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Lesson One ▬ Adaptable Adaptable: If you won’t _________ for the team, the team may ____________ you. Michael McGriff: Blessed are the ________, for they shall not get ______ out of shape. John Maxwell: Teamwork and personal ______ just don’t mix. You must be _____ worker. Webster Dictionary: To adjust or become ________ to a specified use or situation. Fleshing it out: Moss Kanter: “The individual who will succeed and flourish will also be ___________of _________: adept at reorienting their own and others’ activities in untried directions to bring

about higher levels of achievement.” Team players who exhibit adaptability have certain characteristics. Adaptable people are: (Memorize these four words and write a short meaningful statement about each) 1. Teachable. 2. Emotionally Secure. 3. Creative: 4. Service Minded.

COURSE: Team Building TEXT: The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player AUTHOR: John Maxwell

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Reflection: Answer the following statement as being T (True) or F (False). ____I am very good when it comes to adaptability. ____ Everyone is different, it is not important to support everyone on the team. ____ If another person has greater talent than mine I will gladly give him/her opportunities to give leadership to the team. ____ If a key player in another area is having a problem, I will joyfully change positions to help out. Bringing it Home: 1. Get into the ____________of _________________. 2. _________________your role. 3. _______________outside the _______________. Daily Take Away: _______________ ______________was one of the greatest generals in military history. Duke of Wellington said this about the above general: __________________________ ________________________________________________________________ This great general said of his opponent _____________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ His opponent’s weakness was the lack of ____________________. Memorize this quote; it may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable: “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.”

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Lesson Two ▬ Collaborative Collaborative: ____________ together precedes ______________ together.

Longfellow: All your ______________is in ______________all your ___________ is

in ____________________.

Maxwell: Collaboration is _______________________.

______________________ is working together ____________________.

Cavett Roberts: True ___________________in any field is a _________ race and not

a single event.

Fleshing it out:

Maxwell: Great _______________require ___________ ______________, and the

quality among ___________________amid the pressure of a _____________

challenge is ___________________.

Becoming a collaborative team player requires a change in focus in four areas:

(Write a short paragraph explaining each of the following.)

1. Perception: See teammates as collaborators, not competitors. 2. Attitude: Be supportive, not suspicious of teammates.


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3. Focus: Concentrate on the team, not on yourself. 4. Results: Create victories through multiplication. Reflection: Answer the following statements as being T (True) or F (False). ____ I am a collaborative person. ____ I don’t care who does the work, just as long as I get the credit. ____ I am cooperative and have added value to our team. ____ I have helped multiply the efforts of others. Bringing it Home: 1. When you collaborate with others, __________ win ____________win, and the

_____________ wins.

2. It is important to ____________someone on the __________with a similar ________

whom you have previously seen as a ______________________.

3. Figure out ____you can share ___________________and work together to ________

both ___________ and the ________________.

4. Another way to ______________________is to be together with someone who has

strengths in your area of _______________and vice versa.

5. Take yourself __________ of the ______________, get in the habit of asking what’s

best for the _____________.

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Daily Take Away: Tell the story of the boys walking on the railroad track and what made it possible for them to all succeed: Remember to memorize these quotes; as they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.”

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Lesson Three ▬ Committed Committed: There are no half-hearted Christians.

William H. Murray: The moment one _______________ _________________

oneself, the Providence _____________ too. All sorts of ____________

to help one that would ____________ ______________ ____________.

A whole _______________ of ________________issue from the decision,

_______________in one’s favor all manner of _____________________

_______________ and __________________ assistance which no man

could have __________________would come his way.

John C. Maxwell: Ordinary ______________ with _______________ can make

an ________________________impact on the world.

Who was Jonas Salk, what great thing did he do, what were some of his struggles?


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Fleshing it out:

Many people tend to associate commitment with their _______________.

If they feel the right way, then they will follow _____________ on their

___________________. But true __________________ doesn’t work that

way. It’s not ____________________; it’s _____________ ____________

that enables us to ____________ our _____________. Human emotions rise

and fall. Commitment should direct our course of behavior not emotions. Just

as feeling should not direct our faith, but rather faith should direct our emotions.

Write a short paragraph explaining each of the following:

1. Commitment Usually is Discovered in the Midst of Adversity. 2. Commitment Does Not Depend on Gifts or Abilities. 3. Commitment comes as the Result of Choice not Conditions. 4. Commitment Lasts when it is Based on Values.

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Reflection: Answer the following statement as being T (True) or F (False). ____ I am a committed person. ____ I stand firm when things get rough. ____ I am a solid supporter and team player. ____ I often evaluate my intention to stay with the team when we face adversity. Bringing it Home: To improve your level of commitment I will…

Tie my ___________________ to my ___________.

Take a _________.

Evaluate my ____________________ commitment. Daily Take Away: Tell the story of Cuba’s Hernan Cortes and his sailing experience. Remember to memorize these as they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.”

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Lesson Four▬ Communicative

Communicative: A team is many voices with a single heart.

Lord Chesterford: If you have not a good degree of _______________ in __________

and writing you will be ________________; but will have the daily mortification of

_____________ _______________with not one-tenth part of your merit or know-

ledge get the start on you.

William Butler Yeats: Think like a wise man but _______________in the ___________

of the people.

John C Maxwell: “. . . you cannot have _____________unless you have communicative

players. Without _____________, you don’t have a team; you have a collection

of individuals.”

Aesop: Union is strength, but there can be no union without good __________________.

Fill in the blanks:

Communicative players:

1. Do not isolate themselves from others.

Anytime a player becomes _________ from the team, it is a ________for the team.

If entire sections of the team become __________, that problem grows. The more

___________know about each other and about the team’s goals and methods, the

more they’ll understand. The more they understand the more they’ll care.

2. Make it easy for teammates to communicate with them.

Most _______________problems can be solved with proximity.

If you look at good ____________ and impact _____________on a team, you will

find that they not only stay ____________________ with their _______________;

they also make sure their _____________________ are able to ______________

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3. Follow the Twenty-Four-Hour Rule.

When some people are faced with conflict they _____________ the ____________

with whom they are having a ___________________. But time alone doesn’t

usually ____________such _________________. Without __________________,

the situation just _______________. We all need twenty-four hour availability.

4. Give attention to potentially difficult relationships.

Relationships need _______________ to thrive. This is especially true of relation-

ships between ______________who have ______________ for _____________.

Sometimes the ____________________may develop slowly, but it can become

very __________________.

5. Follow up important communication in Writing.

The more difficult _______________________become, the more ______________

it is to ____________work to ____________it ____________ and _____________.

It’s no accident that marriages have_________, football teams have ___________,

and partnerships have ________________. When _____________________with

your _____________ it is __________________to write things down for everyone’s

benefit.

