Leadership Bootcamp Session 12: DDDDBC & The Hill

“The skill to do comes from the doing.” (Cicero)

“…and failing to do will allow those skills to atrophy.” (Schroeder)

Daily Disciplines Done Daily Build Character
- Growth precedes success: To have the next breakthrough success, one must change for the better
- I am either going forward or going backward in these areas:
  - Spiritual
  - Physical
  - Mental
  - Emotional
- Do a quick self-appraisal of your own disciplines, and do an inventory: compare where you are today, honestly, candidly, with where you were ninety days ago
  - Is your participation stronger…or is it weaker?
  - Don’t allow the magnitude of your success to confuse the need to participate in Daily Disciplines
  - When we do that which we set out to do, when we set goals, it is esteeming
  - That which can be measured can be improved; not that it will be improved, but it can be
  - If you are going forward, fantastic; if you are going backward, be very careful
The Hill…The Rock and Seasons
- In any field of endeavor, we find ourselves standing at the bottom of a steep hill
  - It is steep because we want to accomplish something substantial
  - In any endeavor, we have revenue producing activities
- Every time we engage in a revenue producing activities, we move the rock a little bit further up the hill
  - What if you had a steep hill and a big rock, and you got the rock half way up the hill, and then came this seasonal break, and you completely ignored the rock?
    - You must do something to keep yourself in the game to hold the rock in place
    - “The skill to do comes from the doing.”
      - If we allow those skills to atrophy, we can anticipate the rock rolling back down to the bottom of the hill
      - We want the skill to stay sharp so that we can accomplish more in the coming season
    - Even in these seasons, when it would seem perfectly logical to take time off, don’t take the time completely off
- Your own individual hill will not be the same grade as someone else’s
  - The hill is truly a personal growth hill
  - What is difficult? Becoming
  - Once we learn, grow, develop, and become, engaging in these required behaviors becomes a relatively simple thing
- Recognize that your rock is not going to stay stationary until such time as you arrive at the first plateau
  - The first plateau is when we have people in or organization who are accomplishing their goals
  - Now, they will stay engaged as a result of their positive outcome
The Value of a Day
- “Like the sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.”
- Every one of these days are times when we can accomplish something significant…we can become more
- We can confront ourselves and say
  - Why do I continue to behave in ways that disappoint me and others?
  - What can I do to change?
  - In this 24 hour period:
    - I’m going to be less selfish and more selfless
    - I’m going to seek someone else out who needs help, and offer that help
    - I’m going to work hard at developing a new skill
    - I’m going to be a better son/daughter
    - I’m going to be more attentive to my children
    - I’m going to be a better friend
- The value of every day is extraordinary, and we never know when those breakthrough moments are going to be presented to us
  - Recognize the value of every single day:
    - Today might just be that breakthrough day
    - Today might be that day that I meet the person who helps me make a significant change in my life

Whether or not you believe it, I believe deeply and completely, from the center of my being, that you can have it all!

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