SOARING ON HIGH

By

Millicent W Munene

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DID YOU KNOW?

• There are two types of eagles – The

golden eagle and the bald eagle

• Eagles have a six- to seven-foot wing

span and weigh up to 15 pounds

• Each wing has more than 1250 feathers

which are separated at the tips like

fingers of a hand

• Eagles can soar higher than any other

bird

• They can travel at over 65 miles per hour

in level flight (104km/hr)

• 150- 200 miles per hour when they’re in

a full dive (900km/hr)

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WHICH BIRD ARE YOU?Canary

A beautiful little bird that is content to sing all day in a

cage. Never soars, has to be fed by others; has no power

or authority in its wings – Contended with chirping away

in their own confined, comfortable world.

Buzzards

Not beautiful, sits on telephone poles and squawk,

looking for dead things to eat. They have no beautiful

song, and they don’t know how to soar. – Sits on the

sidelines complaining, criticizing, judging instead of

soaring.

Peacock

A beautiful bird, for sure. Colorful and big. Extremely self-

focused, preens all the time, struts around showing off its

beautiful feathers – Preoccupied with oneself, thinks very

important

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EAGLES ADVANTAGE

• They can build their nest at much high

elevations than can other birds

• The strategic vantage point gives them

great protection

• It’s ability to fly fast allows it to attack

a prey or a predator with its beaks and

talons with the force of a bullet

• It can fly for long periods without

becoming exhausted

• It can rest and relax as it soars because

it doesn’t have to flap its wings

WHO ARE YOU!

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Your ability to soar high

depends on how deep your

roots of character .

Personality

Character

Our first energies should go to our own character development, which is often invisible

to others, like the roots that sustain great trees. As we cultivate the roots,

We begin to see the fruits

The Problem

“If you want to make minor

,incremental change and

improvements, work on practices,

behavior and attitude but if you

want to make significant quantum

improvements, work on

paradigms.”

The 8th Habit by Stephen R Covey

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Mindsets that required a Paradigm

shifts

[If peoples perceptions, assumptions,

theories, reference or lens are inaccurate it does not

matter how you try to find your destination or how

positively you think, you will stay lost]

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EAGLES EYE VIEW

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When you see things as they really are;

you will think and act differently

Eagles has great advantage over other

birds. He sees things coming and is

prepared. Can spot trouble and can

avoid it. – Habit 1 (Proactive)

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Eagles eyes are large and

are like zoom lens of a

powerful camera / binocular

• Able to adjust focus to see

not only what is close but

also great distance

• Has a second eyelid for

protection

FLAPPING AND SOARING

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Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

(where are your going, what is your

purpose)

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Eagles soar effortlessly for hours

because they allow wind currents

and thermal drafts to carry them.

• Flapping could lead to

exhaustion and eventually failure

and death

Let go of peoples expectations,

legalism and guilt of failure and

learn and grow from lives

EAGLE’S FLYING LESSONS/ PREPARATION/ LIFESTYLE

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Habit 3: Put first things first

Planning, preparation.

Habit 4: Think win-win

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Eagles Live on their own – 1 yr old. – Soar, hunt,

build nests and mature into full eaglehood.

Eagles are partners for live and choose partners

by auditioning

• Eagles do not eat anything like decaying animals

but fresh meals

•Eagle lets flying lessons – baby eagles cannot

fall faster than father can fly

• Eagles live a solitary lifestyle – Don’t mix but

are willing to be different

ICrises

Pressing Problems

Deadlines – driven projects,

meetings, reports

II Preparation

Prevention

Planning

Relationship building

Re-creation

III Needless interruptions

Unnecessary reports

Unimportant meeting, phone calls,

mail

Others minor issues

IV Trivia, busy work

Irrelevant phone calls, mail, e-mail

Excessive TV, Internet, Relaxation

Time wasters

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Eagles Enemies

Deception

EffectivenessNecessities

EAGLES AND STORMS

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Normal birds

run away

when they

sense a storm

on the way

A storm can

be a death

sentence to

normal birds

Eagles don’t

run but deal

differently

with storms

They are not

frightened by

storms

They fly

above the

storms

Habit 6: Synergize

EAGLES RENEWAL

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Molting Process

Habit 6: Synergize

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw

Chemical changes in

body.

Sits alone, eyes dry, tear

ducts

Stopped, starts to lose

feathers

Lose of weight & death

knocks

Isolation; Disappointment

Rise up again

Expect Change

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“They that wait upon the Lord shall change and renew their

strength, they shall mount up on wings as eagles the shall

run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint”

SOARING ON HIGH