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ADVERSITYTHE CATALYST FOR LEARNING
Ron McIntyreCertified Leadership Coach, Teacher and SpeakerTransformative Leadership Group
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AccountabilityHow did you integrate “Teachability” as a focus on learning into your life this past week?
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Pain will exist:
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ADVERSITY causes pain and it then causes a change.
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IF we respond positive the outcome will be positive.IF we respond negative the outcome will be negative.It’s the:
How do you respond to adversity in your
life?
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Yes there are ADVANTAGES OF ADVERSITY… It can be a:
If you face it with the right mind-set. It is all based on how you respond!
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1. Introduces us to ourselves, if we want to know ourselves.• Adversity always gets our attention, we can’t ignore
it.• Adversity is an opportunity for self-discovery.• Many choose to hide, remember Sgt. Schultz, I know
nothing….• It can strike when I am exhausted, when I’ve gotten
off track…“Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; but they are the instruments of the wise.” – Samuel Lover
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Adversity also introduces us to TENACITY…. And:
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2. It is a BETTER TEACHER than success, if we want to learn from Adversity..• Tragedy is when we avoid learning from adversity.• Even more tragic is not wanting to learn from adversity.
I walked a mile with pleasure;She chatted all the way, But left me none the wiser, With all she had to say.
I walked a mile with sorrow:And never a word she said, but oh the things I learned from her, When sorrow walked with me. – Robert Browning Hamilton
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3. It Opens doors for New Opps, If we want to learn from Adversity...• Does adversity get you down, or get you looking for
opportunities?• Any significant change in business is an opportunity for a
new business.• Success from Adversity or poor economic times:
• Ivory Soap – 1870 – Mistake – Over-whipped – Easier to find
• Boeing’s 707 – 1957 – tough economic times• FedEx – Founded 1973 – tough economic times• MS Dos – 1981 – IBM didn’t want it• Apples IPOD - 2001
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4. It can signal a positive transition if you respond correctly.• Your life is comprised of one transition after another.• Being static in life is NOT an option• Time is always moving forward – you can’t stop it, you
can’t stop the effects of it moving forward.• James Allen: “Let a person rejoice when he is confronted
with obstacles, for it means that he has reached the end of some particular line of indifference or folly.”
1915 – Coffee City, AL’s Cotton crop was devastated by the boll weevils – George W. Carver suggested they grow ‘Peanuts” When the crop can in he showed them how to capitalize on it.
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5. It brings profit as well as pain if we expect it and plan for it.• Do you expect to
experience pain?• Do you plan for pain?• Do you have a strategy
for dealing with it?• “The lesson people
learned was from things are hard but if you really work at it, you can get it to work.” – Peter Thiel – co-founder of PayPal
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6. Adversity writes our story and if our response is right, the story will be good.For every hill I’ve had to climbFor every rock that bruised my feetFor all the blood and sweat and grimeFor blinding storms and burning heatMy heart sings but a grateful songThese were the things that made me strong. – Poet James Casey
• Do you treat adversity as a stepping stone or a tombstone?
• If you perceive a failure as an opportunity to learn, it will be.
• If you perceive a failure as a mortal blow it will be.• Adversity without triumph is not inspiring… it’s
depressing• Adversity is everyone’s, but the story you write with your
life is YOUR’s ALONE. How will you write it?
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HOW TO TURN PAIN INTO GAIN
1. Choose a positive approach to life.
You will find positive lessons in every experience.
2. Embrace, develop and feed your creativity.
Life begins at the end of your COMFORT ZONE.
3. Capitalize on the value of bad experiences.
“In this life, there are winners and there are learners.”
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Turning Pain into Gain…4. Make good habit changes after
learning from bad experiences. As FIRE hardens steel into a tool, PAIN can shape
us into amazing people in the future..
5. Take responsibility for your own life.
Are you a VICTIM or VICTOR of your life?
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What will be your final story?
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Thank You Thanks for joining us in discussing the topic of Teachability based on John
Maxwell’s book, “Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Learn”.
We can customize a Mastermind group for your company or group based on this or a number of other books from John.
We also have a number of coaching frameworks we can bring to your staff and help them grow!
Please contact me at:
Website: http://transformativeleadership.us Website: http://rwme.com
Blog: http://leadershipnotes.us
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 630-935-3326
