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Dont Eat the Marshmallow Yet:Three leadership principles needed to succeed in a competitive and difficult environment.

Dr. Joachim de PosadaPMI

Speakers Exchange Weminar March 25, 2010




The Gazelle and the Lion

Every morning in Africa a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesnt matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, YOU BETTER BE

RUNNING.

Every morning in Africa a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.

Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.

It doesnt matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle, WHEN THE SUN COMES UP, YOU BETTER BE

RUNNING.



Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Helen Keller

Security is superstition. It does not exist in nature.



Sir Francis Bacon said

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.



Sir Francis Bacon should have said

Knowledge is power.

Knowledge is power.

If you know and dont doyou dont know

If you know and dont doyou dont know

AppliedApplied



Lets review now three success factors that can change your personal and professional lives if



Principle One



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Fortunately, this book has been translated into 20 languages and this principle is spreading all over the



Number one in Korea 62 weeks.



In Chinese it did spectacularly



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And in Korea, The Marshmallow Principle for children



The Marshmallow decision

Go through the pain of discipline or later on in life, suffer the pain of regret.



Lets take a poll

How many of you think you would have eaten the marshmallow, when you were four years



Principle Two:Let Go Of The Elephant



Reaction to Change

Rejects change.Change is a threat to mastered skill.

Depends on status quo.

Tolerates change.

Is motivated by change.

Change means opportunity.

When a company restructures

Which group will go first?Which group will stay?



Poll questions

How many of you have taken a personality test in the past?

How many of you have taken the Big Five personality test or an offshoot of it?



A great example of focus

I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and you put the work and the time into it. I think your mind really controls everything



You must maintain your focus

The recent problems Michael had prove that even if you have all the talent you need, and all the resources, if you are not mentally focused in your goal, that advantage dissappears and somebody with less talent will



Fred Bousquet beat Michael Phelps, and he doesnt have his DNA



Michael started as a winner, the same as all of us.



A very important point

The way you think, makes all the difference.

You attitude makes all the difference.

And in order for you to be able to have a good attitude you



Years ago I spoke at an event and Coach Lou Holtz was also one of the speakers. He opened with:

The most important thing I can tell you is to believe in yourself.

Have faith in yourself. In fact, he said the secret to his success as a coach was self esteem. The more he built his players self esteem the better they did



Therefore:

You perform exactly as you see yourself. If you see yourself as mediocre, you'll give a mediocre performance. But if you see yourself as gifted and



Principle Three

Successful people are willing to do things that

unsuccessful people are not willing to do.



An important point

Little things make a big difference. Successful people are willing to do the small things that make a very big difference.

Let me give you another basketball example.



Let s discuss another basketball example

Trivia question: How many balls fit inside a basketball ring at the same time?

Three and a halfWhat is the average percentage of free throws made

in the NBA?What is the average percentage for the New Jersey

Nets?Who has the record of the most consecutive fouls

made without a miss in the NBA?97 b Mi h l Willi Mi Ti b l 1993



UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden

His teams won 10 NCAA National Championships in12 seasons. Unmatched inCollege basketball history.7 in a row.Four 30-0 winning seasons



The first practice every year.

He said, seemingly innocuous things make the difference between champions and near champions.

He would begin the first squad meeting of a new season with the same demonstration year after year.

What do you think is the first thing he taught?



The first thing he demonstrated was:

How to put on your socks.

WHY?Wrinkles, folds, and creases cause blisters.

Blisters interfere with performance during practice and games and that loses games.



He said:

These seemingly trivial matters taken together and added to many ,many other so called trivial matters, build into something very big: namely, your success

Remember, successful people are willing to do things that unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Successful people do the little things that make all the difference.



Move Out Of Your Comfort Zone



The Comfort Zone

DEATH



In sports, in business or in life

In analyzing what makes a champion, I have come to the conclusion that what these people have in common is extraordinary commitment, focus on their goal, developed mental toughness, unusual self-discipline (marshmallow factor) and above all, they prepare far beyond anybody else, in other words, they do what others are not willing to do.

The best day of your life is the one in which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses, no one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift of life is yours. It is an amazing journey, and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.

The best day of your life is the one in which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses, no one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift of life is yours. It is an amazing journey, and you alone are responsible for the quality of it.

Dan Zadra, CEO Compendium Inc

Dan Zadra, CEO Compendium Inc



Thank you and I wish you the BEST!Dr. Joachim de Posadawww.jdeposada.com

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