Golf balls: The important stuff in your life Pebbles: Things you need to pay attention

to Sand: The little stuff that fits around the

bigger stuff Water: Boy Scouts and your friends (they

surround everything else in your life)

“You are smarter than you think, stronger than you feel and braver than you know.”

Christopher Robin

Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise Crew It is a skill set that needs to be exercised

◦ Have it and no one will notice. Don’t have it, and everyone will.

It is more art than science• PPC:  Praise, Possibilities, Concerns

“If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.”  

Lewis Carroll

Start at the end and work backwards Be flexible; plans change Write down your plan and share it

All plans need to answer five questions ◦ Who◦ What◦ When◦ Where◦ How

Say what you are going to do and then do what you said.

Wisdom of crowds (or at least the patrol)

Are you smart or intelligent? Einstein asked questions. Do good and forget it. Remember the

mistakes…learn from them Watch one, do one, teach one.

   “Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”  

Mahatma Gandhi

• There are always going to be difficult people in your life. How are you going to handle yourself with them?

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

Winnie the Pooh

Many are stubborn in the pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

Friedrich Nietzsche

SMART Goals:  ◦Specific

◦Measurable

◦Attainable

◦Relevant

◦Time-framed

“… The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”

Randy Pausch

“On my honor, I will do my best…” 24 x 7 x 365 means Always Never lose trust, you cannot always get it

back Be committed to your passions and involved

in everything else ◦ Think ham and eggs: the chicken is involved, but

the pig is committed.