Executive Development Training Programs
Introduction
Your life is important. Whether you achieve what you want in life matters. Whether you are happy matters. Honor and fight for your highest potential. Self-realization - the realization of the best within you - is the noblest goal of your existence.
Sentence completion work is a deceptively simple yet uniquely powerful tool for raising self-understanding, self-esteem, and personal and professional effectiveness. It rests on the premise that all of us have more resources than we normally are aware of; more potentials than ordinarily show up in our behavior. Sentence completion is a tool for accessing and activating these unrecognized resources.
The essence of the procedure, as we will use it here, is to write an incomplete sentence, a sentence stem, and to keep adding difference endings. The sole requirements are that each endings grammatically complete the sentence and that each ending be different (at least six, more is better). You can write in a notebook or work with a computer.
Write as rapidly as possible. No pauses to think; no worrying about whether any particular ending is profound, relevant, or significant. The speed of your progress depends in part of the level of focus and consciousness you bring to the work both while doing it and later when reviewing and reflecting on your endings.
Integrate them into your daily practice ... then your work would benefit while you as human benefited. You would grow professionally at the same time that you grow personally. Achievement would rise and self-esteem would rise. In this sense, work has the potential of being a spiritual discipline - of that is how it is approached. If a concern to grow in integrity is not a concern of the spirit, I do not know what is. It is also concern with profound ramifications for business success. Soul work is essential to meeting the challenges of an information economy.
One example of a sentence stem:
If I take full responsibility of my choices and actions
I’d be more aware that my choices have a tremendous impact in shaping my life.
I’d think deeply about the impact of my choices before making any decision.
I’d make my mind really clear before making any important decision.
. . .
. . .
. . .
These sentence completion programs practiced by companies like GE, Motorola, Intel, Walt Mart, Walt Disney below were designed to building an ability to become high performance executive and it’s also equivalent to building an ability to create a powerful company. In terms of producing dramatic, bottom-line results, these have been the most successful programs ever developed.
Subject of the executive development training programs (3 programs):
1. Raising Performance (20 weeks)
2. Personal Growth/Taking Responsibility (30 weeks)
3. Development of People Skills/Managing Skills (21 weeks)
For each day of the week, Monday through Friday, there are four to five basic stems to be completed. At the start of each day, before beginning work, do at least six endings for each stem. From day to day, inevitably there will be repetitions. That is not a problem, but do not allow repetitions on the same day. This practice itself, done repetitively, brings about integration. Later, reflect on what you have written in the evening.
I. Raising Performance (week 1)
If I take full responsibility for my standard of living . . .
If I bring a higher level of awareness to my work life . . .
If I look at my work life realistically . . .
If I think all team members as my partners . . .
If I take full responsibility of my choices and actions . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 2)
If I look at how I spend my time . . .
If I think about how I set my priorities . . .
When I reflect on the level of awareness I bring to my work life . . .
If I think about how I invest my time . . .
If I want to be perceived as an effective team player . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to keep customer for life . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 3)
If I were to commit myself to achieving greater financial success . . .
If I were willing to work using everything I know . . .
If I reflect on what it means to take full responsibility for my standard of living . . .
If I reflect on how it might feel to commit myself fully to financial success . . .
A really innovative approach to my work might include/entail . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 4)
If I reflect on what it means to use everything I know . . .
If I take full responsibility for my choices and actions . . .
If I take full responsibility for how I deal with people . . .
If I remain in full mental focus every moment today . . .
If I were convinced what I do makes a difference . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want customers to trust and admire our company . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 5)
If I reflect on what it means to take responsibility for my choices and actions . . .
If I reflect on what it means to take responsibility for how I deal with people . . .
If I bring higher level of awareness to my social anxieties . . .
If I reflect on what I would do if I remained in full mental focus at work today . . .
If I want every one in our team to pull together . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 6)
Morning
If I commit myself to raising my standard of living . . .
If I commit myself to a high level of success . . .
If I want to be more innovative in my work . . .
If I want to contribute ten percent more to my team’s efforts . . .
If I want to achieve breakthrough in my work …
Sales & Marketing: If I want to raise my performance by ten percent . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 7)
Morning
If I stay focus on the goal of being more successful . . .
If I treat listening as a creative act . . .
If I bring a higher level of purpose to my daily activities . . .
If I want to raise the level of my creativity . . .
Team: Our team might be more effective if we …
Sales & Marketing: If I want to raise my performance by ten percent . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 8)
Morning
If I notice how people are affected by the quality of my listening . . .
If I bring a higher level of self-responsibility to my daily activities . . .
If I bring a higher level of benevolence to my dealings with people . . .
If I want to be perceived as trustworthy . . .
Team: If I want my team members to feel accepted and respected by me …
Sales & Marketing: The scary thing about performing at a higher level is . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 9)
Morning
If I am fully present to whoever is talking to me . . .
If I am fully present to whatever I am doing . . .