Reflecting On It: (T) or (F).

____ I do great when it comes to communication, no one ever misunderstands me.

____ I have never neglected anyone and excluded them from my circle of communication.

____ I have never isolated myself from others for the sake of being more productive.

____ Any member of my group can call me twenty-four hours a day, I want them to call.

Bringing It Home:▬ To improve your communication. . .

1. Be Candid.

Open communication _____________trust. Having _______________agendas,

________________ to people via third ___________, and _________________

bad news hurt team ____________________. Your goal should be to speak the

truth but kindly to your _________________.

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2. Be Quick. (T) or (F)

_____ If you tend to sit on things instead of saying them, force yourself to follow

the twenty-four-hour rule.

____ When you discover an issue with teammates, find the first reasonable

opportunity to address it with them.

____ Invite others to do the same with you.

3. Be inclusive. (T) or (F)

____ Some people hoard information unless they are forced to divulge it.

____ People are up on things they’re in on.

____ If you can include others, be sure to do it.

____ You don’t need to be discreet with sensitive information.

____ It is always good to let everyone know what you know.

____ Open communication increases trust.

____ Trust increases ownership.

____ Ownership increases participation.

Write a paragraph about the following:

1. The team that saved a town.

2. How the lion won the victory of the three bulls.

Remember to memorize these as they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.”

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Lesson Five ▬ Competent Vince Lombardi: “The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.” Howard W Newton: “People forget how fast you did a job, but they remember how well you did it.” John C. Maxwell: “If you can’t, your team won’t.” Bob Taylor: “Building the team is as important as producing the product.” Write the five most important things to you about The Wizard of the Wood Shop. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fleshing It Out: (T) or (F) ____ Competent means “barely adequate” to some people.

____ Really the basic definition for competent is “to be well qualified, fit.”

____ Competent team members means “they are getting better all the time.”

Highly competent people have some things in common:

1. They are ________________ to ____________________.

a. Success bases our ____________on a _________________with others.

b. ____________gauges our value by ____________ us against our own

___________.

c. ______________is available to all __________ ____________ but is__________

by the ___________.


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2. They ___________ ___________ for ______________.

a. The word __________literally means “___________ up a ______________

___________.” Competent ________never settle for ______________.

b. They ________their energy and ___________ on what they do __________,

giving ______ they’ve _________.

3. They pay _______________to ____________.

a. Dale Carnegie said, “Don’t be ___________to give your ________ to what

seemingly are ____________ __________. Every time you __________

one it makes you that much ___________. If you do ________jobs well,

the _________ ones tend to take ________ of themselves.”

b. When Bob Taylor started making guitars he did all the _______job himself.

Now he _______________more as a ___________leader and _________

of processes and ___________________ ___________________.

But _____ and _______ still pay ____________ to the _____________.

Taylor is the ______________producer of __________ _________ in the

_______________.

4. They ______________ with _________________.

Highly _________people perform with greater ________________. They give their

________all the time, and that’s _____________________. Consistency pays off,

it is said that you never find a ___________guitar made by Taylor.

Reflecting on it: (T) or (F).

____ One of the things Bob Taylor says about himself is that he “edits himself” well.

____ His doing what he does well, continually preserves what’s best and he stops doing

what he doesn’t do well.

____ “I focus my attention on what I do well so I will become highly competent.”

____ “My teammates depend on me to deliver in such a way that it brings the entire team

success.”

____ “I have not been committed to competence, but I plan to develop the skill of ‘editing

myself’ and the skills I will need to be excellent in all the things I do.”

Bringing It Home: More (T) or (F).

1. Focus yourself professionally.

____ It’s not hard to develop competence if you do everything.

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____ It is good to find one thing that brings together all your skills, interests and

opportunities, and specialize in that area.

____ Bob Taylor believes he wouldn’t be successful at anything but running

Taylor Guitars.

2. Sweat the small stuff.

____ Most people will take care of the small things but not give attention to the big.

____ It is not important that every little detail be exactly right to succeed.

____ You don’t have to be a micromanager or control freak.

____ It means doing the last 10 percent of whatever job you’re doing.

____ I have always done everything I do with an excellence that can’t be improved.

3. Give more attention to implementation.

____ Since implementation is often the most difficult part of any job, give it greater

attention.

____ It is not important that you get your teammates together to discuss how you

can improve the process.

____ The above approach will improve the gap between coming up with ideas and

putting them into practice.

Daily Take – Away:

Give a written account of the argument between the sea captain and the chief engineer.

Remember to memorize these as they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!”

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Lesson Six ▬ Dependability Wolfram Von Eschenbach: “Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.” John C. Maxwell: “Teams Go to Go-to players.” “Dependability is more than ability alone.” But who does superman go to? Write a brief synopsis or outline of Christopher Reeves’ story making note of the things he said or did that impressed you. Fleshing it out: (T) or (F) ____ Dependability is often a matter of life and death.

____ Dependability is always important to a team’s success.

____ You know it when you have people on your team who are dependable.

____ It is disappointing to have a member on your team dependable.

____ The essence of dependability includes pure motives.

____ When it comes to teamwork, motives really don’t matter.

____ It is said that Aristotle believed that “you can’t trust anyone’s motive.”

____ We can get more done if “all we do is done with an eye to something else.”

____ It is good to give people the benefit of the doubt.

____ If the motive of the leader is right, naturally the motive of all the teammates will be

right.

____ Another essence of dependability is a strong sense of responsibility.

____ Most successful people have success because they depend on people who are

dependable, though they themselves may not have this quality.


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____ Michael Korda says, “In the final analysis the one quality that all successful people

have is the ability to have people around them to take on responsibility.”

____ Most people want to be dependable, especially after they have heard a motivational

address.

____ Everett Snail wrote:

I am only one, but still I am one.

I cannot do everything. But still I can do something;

And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something

that I can do.

____ Dependable team members possess the desire to do the things that they are capable

of doing.

____ Another essence of dependability is sound thinking.

____ Dependability means more than just wanting to take on responsibility.

____That desire must also be coupled with good judgment to be of real value to the team.

____ Consistent contribution as a teammate is another essence of dependability.

____ Consistency takes more than talent; it takes a depth of character that enables people

to follow through.

____ Winston Churchill said, “It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to

do what is required.”

____ I am a teammate who is dependable under all circumstances, I always do what is

required to get the job done.

____ I make good decisions that others can rely on.

____ I perform consistently, even when I don’t feel like it.

____ My teammates refer to me as the go-to player, they can always under all circum-

stances depend on me doing my part or even more if it is needed.

____ I haven’t been as consistent and dependable as I will be by the grace of God and the

help of other teammates.

