Personal Mastery : the “D” factor in Achieving Success

41st Annual SDASA ConferenceWORKSHOP

23 December 08 – 04 January 09University of North-West

(Mafikeng)

Boyce Mkhize, Adv

Personal Mastery : “D” FactorsExecutive SummaryThe world today is looking for highly effective, efficient, mobile, versatile, adaptable, influential, positive and successful individuals.

You cannot convince the world, let alone your locality about success when you bear no evidence of such success yourself

You must be the change that you seek to produce ---Mahatma Gandhi

Personal Mastery : “D” FactorsExecutive Summary

Challenges of the 21st Century modern, fast-paced and

economically active society

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Personal Mastery : “D” FactorsExecutive Summary

ApathyIndolenceLack of innovationContentment with successes of

yester yearsProcrastinationQualityGreed/self-centredness

Personal Mastery : “D” FactorsExecutive SummaryFreebiz!Culture of EntitlementPassing the Buck on ResponsibilityMisguided materialismDestructive Competition & Jealousy

Lack of Spiritual life

Personal Mastery : “D” FactorsExecutive Summary1. How does one become :- Effective Efficient Influential Successful?2. How do you make Employment

look for you instead of you looking for employment?

Personal Mastery : “D” FactorsExecutive SummaryHow do you Master yourself, considering that the greatest enemy to be conquered is SELF?

The Personal Success Formula found in “D”s

Personal Mastery

Personal Identity

Personal Identity

‘I will praise Thee for I am fearfully and wonderfully made, marvelous are Thy works’ [Psalm 139:14]

Personal IdentityKnow who you areKnow your make-upKnow your Source : Know your Power

Be clear about yourselfBe content but never be arrested by yourself or your past or current circumstances

Personal Mastery

Personal Purpose

Personal PurposeConviction about reason for existence

‘The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose. It is dangerous to live and not know why you were given life’---Dr Myles Munroe

Have a reason to live : no auto-pilot mode

Personal Purpose

‘The world steps aside for a man who knows where he is going’

Personal “D” Mastery

Dream Develop

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Discipline DiffusionDevotio

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Personal “D” Mastery5 Keys to Personal Mastery

Dream [vision]Development [progress]Diligence [hard work plus excellence]

Discipline [self-restraint & resilience]

Diffusion/Distribution [influence & Service]

Devotion [life connected to God]

Personal “D” MasteryDreamA night without a dream is death! Dreams are for people who realize that the present is not all and requires interference for the better

Discontent or dissatisfaction with the status quo gives birth to dreams

Personal “D” MasteryDreamDreaming is visualizing a state that is not to a point where the state is made to become alive and believed in!

‘I’ve got a home in glory”—when you do not have it here and have not seen the one in glory

Personal “D” MasteryDevelopmentDreams will remain dreams until acted upon

Incubate the dream – nurture the dream – develop the dream

Feed on stuff that will enhance dreaming and purposeful living

Personal “D” MasteryDevelopment

…whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue and if there be any praise, THINK ON THESE THINGS—Philippians 4:8

Personal “D” MasteryDevelopment

‘human beings should not be stagnant. Animals can grow only in mass, and when they reach their maximum size, there is no further growth. People, however, have a spiritual component which can continue to grow long after physical growth has come to an end…….Abraham Twerski

Personal “D” MasteryDevelopment

…..Spiritual growth and self-improvement invariably require making some changes in our behaviour, which are rarely easy. Some changes constitute major challenges and we might be frightened off by the discomfort in instituting them’. As long as we are confined by our previous experiences, we limit our possibilities for change’.