If I keep my career goals clearly in focus . . .
If I look for opportunities to contribute . . .
Team: If I want to translate my understandings into action . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to translate my understandings into action . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 10)
Morning
If I treat myself with respect when dealing with other people . . .
If I treat other people with respect . . .
If I bring a higher level of integrity to all my dealings with people . . .
If I choose to set an example of personal integrity . . .
Team: If I want my associates to have confidence in me . . .
Sales & Marketing: One way to raise sales is . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 11)
Morning
If I take success seriously as a goal . . .
If I stay focused and committed to greater success . . .
If I think of success as natural and appropriate to me . . .
If I breath deeply and experience my own power . . .
Team: If I commit myself to a higher level of contribution . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I commit myself to raising my level of sales . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 12)
Morning
If I choose to give my best at work today . . .
If I bring a higher level of benevolence to whomever I deal with today . . .
If I want to convert my dreams into realities, I need to . . .
If I really want the life I say I want . . .
Team: If I want our team to see me as a valued member . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want out customers to feel deeply attached to our company . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 13)
Morning
If I tap into a power within me I’ve never fully used . . .
If I pay more attention to how I deal with people today. . .
If I want to bring more clarity and purpose to my work today . . .
If I bring a higher level of enthusiasm to my work today. . .
Team: If I bring more benevolence to my dealings with team members . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I bring more benevolence to my interactions with people . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 14)
Morning
If I operate as if my work will determine the success or failure of my company . . .
If I want to take more pleasure in my work, I will . . .
If I want to take more pride in my work, I will . . .
If I want to operate more self-responsibly at work, I will . . .
Team: If I want to be a superb team player . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I can accept operating at a higher level . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 15)
Morning
If I approach my work as opportunity for self-development . . .
If I bring a higher level of self-esteem to my work . . .
If I want to make it easier and more pleasant for others to deal with me . . .
If I give people the experience of being seen and heard by me . . .
Team: If I want t contribute more to my team . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to be more creative in my work . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 16)
Morning
If I bring a higher level of consciousness to my work today . . .
If I bring a higher level of benevolence to my dealings with people today . . .
If I operate with a higher level of self-responsibility today . . .
If I bring more integrity to my work today . . .
Team: If I bring a higher level of consciousness to my team interactions . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I bring a higher level of consciousness to our clients or customers . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 17)
Morning
If I bring a higher level of purposefulness to my work today . . .
If I operate more self-assertively today . . .
If I want to break through to a higher level of performance in my work today . . .
If I want my work to bring me more joy . . .
Team: If I want to bring more excitement to our team . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to bring more excitement to my work . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 18)
Morning
If I look for challenges to my creativity today . . .
If I look for challenges to my resourcefulness today . . .
If I bring a higher level of excitement to my work . . .
If I want to feel more pride in my work . . .
Team: If I keep expanding my vision of what is possible to me . . .
Sales & Marketing: As I keep expanding my vision of what is possible to me . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 19)
Morning
If I take full responsibility for the attainment of my desires . . .
I feel proud of myself at work when . . .
If I commit myself at work to using everything I know . . .
If I treat my goals and aspirations with respect . . .
Team: If I want to help energize my team . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to operate at a high level of motivation . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 20)
Morning
If I accept success as natural and appropriate to me . . .
I my self-concept expands to a higher vision of my possibilities . . .
If I fully deserve whatever I am able to earn . . .
As I grow more comfortable with higher levels of performance . . .
Team: One of the things my team needs from me is . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I can see myself as a much higher level producer . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
If you’ve done this first part of the exercise (Raising Performance) regularly, you feel a significant expansion of awareness combined with enhanced motivation and improved performance. What the program demonstrates in action is the energizing power of awareness in the workplace.
Next week we’ll start with the second part of the training: Personal Growth/Taking Responsibility (30 weeks) with the same procedure: For each day of the week, Monday through Friday, there are four to five basic stems to be completed. At the start of each day, before beginning work, do at least six endings for each stem. From day to day, inevitably there will be repetitions. That is not a problem, but do not allow repetitions on the same day. This practice itself, done repetitively, brings about integration. Write as rapidly as possible. No pauses to think; no worrying about whether any particular ending is profound, relevant, or significant. The speed of your progress depends in part of the level of focus and consciousness you bring to the work both while doing it in the morning and later when reviewing and reflecting on your endings in the evening.
II. Personal Growth/Taking Responsibility (week 1)
Morning
Self-responsibility to me means . . .
Independence to me means . . .
Thinking for myself means . . .
Trusting my own mind means . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 2)
Morning
If I operate more self-responsibility today . . .
If I think for myself today . . .
If I bring more awareness to my deepest needs and wants . . .
If I bring more awareness to what I truly think and feel . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 3)
Morning
If I am more straightforward about what I think and feel today . . .
If I operate more self-assertively today . . .
If I operate my wants and needs with more respect today . . .