Bringing It Home:

To improve your dependability check the following: 1. Your motives. 2. Your taking responsibility. 3. Developing sound thinking. 4. Making consistent contributions to the team.

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Do your goals. . . 1. Benefit the team? 2. Benefit your family? 3. Benefit the organization you work with? What is your word worth? 1. Approach five teammates with the question, “When I give my word that I will take care of something, am I committed to taking care of the matter or is it just an emotional moment in my life?” What was their response? Find someone to hold you accountable, if you find you have not been dependable in the past. Daily Take-Away: Tell the story of the “Little Giant” and the significance of his visit to the State Legislature and what are some of the benefits that were derived from that visit? Using your best English write a descriptive paragraph on the importance of being dependable. Remember to memorize these as they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.”

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Lesson Seven ▬ Disciplined Someone has said: “Where there is a will, there is a way.” H. P. Liddon: “What we do on some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are; and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline. Roy L. Smith: “Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.” The making of a Winner: List the things that made Bill Toomey different to most people, but especially to Gordon MacDonald. List also the things Toomey was able to accomplish. Fleshing It Out: (Fill in the blanks) Discipline is ______ what you _______ _______to do so that you can do what you _________ __________to do. It’s __________ the __________in the _______

things so you can buy the ___________things. Just as ______ _____________

succeeds without _____________, neither does any team. To become the kind

of players that teams want, people ________ ___________ _________ in three

areas. They must possess:

1. Disciplined thinking.

a. You can’t get far in ___if you don’t use your ___________.

b. You don’t have to be a genius, you must use the __________God has given you.

c. George Bernard Shaw said, “Few people think more than (circle right answer)


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one, two, three times a year. I have a reputation of thinking (Circle right

answer) one, two, three times a week.”

d. It is important to keep the __________active, regularly taking on __________

challenges, and continually thinking about the __________things. By so

doing you will __________the _______________ thinking that will ______

you with whatever you endeavor to do.

2. Disciplined Emotions.

a. People have just ______choices when it comes to their ____________; they

can _____________their _____________or be _____________ by them.

b. Your feelings must not ______________you from doing what you __________

or ______you to do things you _________________. Just as feelings must

not determine our faith, but rather faith should determine our feelings.

c. Golf players are famous for allowing their feelings to dominate their game. An

older man took Bobby Jones aside and said, “You’ll never win until _______

control that __________ of yours.” Bobby Jones was __________when he

mastered the _________of _________, but he was twenty-_______when

he mastered himself.”

3. Disciplined Actions.

a. Albert Hubert said, “Parties who want ________should not _______themselves

on a ______in the middle of the _______and hope that the ______will back

up to them.”

b. _____________your mind and controlling your _______________are important,

but they can take you only so far.

c. ________________separates the _____________from the ______________.

d. The parent who comes home as promised is practicing _________________

action. People practice _____________so other people who are depending

on them benefit.

Reflecting on it: (T) or (F)

____ I am in full control of my feelings, they are disciplined.

____ I take on mental and physical challenges just for the practice.

____ I am constantly seeking a way to stay in the comfort zone.

____ I do the very best that I can most of the time.

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____ There is nothing anyone can do that will upset me to where I become angry.

____ People on my team have to be careful or I may have a sudden explosion.

____ I don’t have great joy in always doing the right thing.

____ I never have to go to teammates and ask forgiveness for things I have done.

____ I know I am winning the battle in discipline because I was able to be honest

in every answer in this section.

Bringing It Home: (Fill in the blanks)

1. Strengthen your work habits.

a. Thomas Huxley said, “Perhaps the _________ _____________result of all

_____________is the ability to make ______________ do the ________

you have to do, when it ___________to be done, whether you ________

it or not; it is the ___________lesson that ought to be learned, and however

___________a man’s training ____________, it is probably the last lesson

he _______________ thoroughly.”

b. Discipline means __________ ________ ____________things at the _________

time for the right ____________.

c. We should all do something necessary but ___________every day to keep our-

selves disciplined.

2. Take on a challenge.

a. To ____________ your mind and resolve, __________ a __________ or project

that ________put you in over your ____________.

b. _________that will require you to think sharply and ______with discipline.

c. If you keep doing that you will _______ ___________ _____________ of doing

more than you _________________.

3. Tame your tongue.

a. If you sometimes overreact ________________, a first step to _____________

is to stop yourself from saying things you shouldn’t say.

b. The next time you _______ to _________ _________hold your ___________

for _____minutes, and give yourself a chance to ____________down and

look at things more _______________.

c. If you will use this ___________repeatedly, you will _________ ___________

in better control or command of you _______________.

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In simple but powerful words describe the two brothers who lived in what is now called

Belgium, what the one did to the other and the simple thing one had to do to regain the

place of leadership in that country. With your most powerful words describe the prison

a person lives in when he does not practice discipline. Also answer the question, “Are

your habits making you a prisoner or are you living free?”

Remember to memorize these quotes; they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.”

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Lesson Eight ▬ Enlarging John C. Maxwell: “Adding value to teammates is invaluable.” Rabbi Harold Kushner: “The purpose of life in not to ____. The purpose of life is to grow and to share. When you come to _____ back on all that you have done in life, you will get more satisfaction from the __________ you have brought in other people’s lives than you will from the times that you outdid and ____________ them.” John Gardiner: “Most of us plateau when we lose the tension between where we are and where we ought to be.” Brave Heart

Bring together a report on the battle won by King Edward I of England over William Wallace, Highlight the legacy Wallace passed on to Robert Bruce who ultimately helped Scotland gain its hard-fought independence. Include statements as to what you were able to glean from the story and how it relates to your present situation in life.

Fleshing It Out: 1. Team members always __________and __________ a player who is able to help them

go to another __________, someone who ____________ them and __________

them to be ________________.

2. Bill Russell said, “The most ________________measure of how good a game I played

was how much ________I’d made my _______________ __________.


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3. Players who enlarge their teammates have several things in common:

a. ________________value their Teammates.

(1) Charles Schwab observed “

(2) “Your team can tell.

b. ________________value what their teammates_____________.

(1) Players who enlarge others understand what their _____________

____________.

(2) They discover what their teammate’s _____________about and watch

to see what they ____________their ________on.

(3) That kind of knowledge, along with a ____________to ___________

to their ______________players, creates a _________________

connection between teammates.

c. ________________add value to their Teammates.

(1) Adding ______________is really the ____________of enlarging others.

(2) It is finding ways to help __________improve their _____________and

_______________.

(3) An ___________looks for the ______, _________, and _____________

in others people, and then helps them to _______________those

__________for their benefit and for that of the ___________team.

d. ________________make themselves more valuable.

(1) _______________work to make themselves ___________not only

because it ______________them ________________, but also

because it helps them to ___________ _____________.

