Elephant Hunting®

Matthew T. Berrafato

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Have you ever been Have you ever been overwhelmed?overwhelmed?

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What does being overwhelmed feel like?

a Deer in the

Headlights

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Life’s Most Important Question

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What is an elephant?

1 – Life’s Purpose

2 – Large Goal

3 – Big PersonalChallenge

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800 PoundGorilla

in the

room

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12,000 pounds

to

15,000 pounds

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Breakdown the elephant into

manageable bite size pieces.

Then, take the first bite!

of Elephant Hunting®

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The Solution to being overwhelmed

1 – What’s on your plate?

2 – What is your capacity?

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Just say no to adding any newcommitments to your plate!

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Look at the elephants on your plateand choose one, then

apply the B.I.T.E. cycle!

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B.I.T.EB.I.T.E CycleCycle

BBrainstormrainstorm

IInitiatenitiate actionaction

TToolool (organizing)(organizing)

EElephantlephant huntinghunting journaljournal

Cornerstone Cornerstone valuesvalues

GoalsGoals

ProjectsProjectsTasksTasks

33 R’s R’sReviewReviewReflectReflect

RevelationRevelation

B.I.T.E.B.I.T.E.

B.I.T.E.

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B.I.T.E.B.I.T.E.

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Now what?

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Initial Initial B.I.T.EB.I.T.E CycleCycle

BBrainstormrainstorm

IInitiatenitiate actionaction

TToolool (organizing)(organizing)

EElephantlephant huntinghunting journaljournal

Cornerstone Cornerstone valuesvalues

GoalsGoals

ProjectsProjectsTasksTasks

33 R’s R’sReviewReviewReflectReflect

RevelationRevelation

B.I.T.E.B.I.T.E.

B.I.T.E.

B.I.T.E.

B.I.T.E.B.I.T.E.

B.I.T.E.

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Life’s Most Important Question

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One Bite at a One Bite at a Time Time ®®

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