who did something very different
with his/her experiment than you did with yours
• Discuss the following:• What were the benefits of your actions and who
benefitted?
• Was your act of proactivity something that had long-
lasting effects?
Proactivity
• Circle of Influence—the things you can control;
ways of being (being happy, being resilient, being
proactive)
• Circle of Concern—the things outside of control,
but still of importance because they impact us
(parents financial problems, bad SAT score, school
policies)
Circle of
Influence
Circle of ConcernExternal factors that
affect us, but are outside
of our control.•Parents’ finances
•Hard SAT Q’s
•Weather
•School policies
Circle of Influence
Internal reactions which
we choose in response to
the things that impact us.• Attitude
• Outlook
• Language
• Personal actions
Self AwarenessOwning and controlling
feelings, behaviors,
thoughts, and language
Imagination
Creating new solutions,
thinking creatively,
challenging preconceived
notions, breaking the mold
Stimulus ResponseFreedom
to Choose
Conscience
Choosing to do the right
thing, regardless of the
external pressures; matters
of morality
Personal WillTaking action or
initiative; acting rather than
being acted upon
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90%
how you react to it.”~Charles R. Swindoll
Homework:
1. Reflect (20 mins suggested)
• What if you were more proactive in
life?
• How might you expand your Circle
of Influence?
• Why is all of this important to
Entrepreneurial Leaders?
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