(2) You can __________what you do not _______________.

(3) If you want to _____________the ability of a _____________, make

yourself ______________.

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Reflecting on it: (T) or (F)

____ My teammates consider me an enlarger.

____ I make my teammates better than they are alone through inspiration.

____ My teammates know what I value.

____ Being an enlarger of others is always easy.

____ “No man is more cheated than the selfish man.”

____ When a team member unselfishly enlarges others, he also enlarges himself.

Bringing it Home:

____ Believe in others as soon as they believe in you.

____ It is important to observe what is special, unique, and wonderful about each

teammate.

____ It is good and important to share with others what good things you have observed

about your teammates.

____ Always serve yourself before others that way you will be able to help them more.

____ One of the most beneficial services you perform is helping your teammate reach

his/her potential.

____ In your family, serve your spouse.

____ Free up time and resources to enriching experiences.

____ On the ball field, find a way to get the ball and score as often as you can.

____ In business, help your colleague to shine.

____ Add value to others before they add value to you.

____ You can help others by pointing out the weaknesses and helping them focus

on changing them.

____ People move toward anyone who increases them and away from people who

devalue them.

____ Encouragers move people out of their gifting zone and move them toward their

comfort zone.

____ If you try to push people to work in areas where they have no talent, you will

be frustrated and so will your teammate.

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What is the significance of the story about Chris Greicius?

What is the Make-A-Wish Foundation and has it been a success?

Remember to memorize these quotes; they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.”

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Lesson Nine ▬ Enthusiastic Walter Chrysler: “I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.” Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” John C. Maxwell: “Your heart is the source of energy for the team.” Charles Schwab: “People can succeed at almost anything for which they have enthusiasm.” HOG Lovers: (Fill in the Blanks)

1. In relationship with the Harley-Davidson motorcycles what does HOG stand for?

H __________________ O ________________ G_________________

2. How many members do they have presently? _________________

3. How many cycles are being made and sold around the world each year?

___________________

4. In your estimation how did the words, “The passion of employees and customers,”

contribute to the successful come back of the Harley-Davidson cycles.

5. Give, in your own words, a report on what brought the business back from losing money

to making money.

Fleshing It Out: (Fill in the Blanks)

It was the ___________________ of the ____________________ and ______________

who brought the company back and kept it from going under in _______. There is absolutely no

______________ for ______________. When the _______________ of a _________are

_________________, the ___________ ____________ becomes highly ________________. That

___________ produces _______________. Charles Schwab says, “_____________ ____

_________ ____ _____________ anything for which they ______ ______________.”


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When you think about people who bring an enthusiastic attitude to teamwork you will

realize that they . . .

1. Take responsibility for their own enthusiasm.

a. Successful people understand that ____________ is a ___________ and that

includes _______________

b. People must not wait for _____________ forces to help them ________their

________________. When they do that, they are at ___________people’s

____________all the time.

c. They are likely to run _______ or ______ based on what’s going on __________

them at any moment.

d. However, _____________people are ___________because they __________to

be.

e. If you want to be __________ and __________, and _____________, (and who

doesn’t) you need to responsibility for being that way.

2. Act their way into feeling.

You ____________win if you do not ___________. That is one of the reasons you

need to ______ your way into _____________. You can’t ___________ a cycle of

__________by waiting to ________ like doing it. You can’t wait for ____________

to get you going. To ____________fear, you have to __________your _______and

take __________. If you want to be ______________, you need to start _________

that way. If you wait for the______________ before acting, you may never become

_________________.

3. Believe in what they do.

The way to engender enthusiasm is to think about ________the positive aspects of

your work. Believing in what you do and ____________on those ______________

beliefs will help you to ______ and to________ positively about what you are doing.

That helps to __________ the fire of _________________inside you, and once that

starts, all you need is to keep ________________ the ______________.

4. Spend time with other enthusiastic people.

To ____________your enthusiasm, hang around _______________people. Denis

Waitley says, “Enthusiasm is _______________. It’s difficult to remain indifferent in

the ______________ of a ______________ thinker. When you put together a whole

team of ______________ people, the possibilities for that team are endless.

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Reflection On It:

1. Write the quote by Bill Gates:

2. How successful has he been at building a team of enthusiastic people?

3. How much do you have to depend on others to get you fired with enthusiasm?

4. If asked, would your teammates say that you have a similar effect on them?

5. Compare the results of apathy and enthusiasm.

Bringing it Home: (T) or (F)

1. Show a sense of urgency.

____ Doing things with a greater sense of urgency probably will not help your

enthusiasm.

____ Giving yourself deadlines for completing projects that will put pressure on

you may help you to fire the flames of enthusiasm.

____ Setting these deadlines will help you keep focus and bring a sense of joy

when you meet them.

2. Be willing to do more.

____ Demonstrating enthusiasm with teammates by going an extra mile may well

fire the flames of enthusiasm in your teammates.

____ Going the second mile in helping others is a way for your teammates to

experience first hand your enthusiasm.

3. Strive for excellence.

____ Elbert Hubbard said, “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do

good work today.”

____ Nothing hinders enthusiasm like a job well done.

____ You can allow yourself to ease off when you have a good reputation of doing

things with a high standard of excellence.

____ I am committing myself to learn to be more enthusiastic about my job assign-

ments.

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Write a wrap-up news release using the information on the New Year’s Day Roses Parade

in Pasadena, California. Pump as much enthusiasm as you can into the report.

Remember to memorize these quotes; they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.”

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Lesson Ten ▬ Intentional John C Maxwell: “Make every action count.” Alvin Toffler: “You’ve got to think about “big things” while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction. Ralph Waldo Emerson: “It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinions; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.” What a Doll! List the high points of the story introduction, as you do give some indication of how they relate to you at this juncture of your life. As you ponder these points could you, for your own sake, think of some things you could do intentionally that would enrich the lives of those you work or live with. Fleshing It Out: (T) or (F) ____ Intentional means to work with purpose and making ▬ making every action count.

____ Being intentional is about focusing on doing the right thing at the right time.

____ Being intentional is about consistently doing the right thing each moment of the day.

____ Successful people are unintentional.

____ Successful people know what and why they are doing things.

____ When you have a team of intentional people success will follow because of their

determination to maintain focus.

____ Having a purpose worth living for is an absolute necessity.


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____ Some people have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to do,

when all they need is one reason why they can.

