14 Achieving Excellence

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The aim of life is self development.

To realize one’s nature perfectly…

that is

what each of us is here for.

Oscar Wild

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What do we mean by competencies

Set of SKILLS

Relates to the

ability to do,

Physical

domain

ATTRIBUTE

Relates to

qualitative

aspects personal

Characteristics or

traits

KNOWLEDGE

Relates to

information

Cognitive Domain

COMPETENCY

Outstanding Performance

of tasks or activities

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Achieving Excellence

Passion and persistence to achieve results

and work towards improvement of Self and

Others

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Planning, organizing and prioritizing

PLANNING

Is the activity which gets you from where you

are now to where you want to be.

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Planning

Consists of

Analyzing your current situation

Deciding on your objectives

Plotting your action

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Getting started - Planning

Ask yourself these four

questions:

Where am I now?

Where do I want to be?

How will I get there?

How Will I know when I have

got there?

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Where am I Now?

Assessing yourself and your current

situation.

If you precisely know ‘Where you are’ ,

then it becomes very easy to determine

where you want to be.

SWOT analysis is used

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SWOT Analysis

S

W

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Internal factors

External factors

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Internal FactorsStrengths

These are the skills and talents that you

have within you

By identifying your strong points you gain

a level of confidence

Weakness

These are the areas that you are not

currently doing better and you should

improve to do better in future in order to

achieve results.

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External Factors

Opportunities:

Support you to achieve your results.

Identifying your opportunities helps you toassess how your strengths could be furtherdeveloped

Threats

By identifying where things could go wrong, youcan work out how to react in any given situation.

Facing up to the dangers decreases your fearsof failure and enables you to take action.

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Where Do I want to be?

Goals

“If you are not aware of the direction you are going,

you will end up exactly where you are going”

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Goal Setting The most powerful process available

It improves your personal productivity and enables you achieve what you want in life.

Goals bring to life order, meaning, and purpose

Sustains interest and motivation over a long period of time.

It expresses your desire to achieve, to improve your life and to be more effective, more productive and more successful tomorrow than you are today.

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Goals could be in…

Career

Family and Finance

Personal Development

and

Health

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Written Goals

Writing your goals forces you to clarify and crystallize your thinking.

Saves time

Help measure progress

Produce motivation

Reduce conflict

Form a basis for action

Stimulate visualization

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How to write a goal

Goals must be “SMART”

Specific

Measurable

Action Oriented

Realistic

Time-bound

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One day a man found a cocoon of a

butterfly. He sat and watched the

butterfly as it struggled come out

through a little hole. It seemed to

stop making any progress.

He decided to help the butterfly, and

snipped off the remaining bit of the

cocoon with scissors. The butterfly

then emerged But it had a swollen

body and small, shriveled wings.

Story of a Butterfly

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As he continued to watch for days expecting the

wings to enlarge and expand

Nothing happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the

rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body

and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.

Story of a Butterfly….

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Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in

our life. If God allowed us to go through our life

without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would

not be as strong as what we could have been. And

we could never fly.

Story of a Butterfly….

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Systematic approach to

achievement

Know where you are in terms of your strengths, weaknesses.

Know what are the opportunities

Identify your life time goals and ambitions

Identify your short term goals

Identify action plans

Prioritize your action in a logical sequence

Set a realistic target date

Commit to putting your plan into action

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How to achieve success

Realize that there is a need for change

Get started and shed out the non excellent ways

Plan and strategize

Drive towards excellence through fire and

momentum by practice and preparation

Handle failure, problems, criticism

Keep the focus by sacrifice and hard work

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Self drive for results

The ability to motivate yourself,fellow staff/ students is a crucialskill to make things happen

Our drive is constantly assaultedby negative thoughts and anxietyabout the future.

What separates the highlysuccessful people is their abilityto keep moving forward.

The key is understanding yourthoughts and how they drive youremotions.

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Reasons why we lose motivation

Lack of confidence - If you don’t believe you cansucceed, what’s the point in trying?

Lack of focus - If you don’t know what you want,do you really want anything?

Lack of direction - If you don’t know what to do,how can you be motivated to do it

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How to Boost Confidence Focus on gratitude.

Set aside time to focus on everythingpositive

Make a mental list of your strengths, pastsuccesses, and current advantages.

Repeat things you already know canimprove your mindset

Truly believe that you deserve success,your mind will generate ways to achieveit.

The best way to bring success to yourselfis to genuinely desire to create value forthe rest of the world.

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Development activities

Consider current projects to practice orienting yourself towards achieving excellence.

Create some moderate risk goals or an innovative solution for the project.

Regularly monitor progress against the plan and discuss progress with others.

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Development activities

Determine any risks that were taken and any

progress toward the work or personal goals.

Work smarter not harder.

Ask yourself is there a better way to achieve this.

Meet your colleagues and get feedback whether

your goals can be stretched

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Development activities

Analyze an unsuccessful project. Determine whatwent wrong and what could have been done tomake it successful. Use the learning in your nextinitiative.

Demonstrate enthusiasm

Think about a person who is achievement driven,take “tips” from him/her

Try to take regular exercise to increase yourendurance levels and fitness

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Best Wishes Enjoy & Experience

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