Being the BEST you can be in the 21st Century

What is the 21st Century?

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

- Alvin Toffler

21st Century Skills

The Seven C’s Component Skills

Critical thinking and Doing Problem solving, Research, Analysis, Project management etc

Creativity New knowledge creation, New things and new ways of doing things, artful story telling etc

Collaboration Cooperation, compromise, consensus and community building

Cross-cultural understanding Across diverse ethnic knowledge and organizational cultures

Communication Crafting messages & effective media usage

Computing/ICT literacy Effective use of electronic information & knowledge tools

Career & Learning self reliance Managing change, lifelong learning & Career redefinition

Life Keys2

Goal Goal SettingSetting““Success is not to be pursued; it Success is not to be pursued; it

should be attracted by the person should be attracted by the person you become.” you become.” - John Rohn- John Rohn

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

- Peter Drucker

Goal Setting

“Where there is no purpose, abuse is inevitable” - Dr. Myles Munroe

 I. Take a good picture of where you are currently.

Fact is a temporary truth.II. Where you want to be. III.Set a vision and goals on how to move from

where you are to where you want to be.IV. Align your actions with your goals.

Goal Setting Defined

• Goal setting is knowing your destination before you set off.

• Goal setting is the process of identifying and then working towards your goal.

“If you do not know where you are going then any road will lead you there.” - J McDaid.

What are goals?Your goals are your dreams and desires with deadlines.They are your desires put on paper. They are to you what a blueprint is to a builder.

Only 3% of people plan out their lives and on average these people earn 10 times more than those who do not have goals.

People who have up to date goals are as much as 3000% more successful than people who do not have up to date goals.

Why you need goals?

• To help you determine your priorities.• To get us organized and stay focused• To be motivated to make big decisions and

pursue our dreams with passion• To map out your life just like a tourist needs a

map.• To be in control of our lives.• To see the long term vision and also give you a

short term motivation and direction.

Why you need goals?

• To give direction to your life in all aspects spiritually, financially, socially

• Goals give you reason to budget and learn the power of compound interest

• Goals give you reason to wake up very early in the morning and go to bed late in the night

• Goals give you reason to value relationships, do exercises regularly and eat health foods.

An individual with no goals is like a person who throws the arrow head, draws a circle around it and then defines that area as his/her target.

If you do not aim at anything specifically you will NEVER miss and that's what most people want.

Nothing in life really just happens, you need to set goals.

Life rewards those who deserve it and not just those who wish for better things to happen.

You to know and be definite about where you want to be and what you want to become in life.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all success stories in life.

Goals & Personal Values

• A good goal has to be specific, in line with your personal values and challenging.

• What are your personal values? What things do you hold dear to you?

Personal Values

• Values are moral principles, you hold as an individual and they help you make decisions.

• Principles you can’t abuse in order to meet your goals

• Values will in most cases be more important than your goals.

Law of Attraction

“The law of attraction states that whatever you value, you attract.”

How to Set Goals.

Always have simple goals and difficult goals. Motivation vs Challenge

One of your main goals should be LEARNING.

Write down your vision and goals in life, always re-evaluate them as they keep changing as you mature.

Goals in Summary

Why Write?

• God says so. Habakkuk 2:1-2• Helps crystallize your thoughts and

gives them more force.• To create a reference point for your

direction in life.• It gives you a better chance of

remembering them and also acts as a catalyst of achieving them.

““What you get is what you set.”What you get is what you set.” - Denis Waitley- Denis Waitley

Most people today fail in life Most people today fail in life because they fail to plan. Failing to because they fail to plan. Failing to plan is planning to fail.plan is planning to fail.

““Champions are not made in the Champions are not made in the ring, they are just recognized ring, they are just recognized there.” -  Tolani Brendan Mosweuthere.” -  Tolani Brendan Mosweu

Excellence

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

- Aristotle

Excellence Defined

Excellence is an attitude generated by a spirit. Excellence is defined as highest quality, extreme or

maximum quality. Excellent people will conquer what average people will

complain about. Excellent people make improvements and not excuses. • Excellent people to pursue solutions to their obstacles, their

oppositions and challenges. • Excellence is doing something better than the last time you

did it.

Being Excellent

Do not settle for average - Always give 100% Develop a deep commitment to excellence Possess ethics and integrity Show genuine respect for one another Go the second/extra mile Be consistent Take time to grow Make excellence a lifestyle Never compare yourself with others but yourself Do not compare your beginnings with someone else’s

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“Excellence can be attained if you… care more than others, think wise, Risk more than others think it is safe, Dream more than others think is practical and Expect more than others think is possible.”

- John L Mason

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