____ You can be intentional if you don’t have a strong sense of purpose.

____ You must know your strengths and weaknesses.

____ Most people like to do things they are not good at.

____ Playing to your weaknesses kindles your passions and renews your energy.

____ You should direct your energy in an intentional way once you know your abilities.

____ You must intentionally prioritize your responsibilities.

____ Not knowing the why of your life will make it easier to figure out the what and when.

____ We are not born into the world to do everything, but to do something.

____ Success may well depend on your ability to say No.

____ It is not really important for you to sing your own song in life.

____ If you try to do too many good things in life you probably won’t excel at any.

____ You should commit yourself to long-term achievements.

____ Many people fail because they have a short-term, all-or-nothing approach to life.

____ Most victories in life are achieved by small, incremental wins sustained over time.

____ Being willing to dedicate yourself to a long-term process of achievement will enable

you to be more intentional.

____ Personal growth, relationship building, financial investments and all success of

any value, are dependent on long-term intentional focusing.

Reflecting On It: (Studiously answer the following questions)

1. How intentional are you?

2. Can you say, “I have a plan and a purpose for everything I do?”

3. Do you know where you will be, by the grace of God, five years from now?

4. Are you still drifting down the stream of life?

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5. Do your teammates detect a sense of intentionality in you?

Bringing It Home: ▬ To improve your intentionality . . .

1. Explore your ________________ and ___________________.

a. You can’t be intentional and ______________focused it you don’t know yourself.

b. Survey your ___________members, ___________, and ________________

for additional _________________.

c. The more _______________ and ____________feedback you get the better.

2. Specialize in your _____________________.

a. Focus on your ________________, _____% of your time should be spent on

what brings __________return to you and your team.

b. Adjust your daily ___________and to-do list as much as ____________ to

conform to that standard.

3. Plan your _________________with _________________.

a. The more time you spend with intentionality, the __________ you _________get

done. Think in terms of what you can get done in a week or a _________.

b. It is important to give yourself _________goals. Set aside time this ___________

to plan your ___________in a longer block of __________ than usual.

c. If you normally plan by the week, then work out your _______ for a _________.

Daily Take-Away:

Having read the story about Dwight Bain, what can you do to increase your focusing on the

really important things in life?

Remember to memorize these quotes; they may be in your final test. 1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.”

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Lesson Eleven ▬ Mission-Conscious John C. Maxwell: “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.” Benjamin Disraeli: “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” Fredrick Nietzsche: “He who has a “why” to live for can bear almost any “how.” Sticking to Her Guns

1. Why do you think the writer placed this story in his book on leadership?

2. What was Mary Hays’ occupation during the war?

3. How mission-conscious do you think she was and are you as committed to your

mission as she?

4. In the life we have in our nation at this time, do you think the average person has much

of a mission-conscious attitude? Give an illustration or two to support your

answer?

5. Is the freedom we seek for those we minister to as important as the mission Mary Hays

was involved in? Explain your answer.


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Fleshing It Out:

Mary Hays represents battlefield heroes that were or are able to grasp the importance of

a given situation and place them physically, emotionally in a position to help win a battle.

It is said that opinions are the basis for beliefs and beliefs are the basis of attitudes. John

Maxwell lists the four qualities of all mission-conscious players. As you fill in these

blanks allow the Holy Spirit to develop mission-conscious qualities in your being.

1. Mission-conscious players know where the team is going.

We admire the people who founded our nation. We respect their _____________,

____________ and ___________. We also admire their ________ of _______

and _____________. They knew they were _____________for ____________and

the ____________ of a ___________that had the potential to give its__________.

There is ________________power in a ___________of mission. W. Clement

Stone stated. “When you _______________ your ____________, you will

________ its ___________. It will __________you with ________________and

a burning desire to get to work on it.” That ________ of ________ and ▬

__________▬ is as indispensable for a team to be successful as it is for any

_________________.

2. Mission-conscious players let the leader of the team lead.

Any time a ____________member hinders the ___________, it _____________

the _____________that the team will be _______________in its goals. However,

___________-___________ players understand what leadership expert ________

G __________ articulated: “______________is the _______________ to translate

_____________ into _____________.” For a team to win, the __________must

be ___________ to lead.

3. Mission-conscious players place team accomplishments ahead of their own.

Teamwork always requires _______________. Often that means ____________of

personal goals or even ______________safety. Mary Hays felt that the

_________were too high for her _____________to do _____________but serve

the team.

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4. Mission-conscious players do whatever is necessary to achieve the mission.

Mary Hays was ___________to do whatever it took to _________the _________

of her team. As she traveled with the army she ______________ washed

__________served, and even stepped into the ___________lines with the

soldiers. If success can come to the _________only by our

________________, trying something new

or putting our personal ____________on hold, then that is what we need to do.

Reflecting On It: (T) or (F)

____ I seek to always inspire my teammates to keep the big picture in mind.

____ I am continually looking for ways to help the team realize its mission.

____ I never allow myself to get so bogged down in the details of my responsibilities that

I lose sight of the big picture.

____ I never let personal goals or even the success of our department hinder the bigger

team.

Bringing It Home: – To improve your mission consciousness . . .

____ I check to see if the team is focusing on its mission.

____ A team isn’t really a team if it isn’t going anywhere.

____ It is really not that important for the team to have a declared mission statement.

____ When the values, mission, goals and practice of the team don’t match it makes for

a tough time for the players.

____ I am always seeking to find ways that will help the team keep the mission in mind.

____ Some people who are used to working alone need extra help in keeping the mission

of the team in mind.

____ Others tend to focus on the immediate situation rather than the big picture.

____ It would help if we placed the mission statement in a conspicuous place to help

internalize the mission.

____ I always contribute my best as a team worker.

____ I am one that when I know the teams’ mission I determinedly will do my best to

help the team keep mission-conscious.

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____ I have found that if I am gong to help the team keep focused that sometimes I have

to work behind-the-scenes as a role player.

____ At other times, I have found, that by helping the focusing of the inner circle the

team is able to maintain a sense of destiny and importance.

Daily Take-Away:

1. Why was Reggie Jackson referred to as “Mr. October?”

2. When Jackson stole a base without a signal from the manager, what did the manager

do about it and why was it important?

3. Jackson was right in his assessment of his skill against the opposing team but he hurt

the team never-the-less with that play. Why did he do that?

4. What principle did he break as one person on the team?

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Remember to memorize these quotes; they may be in your final test.

1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.” 11. Mission-Conscious ▬ “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.”

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Lesson Twelve ▬ Prepared John C. Maxwell: “It is better to prepare than repair.” Roger Staubach: “Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.” Henry Ford: “Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.” Conscientious Hero 1. Why was Alvin York called the greatest soldier of World War I? 2. At what age did he decide to change his way of life and what did he do that caused him to be a different person? 3. Describe his move from being a “conscientious objector” to the day he killed

seventeen men with seventeen shots and another eight with his pistol. 4. How did his success as a soldier contribute to the great things he is remembered for even to this day?

List his character liabilities. List his character assets.