Personal “D” MasteryDevelopmentGod does not want us to be content with lazy, undisciplined minds, dull thoughts and loose memories… Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students pg 506

Personal “D” MasteryDiligenceCombination of hard work and quality (excellence)

No gain without pain!If you don’t go out on a limb, you will not reap the fruit

Stretch yourself and challenge comfort zone

Operate at a higher level

Personal “D” MasteryDiligenceWhatever you do, do your BEST as if you were working for the Lord, not for men….He will reward you when He comes, for it is the Lord whom you are serving [Colossians 3:23-25]

Whatever you do, do it with all thy might [Ecclesiastes 9:10 – ]

Personal “D” MasteryGreatest challenge in the world today is to achieve excellence in our various fields of endeavor. Even if your profession does not fall amongst the biggest, do your job so well that the living, the dead and the unborn could do it no better---Martin Luther King JR

Personal “D” MasteryDiscipline

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-discipline (sound mind) II Timothy 1:7

Thou therefore endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ…no man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life (II Timothy 2:3-4)

Personal “D” MasteryDiscipline

The self denial, temptations and sufferings that we go through because we are Christians, are not even worth mentioning when compared with the glory that God will bestow on us when He comes---Romans 8:18

Personal MasteryDisciplineResponsibility is about doing that which ought to be done at a time when it ought to be done and despising the personal cost to oneself

This is a life of understanding that you will forgo certain pleasures, conveniences and comforts for the sake of the greater cause!!

Personal “D” MasteryDiffusion

Diffusion …Interpenetration of substances by natural movement of particles

Fragrance – Ye are the salt of the earth! Ye are the light of the world. Let your light so shine that people will see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven!

Personal “D” MasteryDiffusionSpirit of sharing – open the doors for others

‘The effort to bless others will react in blessings upon ourselves—this was the purpose of God in giving us a part to play in the plan of redemption. The spirit of unselfish labour for others gives depth, stability and Christlike loveliness to the character and brings peace and happiness— Step to Christ

Personal “D” MasteryDiffusion..Those who thus devote themselves to unselfish effort for the good of others are most assuredly working out their own salvation’….Steps to Christ

Spirit of Service & BenevolenceTeam Player & Team effort

Personal “D” MasteryDiffusionPositive Influence – Dancing SpiritA pleasant spirit is life to the bones but a wretched spirit drains the body – Maintain a positive outlook in life: the glass is not half-empty but half-full, you have not failed you have just not succeeded yet!

Personal “D” MasteryDiffusionAn agent of HopeAn agent of LoveAn agent of PeaceAn agent of GraceAn agent of ForgivenessAn agent of JoyAn agent of Good NewsAn agent of Service

Personal “D”MasteryDevotionWhen thou art full and hast eaten good food, when your flocks are multiplied, beware that you do not forget the Lord…for it is He Who gives you power to make wealth’__Deutoronomy 8:12-17!

Personal “D” MasteryDevotionJohn 15 – just as the branch cannot bear fruits except it be attached to the vine, ye can also not bear any fruit without Me. I am the True Vine, whoever attaches to Me, shall bring forth great fruits!

Without faith, it is impossible to please God!

Personal “D” MasteryDevotionLooking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith : therefore the faith we have is not in our abilities, wisdom and intellect but it is in knowing that He Who began a good work in us shall see it to completion!

This knowledge humbles you because you know it’s not of your own but Him

Personal “D” MasteryDevotionThe foolishness of God is wiser than the wisest man and the weakness of God is stronger than the mightiest man!

I can do all things through Christ Who gives me strength!!!

Personal “D” MasteryDevotion

‘If you want to stay on top, stand on the shoulders of a giant’---Nashua

For unto us a son is born, a child is given, the government shall be upon His shoulders

Personal Master ToolkitKnow who you areHave a PurposeHave a DreamCreate a Brand for yourself [BoyceMkhize (Pty) Ltd

Be Quality ConsciousPunctual

Personal Mastery ToolkitBe diligent – work hardExcelBe disciplinedMaintain Spiritual Connection with God, the Source of Success (Jeremiah 29:11)

Go out there and conquer for you are more than a conquerer!

Conclusion

Try this Recipe for 2009 and see if you will not realize a

significant change in your life!

Good Luck!