Strong Dreams Don’t Die

Look Fear Straight in the Eye, Drop the Excuses and No Longer “Try”

Fred Schaferwww.fredstrikes.com

Why are you here?What do you hope to

leave with?

Why Should I Listen to this Guy?

• 54 years old, Studying High Performance Success 39 years

• Multiple management/supervisory careers – Thousands employees

• National award employee recruiting/retention

• National award sales/marketing

• State/regional awards business & organizational leadership

• 11 years conference keynote/break out speaker

• Own Medical Fitness/Personal Training Practice

• Business consultant/Vocational Calling Coach

• Masters Degree Wellness, Wellness book

• Suffered Serious Hair Loss

Objectives1) Define the idea or concept of a “dream”

2) Discuss why dreams are important

3) List the ingredients to the best types of dreams

4) Review how the workplace can become a dream grower

5) Learn why everyone can boldly grow dreams

6) Outline daily steps of dream to reality

Part I“Draw the Dream”

• The first essential skill - skill of imagination

• “Drawing the Dream” for your location/vocation

• Grass is greener? Acres of Diamonds

• “Living” words with emotion and belief vs dead sentences disappoint

• “Cutting edge” technique beyond “just get to work”

• Consider Writing Own “Bold Declaration Statement”

The Goal is NOT to Work Harder

The purpose of a dream is more life for all

The goal is to work better and easier with systems

A leader and the team is made more and functional

Organizational and individual clear, defined and meaningful dreams

Why census workers die early?

The Challenges of Working and Living

Emotionally negative, distressed states

selectively produce rises in cortisol to accompany

the cardiovascular and catecholamine activation.

Therefore, cortisol may be specifically sensitive to

negative emotional states such as fear

Puts You in the Drivers Seat

“Emotionally positive, activating

challenges call forth increased

cardiovascular and catecholamine

responses without activating cortisol.

Gives YOU and the “Dream Team” a Game plan to Follow

Someone needs to cast the vision

People resist following those who do not know where they are going

To learn more……!

Why don’t more people “boldly declare”?

No guarantees, but without seeds get weeds

We can influence direction – parked or moving

“Secrets” of creative writers/producers brilliance

Regular meetings with their minds/muse/genius

Most don’t know how strong they are

Big Vision is PossibleSimple, Not Easy

In writing Don’t Need Everyone’s Approval

Free falling to your unique calling

Answers what, why, who, how, where, when

One – three years (Seven –Ten? )

Top 1-6 priorities, Start before you are ready

DAILY DOES IT – Get Stuff Done – No excuses

Don’t back down – Never give up, change course

Reflection for a Strong Dream Direction

• Thinking stronger

• Golden Hour/minutes

• Your “Genius”

• Reflective writing

• Reflective reading

• Reflective teaching

More Stupid Meetings Please!Everyone is Brilliant

Stupid is the germ of genius

Steal like an artist

Funnel in the best ideas

10% different is new

Tap into your teams talents – Share the credit!

Leadership StylesInfluencer

Executor

Relater

Analytical

Less Flaws More Brilliance

What will you Master? Why Will You Master it?

Causes and Strengths

80/20 rule

Fan the flames

Seek out the techies, singers and songwriters

The Plague of “Soft” Business, Leadership and Life Skills

Thinking

Communicating

Leading

Reading

Writing

Selling

Speaking/training/teaching

What will you Master?Make each day a “Masterpiece”

Your “100 word” day

Work on one thing daily – don’t break the chain

Get coaching from someone who has done it

Anything worth doing is worth doing daily

Mastery is simple, mastery is monotonous

Fill our minds with fluff ?– distracted from destiny

The only thing we really have control of is what we think and

the words we use

Every word counts $$$

You might consider getting better with words

Read – Listen – Write – Speak – Sell/persuasive

Brand Your “Special” Brilliance

o Specialists are sought out

o Specialists have more fun & get more done

o Everyone Can (And Should) Be “Special”

o Defensiveness comes from insecurity

o Security comes from knowing ours and others brilliance

o All Brilliance is needed

The Five Pillars of High Performance

• Purpose Pillar – What is your dream/cause beyond $$ ?

• People Pillar - Who will be your “dream team” to get there?

• Physical Pillar - How will you fortify yourself for the dream?

• Professional Prowess Pillar - What dream and team building

knowledge, attitudes and behaviors do you need to bravely lead?

• Passion/Perseverance Pillar – How will you maintain enthusiasm &

commitment in the face of adversity?

What About You?Your Personal Dream Plan?

• “Influencers of Thought”

• Your future, your responsibility

• Self-study system??