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Fleshing it out: (Finish these sentences)

1. Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes stated, “____ ______ _____ ___ __________

____ _____ _____________ __________-_____________.”

2. That was true for __________ _________.

3. That can be true for ________. If you want to ____________yourself so that you can

help your _____________ as it ___________the challenges ahead.

4. “Courage has not ____________ ______than _______________, and fear has not

_____________ _______________.”

5. Study these four words and give a short paragraph explaining the importance of each.

a. Assessment:

b. Alignment:

c. Attitude:

d. Action:

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Reflecting on It: (T) or (F)

____ I am used to winging it and try to fake it till I make it.

____ Solid preparation has always been a part of my regular routine.

____ I would not think of letting my teammates down by not properly preparing.

____ I always want to be at the right place at the right time so my energies will be able

to contribute to the success of the team.

Bringing it Home: – to improve your preparedness do the following:

1. Become a process thinker.

a. What did Henry Ford say?

What does getting ready require?

(1) Think ahead so . . .

(2) Create a system or list . . .

(3) Then determine what . . .

b. Do more research . . .

c. Learn from mistakes . . .

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1. What is important in the story about Ray Charles meeting Lucky Millinder and his

band?

2. What was the response of Lucky Millinder and how did it affect young Ray Charles?

3. What had he failed to do that would probably have made the difference?

4. He said, “After I got over feeling sorry for myself, I went back and started practicing

so________ _________ ever say that to me again.” No one has!

5. As the saying goes, “You _____ _______ to be ____________once; after that, you’re

_____________.”

6. Did the practicing and preparing pay off for Ray Charles?

What kind of success did he have?

7. Preparation ________ __________ guarantee a ______, but it sure puts you in a

position for one.

8. What area of your life do you need to make a change in that will help you be prepared

for whatever God places in your future?


1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.” 11. Mission - Conscious ▬ “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.” 12. Prepared ▬ “Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing.”

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Lesson Thirteen ▬ Relational John C Maxwell: “If you get along, others will go along.” John C. Maxwell: “Anyone who loves his opinions more than his teammates will advance his opinions but set back his team.” Donald O. Clifton and Paula Nelson: “Relationships help us to define who we are and what we can become. Most of us can trace our successes to pivotal relationships.” Connecting with people wherever they are. Pick out at least ten things that the writer of this book says in a positive way about President Reagan’s skills in relating to people. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Fleshing it Out: (Fill in the blanks) Teams want ____________who are ______________. Everyone liked being around

____________ _____________because he __________people and _____________

with them. He understood that ___________________are the _______that holds the

team _______________together ▬ the more ___________ the ________________

the more ________________ the team.


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Here is how you know whether you have built _________ _________________ with other

team members. Look for the following five ______________________ in your team

relationships:

1. Respect.

Les Giblin said, “You _________ make the other fellow feel _____________

in your _____________ if you secretly ________ he is a _____________.”

We show it to others simply because they are ___________ beings. But at

the same time, you should __________expect to have to earn it from others.

2. Shared Experiences.

Respect can _______the ____________ for a good _______________, but

it alone is _________ ___________. You can be relational with _________

you don’t know. Newer ____________ don’t have the ________ experiences

with the __________that are needed to succeed.

3. Trust.

Respecting people and spending time with them gives us an opportunity to

know them and then we are in a position to ___________ trust. Trust is the

________________ of ___________________. It is also ____________ to

all ___________ relationships. Scottish poet George Macdonald observed.

“Without ________, you cannot _____________any kind of ____________.”

4. Reciprocity.

One-____________personal ______________don’t last. If one person is

always the ______and the ___________is always the ___________, then

the ___________will eventually _________________. The same is true of

__________________ on a team. For a team to __________and _________

relationally, there has to be __________-and -__________ so that everyone

benefits as well as gives.

5. Mutual Enjoyment.

When ____________grow and start to get __________, the people involved

begin ___________each other. Just being together can turn even unpleasant

tasks into _______________ __________________.

* Tell the story of why he enjoys shopping with his wife.

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Reflecting on It: (T) or (F).

____ I am doing real well at being relational.

____ I spend little time and energy building solid relationships with my teammates.

____ I am so focused on results that I tend to overlook others as I work to achieve

team goals.

____ Few things will pay me bigger dividends than the time and trouble I go to

to understand people.

____ Nothing will give me greater satisfaction or bring me more happiness than knowing

and having a meaningful relationship with those I live with or work with.

____ Becoming a highly relational person usually does not bring the individual or team

success.

Bringing it Home: ▬ (Write a simple paragraph explaining the following four statements)

1. Focus on others instead of yourself.

2. Ask the right questions.

3. Share common experiences.

4. Make others feel special.

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Daily Take-Away:

What kind of a man was Frederick William I, the king of Prussia? What was his passion

in life? Did he love others or even his family? Did people love him or fear him? How

happy do you think his life was? Did he really have success? Give the quote at the

end of the story that starts, “Teammates seldom go along _______ __________

they can’t get along with.”


1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.” 11. Mission-Conscious ▬ “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.” 12. Prepared ▬ “Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing.” 13. Relational ▬ “If you get along, others will go along.”

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Lesson Fourteen ▬ Self-Improving John C. Maxwell: “To improve the team, improve yourself.” John Wooden: “Perfection is what you’re striving for, but perfection is impossibility. However, striving for perfection is not impossibility. Do the best you can under the conditions that exist. This is what counts.” Napoleon Hill: “It’s not what you are going to do, but it’s what your are doing now that counts.” Anonymous: “Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow.”

From Trees to Telephones

In ten sentences write the story of the Nokia company. Be sure to focus on the goals

Jorma Ollila brought to the company. How many master’s degrees he has, and what kind

of people he likes to have on his team. Also include a couple of great quotes he makes.


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Fleshing It Out: (T) or (F)

____ We live in a society with destination disease.

____ Many people want to retire before they have arrived.

____ People need fitness rather than quick fix.

____ People who look for fixes stop doing what’s right when the pressure is relieved.

____ People who pursue fitness do what they should no matter what the circumstances.

____ The people at Nokia go after professional fitness and self-improvement.

____ People who are constantly improving themselves make three processes an ongoing

cycle in their lives.

____ They seek to prepare, contemplate and apply.

____ When they get up in the morning they ask themselves, “What things can I get by

without doing today?”

____ They say, “What are my potential learning moments today?”

____ They try to seize those moments to learn.

____ At the end of the day they ask themselves, “What have I learned today that I need to

learn more about tomorrow?”

____ Such an attitude will keep them from growing on an ongoing basis.

____ When you study the lives of the truly great individuals of the world, you will find

that they hardly spent any time contemplating, meditating and listening.

