WHAT MAKES A WINNER

• This session will provide you with

a framework for thinking about
personal effectiveness and
developing specific skills and
courses of actions to become
personally effective.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us
“are tiny matters compared to
what lies within us”
Most people see EFFECTIVENESS from the
GOLDEN EGG PARADIGM

The The
more you more you EFFECTIVENESS
produce do
 If you only take care of the hen,
without safe keeping
the golden eggs,

you soon won’t have the means to

feed yourself or the hen.
 EFFECTIVENESS is a function of 2
things

The
What is producing
produced asset or
(the golden capacity to EFFECTIVENESS
eggs) produce (the
goose
 If you adopt a pattern of life that focuses
on golden eggs and neglects the hen, you
will soon be without the asset that produces
the golden eggs.

On the other hand, if you only take care of

the hen with no aim toward the golden eggs,
you soon won’t have the wherewithal to feed
yourself or the hen.
Effectiveness is…
maintaining the balance of
getting desired results and
enhancing personal
abilities and assets.
KINDS OF ASSETS

Physical
Financial
Human
Personal
Effectiveness is. . .

accepting yourself for

what you are.
GOALS OF PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

accomplishing what you want

actualizing your most

important values
 TRUE HAPPINESS & SUCCESS

Has to be achieved
within the parameters of one’s values
To be EFFECTIVE is To:

assume authority

accept responsibility

make a choice
3 BASIC ACTION TO
REACH PERSONAL
EFFECTIVENESS

Re - sponsibility
A - uthority
Ch - oice
Re - sponsibility

• You do not blame nor point a finger at

others.
• You consciously accept accountability, for
your actions and the consequences of your
actions.
• You own the responsibility for the present
quality of your life and for whatever
problems you may have at present.
Ineffective persons
end up as losers
Ineffective persons
believe they are
victims of
circumstances of
“bad luck” or fate.
The effective person or the

Winner
is internally-oriented
 Effective persons
attribute success to their skill and
competencies.
Winning for them is excelling at being,
not hurting other people or using them.
Four (4) Kinds of People

1. Those who wait.

2. Those who observe but don’t really know
what’s happening.
3. Those who merely react to situations and
events.
4. Those who make things happen.
A - authority
PERSONALLY EFFECTIVE INDIVIDUAL:

• achieve worthwhile results in their life by

deliberate thought and action;
• have clear vision of WHO and WHAT
they want to be;
• show INITIATIVE & LIKE TO STRUCTURE
their own job

•Story of the Secret of Life

 CH - Choice

PERSONALLY EFFECTIVE INDIVIDUAL:

• you must make a CHOICE based on your own

VALUES, GOALS & PRIORITIES;
• seek out needed information and aggressively
look for answers & solutions;
• seek ACTIVE PARTICIPATION &
involvement in the workplace activities
 THE
SUPERVISOR’S
ATTITUDE

AUTHORITY

FOUNDATION OF PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

 vs
WINNER
The winner - is always part of the
answer
The winner - always has a program
The winner - says “let me do it”
The winner - sees answer to every
problem
The winner – sees a green near
every sand trap
The winner - says, “it may be
difficult but it is possible.”
BE A WINNER
LOSER
The loser - is always part of the
problem
The loser - always has an excuse
The loser - says “that’s not my job”
The loser - sees problem to every
answer
The loser – sees two or three sand
traps near every green
The loser - says, “it may be
possible but it is difficult.”
ACTIVITY 1

NAME AREAS OF Why I consider this person Why I

a “winner”.
ENDEAVOR choose this
Qualities/attitudes/skills/h
abits which helped them “winner”
become personally
effective and a”winner”.