Ch 6 swysyl - hope - 2014 c06

Hope: The Motivation For Learning

Ron McIntyreCertified Leadership Coach, Teacher and SpeakerTransformative Leadership Group

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AccountabilityHow did you integrate “Improvement” as a focus on learning into your life this past week?


What Does Hope Mean?

Leaders are dealers in “HOPE”! General Napoleon

“If Leaders help people believe the impossible is possible, it makes the impossible probable!”

• Hope Gives• Hope is

inspiring• Hope builds

up


What Does Hope Mean?• Hope shines brightest when the hour is the

darkest.• Hope motivates when discouragement comes.• Hope energizes when the body is tired.• Hope sweetens when the bitterness bites.• Hope sings when all melodies are gone.• Hope believes when the evidence is limited.• Hope listens for answers when no one is

listening.• Hope climbs over obstacles when no one is

helping.• Hope endures hardship when no one is caring.• Hope smiles confidently when no one is

laughing.• Hope reaches for answers when no one is

asking.• Hope presses toward victory when no on is

encouraging.• Hope dares to give when on one is sharing.• Hope brings the victory when no one is

winning.• From John Maxwell’s book “Think on These

Things”


Hope is a Beautiful Thing!

Hope can come from our bringing value to others

Hope Says Yes to Life Hope Fills Us With Energy Hope Focuses Forward Hope Is a Difference Maker

How Do You Use Hope to Make a Change?


Hope says Yes to Life! Requires courage Find something positive &

Meaningful about ourselves and life everyday

You must expect adversity You must expect conflict Hope allows you to say “I will be

bigger than you. You cannot defeat me!” to life and trouble

Embrace Hope and it will empower you to live.



Hope Fills Us with Energy! A person can live 40 days w/o food A person can live four days w/o

water A person can live four minutes w/o

air A person can only live 4 seconds w/o

hope Lack of Hope and lack of Energy

seem to go hand in hand. Hope is a powerful thing! Embrace Hope and it will empower

you to live.



Hope Focuses Forward!

Hope always has a future. Hope opens to greater

possibilities. Hope requires expectations for

the future. Lack of Hope breeds

indifference toward the future. Hope brings motivation! Hope can be infectious!



Hope is a Difference Maker!

Hope looks for the lesson in defeat instead of leaving you feeling defeated.

Hope discovers what can be done instead of what can’t.

Hope regards problems as opportunities.

Hope lights a candle instead of hiding. Hope opens doors where despair

closes them! Hope draws it strength from what can

be instead of what was.



“Set your sights on the

highest mountain. Head in

that direction. When you get

there, you can see a whole lot

further.”

Roy S. Rood


Hope Needs to Be Cultivated Realize That Hope Is a Choice Hope is NOT a plan Change Your Thinking Win Some Small Victories

What composes your environment of Hope?


Hope Is A Choice Hope is in human DNA Optimism is the belief that

that things will get better - Passive

Hope is the faith that, together we can make things better. - Active

Choosing hope is always rewarded.



Change your Thinking If your expectations for life are

negative, you end up experiencing a lot of negatives.

Most people quit when they are close to success.

To renew hope requires intentionality & discipline

Very simple to say but much more difficult to live!



Win Some Small Victories Positive thinking must be

followed by positive doing. Nothing encourages hope

more than victory. Create positive

environments and you will create positive experiences.

Positive experiences encourage you to keep hoping.



Food for ThoughtWhen people sense Victory When people sense Defeat

They sacrifice to succeed. They give as little as possible.

They look for ways to win. They look for excuses.

They become energized. The become tired.

They follow the game plan. They forsake the game plan.

They help other team members.

They hurt others.

The Power of Hope. Hope Pays Off.

Hope Pays Back.


“Hoping for an effective

environment is a great goal, but hope

isn’t a strategy.”

Scott M. Fay

What are your intentions this week to cultivate Hope?

How do you motivate yourself to learn more and go farther than others believed possible?


Thank YouThanks for joining us in discussing the topic of HOPE 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!

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Phone: 630-935-3326

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