____ Time spent contemplating, meditating, listening is not wasted, in fact it will

contribute to self-improvement.

____ I spend at least ______ hours a day contemplating, etc . . .

____ Time alone will give you time to sharpen your personal or organizational vision.

____ There comes a time when you must apply the things you have learned

____ To apply what we have learned means there will have to be changes made and

changing is usually not easy.

____ My goal is to keep learning so that so I can change some things every day.

____ Bruce Springsteen said, “A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man

you want to become and start being the man you want to be.”

____ Knowing truth is one thing, applying truth is altogether different.

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____ Most people change when one of three things happens: they hurt enough that they

have to, or they learn enough that they want to, or they receive enough that

they are able to.

____ My goal is to keep learning so that I want to change for the better every day.

Reflecting on It: (Fill in the blanks)

There is nothing ________in being ___________ to someone else; progress is becoming

_____________to your ______________self. Is that something you are __________for?

Are you trying to become better than you were ______year, __________ or ________?

Have you found a way to ____________something every day? Or are you hoping to

___________someplace where you no longer have to____________? You must

take the ________________ to improve yourself. George Knox was right: “When

you __________to do ___________ you ___________ to be good.”

Bringing it Home: (to become self-improving I must do these three things which I will

describe)

1. Become highly teachable.

2. Plan my progress.

3. Value self-improvement above self-promotion.

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1. How many people did Charles Lindbergh have backing his solo flight across the

Atlantic? Who else was instrumental in making his trip a success?

2. List some of the things Lindbergh did to prepare himself for the historic trip, giving the

name of the plane.

3. What are you doing to improve yourself and to become more proficient?

4. Do you have opportunities to improve yourself that you have not been taking

advantage of; if so, list them for your own satisfaction and begin to make the journey

now to be a self-improver.

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1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.” 11. Mission - Conscious ▬ “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.” 12. Prepared ▬ “Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing.” 13. Relational ▬ “If you get along, others will go along.” 14. Self-Improving ▬ “To improve the team, improve yourself.”

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Lesson Fifteen ▬ Selfless John C. Maxwell: “There is no I in team.” George Burns: “When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it’s time to turn out the lights.” W. H. Auden: “We’re here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for, I don’t know.” The Real Man Behind the Bridge. 1. Make a list of the positions of leadership Philip Toosey filled. 2. List some of the things Toosey did as a prisoner of war.

3. List some of the ways he expressed his selflessness when he returned to England.

Fleshing It Out: – (Fill in the blanks)

W. H. Auden: “We’re here on earth to do _______for others. What the _______ are here for, I don’t know.” No ________ succeeds unless its ____________put others on the team ahead of _______________. Being ______________ isn’t easy, but it is ______________. As a team member you will need to _______________an ______________ of selflessness.


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These four characteristics will help you be selfless.

1. Begin by being _______________.

St. Francis of Assisi said, “All _______________separates you from others; all

_____________ unites to others.” The _______of selflessness is _____________.

It not only helps to unite the ________, but it also helps to ___________the team.

If __________members are willing to give of themselves ________________to

the __________, then it is being set up to succeed.

2. Avoid Internal ____________. One of the worst forms of _____________can be seen

in people who are ____________ ___________on the team. That ___________

means posturing or positioning themselves for their own benefit, regardless of

how it might damage _______________on the team. But good team __________

worry about the ___________ of their teammates more that ________________.

That kind of unselfishness helps teammates and benefits the _________. Albert

Einstein observed, “A ____________first starts to live when he can live outside

himself.”

3. Display ______________. If you show ______to the people on your __________, they

will return __________in kind. That was what Colonel ________did again and

again, he put ___________on the line for his men, and as a result they worked

__________, served him well, and ___________whatever ____________they had

been given ▬ even in the most difficult _________________. _____________

fosters unity, and unity breeds team success.

4. Value _________________over _________________.In____________, we value

independence highly because it is often ____________ by innovation,

______ ________, and a willingness to stand for what’s right. But_____________

taken too far is _______________ of ___________, especially if it begins to

___________ or _____________ others. Seneca asserted, “No man can live

happily who regards ___________ alone, who turns everything to his own

_____________. You must _____ for others if you _____to live for

____________.”

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____ If you want to be a contributing member of a successful team you have to put your-

self as the leader of the team, then others will follow you.

____ It is never good to take a back seat when it comes to leadership.

____ One must remember, “It doesn’t make any difference who does the work just so

the leader gets the credit.”

____ If you get bumped from the “starting lineup” you have reason to shout and pout.

____ Shouting and pouting are characteristics of selfless players.

Bringing It Home: - More (T) or (F)

___ One way to get the valued attention of others is to talk up your achievements.

___ Promoting someone else makes it harder for others to see the good things you do.

___ Find positive things to say about other people’s actions and qualities, especially to

their superiors, family and close friends.

___ Taking a subordinate role is a natural tendency.

___ It is not a natural tendency to take the best place and to let others fend for

themselves.

___ It is good to practice the discipline of serving, letting others go first, or taking a

subordinate role.

___ John Brown said, “You have not lived today successfully unless you’ve done some-

thing for someone who can never repay you.”

___ If you give to others on your team without their knowing they cannot repay you.

___ Developing such a habit would be good for you and the team.

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Daily Take-Away:

Write a short report on the Georgia Tech football team of 1916.


1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.” 11. Mission - Conscious ▬ “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.” 12. Prepared ▬ “Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing.” 13. Relational ▬ “If you get along, others will go along.” 14. Self-Improving ▬ “To improve the team, improve yourself.” 15. Selfless ▬ “There is no I in team.”

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Lesson Sixteen ▬ Solution Oriented John C. Maxwell: “Make a resolution to find the solution.” Henry Ford: “Don’t find fault; find a remedy.” Robert Heinlein: “Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why. Then do it.” Orison Swett Marden: “Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.” List at least five reasons why John Walsh should not have given leadership to an organization to help children and at least seven reasons why he should have and why it has been successful.

Shouldn’t have: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Should have: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Why has the NCMEC been so successful in your opinion?


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Fleshing it Out: (Fill in the blanks) Most people can see _______. It doesn’t require any special ________ or _______.

As Alfred A Montapert observed, “The _______________see the ____________; the few

see the ________; history records the _________of the latter, while _______ is the reward of

the former.” Someone who ______________in terms of ______________ instead of just

problems can be a ____________ ___________. A team filled with people who possess

that ________-______ can really get things done.

Most personality types, upbringing, and personal history may affect how _________

oriented you are naturally. However, ____________ can become __________ ________.

Consider these truths that all solution-seeking people recognize. Write a short paragraph of the following topics: 1. Problems are a matter of perspective. 2. All problems are solvable. 3. Problems either stop us or stretch us.

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____ I see a solution in every challenge or problem in every circumstances.

____ My teammates come to me because I have ideas about how to overcome obstacles.

____ Some of my teammates avoid telling me about difficulties because I make things

more difficult.

____ When it comes to problems there are only four choices: flee them, fight them, forget

them, or face them; I usually _____________ ___________.

Bringing It Home: – (These responses will help you be a more solution-oriented team player)

1. Refuse to give up.

____ Some people easily give up, while others are saying, “What an opportunity1”

____ I am a determined person, it is hard for me to cease looking for a solution.

____ My teammates all feel that, “where there is a will there is a way.”

2. Refocus your thinking.

____ No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

____ I have set aside dedicated time with key teammates to work on problems.

____ I will make sure it’s prime think time, not leftover time when I am tired.

3. Rethink your strategy.

____ Einstein said, “The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same

level of thinking we were at when we created them.”

____ It is important to get out of the box of our typical thinking to solve problems.

____ Brain-storming, redefining the problem often will lead to a solution.

____ The problem will remain unsolved unless we generate fresh ideas and

approach the problem from a new direction.

4. Repeat the process.

____ If at first we don’t succeed in solving the problem we must try again and again.

____ If you do solve the problem, then repeat the process with other problems.

____ Your goal is to cultivate a solution-oriented attitude that you bring into play

all the time.

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Daily Take-Away:

Tell the story of the precedent that was set in 1939 when Soviet troops entered and

annexed the Baltic states including Latvia. How did the vice-consul solve the problem?


1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.” 11. Mission - Conscious ▬ “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.” 12. Prepared ▬ “Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing.” 13. Relational ▬ “If you get along, others will go along.” 14. Self-Improving ▬ “To improve the team, improve yourself.” 15. Selfless ▬ “There is no I in team.” 16. Solution Oriented ▬ “Make a resolution to find a solution.”

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Lesson Seventeen ▬ Tenacious John C. Maxwell: “Never, Never, Never Quit.” Constantin Brancusi: “To see far is one thing; going there is another.” Rick Mears: “To finish first, you must finish.” List any truths concerning tenacity you found in the story of the trip John Maxwell and friends made to England. How important is tenacity? Look up the following words and give their meaning: Tenacity:

Stubborn:

Obstinacy:

Resolve:

Firmness:

Doggedness:

Persistence:

Drive:

Determination:

Steadfastness:

Inflexibility:


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How important is the characteristic suggested by the above words to your being a success as

a Christian and as a teammate? Which of the words is more Christian than the others?

Fleshing It Out: (T) or (F)

____ Maxwell and friends succeeded because of their tenacity.

____ Tenacity is crucial to success.

____ Even people with limited talent can succeed if they have tenacity.

____ People with tenacity often succeed where people with great talents fail because they

did not have tenacity.

Being tenacious means . . .

1. Giving all that you have, not more than you have.

____ Some people who lack tenacity mistakenly believe that being tenacious demands

giving more than you have to give.

____ Actually being tenacious means giving 90% of what you have to give.

____ When you give your all, you give yourself an opportunity to succeed.

____ Cornwallis said to George Washington, “Sir, I salute you not only as a great leader

of men, but as an indomitable Christian gentleman who wouldn’t give up.”

2. Working with determination, not waiting on destiny.

____ Tenacious people rely on luck, fate, or destiny for their success.

____ When conditions become difficult, they just throw in the towel.

____ They know that trying times are a signal that success will never come.

____ Trying times are not the time to quit trying.

____ Thomas Edison said, “I start where the last man left off.”

3. Quitting when the job is done, not when you’re tired.

____ Robert Strauss said, “Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when

you’re tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired.”

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____ People who succeed keep pushing beyond what they think they can do, and by so

doing thy find out what they can really do.

____ Napoleon Hill said, “Every successful person finds that great success lies just be-

yond the point when they’re convinced their idea is not going to work.”

____ Tenacity hangs on until the job is finished.

Reflecting on It: More (T) or (F)

____ I am very tenacious.

____ When others give up I join them in throwing in the towel.

____ When it is the bottom of the ninth and there are two outs I lose heart and give up.

____ When the team hasn’t found a solution to a problem I hang in there and keep

plugging away knowing that somehow we are going to find a solution.

____ Sometimes, in my heart, I give up before the rest of the team does.

Bringing it Home: (Fill in the blanks)

A. L. Williams says, “You beat 50 percent of the people in ___________by working

hard.

You beat another 40 percent by being a person of ___________ and __________and

standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dog-fight in the free enterprise

system.”

To prove your tenacity . . .

1. Work harder and/or smarter.

It you tend to be a ___________-watcher who never works beyond quitting time

no matter what, then you need to _____________your habits. Put in an additional

________to ___________minutes of work every _________ by arriving at work

_________ to _______ ______ minutes early and staying an equal____________

of time after your normal hours. If ______are someone who already puts in an

_______________ number of hours, then __________ more time _____________

to make your ___________hours more efficient.

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2. Standing for something.

To succeed, you __________ __________ with ___________ ______________.

However, if you can add to that the power of _______________, you will possess

an _______________ ____________. Write on an index card how you’re day to

day work relates to your overall ______________. The review that __________

daily to ____________ your _______________ fires burning.

3. Make your work a game.

Nothing feeds ________like our natural _____________nature. Try to

__________that by making your work a game. Find _________ in your

___________________who have ______________goals and create a

_____________ _______________with them to motivate you and them.


Write a news-release telling the astounding story of the railroad that was built in the Andes mountains, describing some of the awesome things that were done. Do you think there was any tenacity involved?

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1. Adaptable ▬ “Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not get bent out of shape.” 2. Collaborative ▬ “Collaboration is working together aggressively.” 3. Commitment ▬ “There are no halfhearted champions.” 4. Communicative ▬ “A team is several voices with a single heart.” 5. Competent ▬ “Make a commitment to strive for excellence!” 6. Dependable ▬ “Dependability is more than ability alone.” 7. Disciplined ▬ “Where there is a will there is a way.” 8. Enlarging ▬ “Adding value to a teammate is invaluable.” 9. Enthusiastic ▬ “Nothing great is every achieved without enthusiasm.” 10. Intentional ▬ “Make every action count.” 11. Mission - Conscious ▬ “The big picture is coming in loud and clear.” 12. Prepared ▬ “Preparation can mean the difference between winning and losing.” 13. Relational ▬ “If you get along, others will go along.” 14. Self-Improving ▬ “To improve the team, improve yourself.” 15. Selfless ▬ “There is no I in team.” 16. Solution Oriented ▬ “Make a resolution to find a solution.” 17. Tenacious ▬ “Never, Never, Never Quit.”

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