If I express myself calmly and dignity today . . .
If I want to translate these ideas into action . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 4)
Morning
If I pay more attention to my inner signals today . . .
If I am more truthful in my dealings with people today . . .
If I am self-accepting today . . .
If I am self-accepting even when I make mistakes . . .
If these ideas start working in my subconscious mind . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 5)
Morning
If I disown what I am thinking and feeling . . .
If I place other people’s thoughts above my own . . .
When I look at what I do to impress people . . .
If I fake who I am to make myself “likeable”. . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 6)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my feelings today . . .
If I deny and disown my feelings . . .
If I am more accepting of my thoughts . . .
If I deny and disown my thoughts . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 7)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my fears . . .
If I deny and disown my fears . . .
If I am more accepting of my pains . . .
If I deny and disown my pains . . .
Right now it seems obvious that . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 8)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my desire to be liked . . .
If I deny and disown my desire to be liked . . .
If I learn to manage my desire for approval . . .
If I can acknowledge my desire for approval without being controlled by it . . .
If I want to translate these ideas into action . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 9)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my deepest self . . .
If I deny and disown my deepest self . . .
If I am more accepting of my intelligence . . .
If I deny and disown my intelligence . . .
If I allow myself understand what I am writing . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 10)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my thoughts and feelings, whether or not anyone shares them . . .
If I deny and disown thoughts and feelings others do not share . . .
If I betray my thoughts and feelings in action . . .
If I honor my thoughts and feelings in action. . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 11)
Morning
If I imagine being more self-responsible . . .
If I imagine being more independent . . .
If I imagine looking at things through my own eyes . . .
If I take more responsibility for the ideas I live by . . .
If these ideas start working in my subconscious mind . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 12)
Morning
If I honor my judgment today . . .
Sometimes I keep myself passive when I . . .
Sometimes I makes myself helpless when I . . .
If I pretend to be less than I am . . .
If I allow myself to absorb what I am writing . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 13)
Morning
If I bring more integrity into my relationships . . .
If I take more responsibility for my choice of companions . . .
If I take more responsibility for my personal happiness . . .
If I take more responsibility for the level of my self-esteem . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 14)
Morning
If I live more authentically today . . .
If I treat my thoughts and feelings with respect today . . .
If I experiment with being more self-assertive today . . .
If I am willing to see what I see and know what I know . . .
If I fully face the meaning of what I am writing . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 15)
Morning
If I hold myself accountable for my promises and commitments . . .
If I stop all excuse-making and alibiing . . .
If I refuse to surrender to helplessness . . .
If I were willing to say “yes” when I want to say “yes” and “no” when I want to say “no” . . .
If I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 16)
Morning:
If I were willing to let people see who I am . . .
If I took more responsibility for delivering on my commitments . . .
If I operate more self-responsibility at my work . . .
If I choose to translate these ideas into action . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 17)
Morning:
If I stay connected with what I truly think and feel . . .
If I take more responsibility for fulfilling my wants . . .
If I refuse to blame anyone . . .
If I make my happiness a conscious goal . . .
Right now it seems clear . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 18)
Morning:
If I look people in the eyes and tell the truth today . . .
If I refuse to be ruled by fear of disapproval . . .
If I refuse to hide who I am . . .
If I am simple, honest, and straightforward today . . .
If I allow what I am writing to fully penetrate . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 19)
Morning:
If I bring more integrity to my relationships . . .
If I remain loyal to the values I believe are right . . .
If I refuse to live by values I do not respect . . .
If I treat myself with respect . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 20)
Morning:
If I accept responsibility for my life and well-being . . .
If I accept responsibility for my choices and decisions . . .
If I accept responsibility for my actions . . .
If I accept responsibility for how I deal with people . . .
If I choose to translate these ideas into actions . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 21)
Morning:
If I want to grow in independence, I will need to . . .
If I want to grow in self-esteem, I will need to . . .
If I want to be more authentic, I will need to . . .
If I want to outgrow dependency, I will need to . . .
If I am willing to experiment with these ideas in action . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 22)
Morning:
If I look at things through my own eyes today . . .
If I am willing to see what I see and know what I know . . .
If I am truthful today, even if it’s difficult . . .
I grow in self-esteem when I . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 23)
Morning:
If I operate more self-responsibility today . . .
If I operate more self-assertively today . . .
If I operate more authentically today . . .
If I operate more honestly today . . .
Right now it seems clear that . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 24)
Morning:
As I grow in self-responsibility . . .
As I grow in independence . . .
As I learn to say what I truly think and feel . . .
As I learn to look at things through my own eyes . . .
If these ideas start working in my subconscious mind . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 25)
Morning:
Sometimes when I am afraid of self-responsibility I . . .
Sometimes when I am afraid of independence I . . .
If I want to outgrow any fear I have of self-responsibility . . . .
If I want to outgrow any fear I have of independence . . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 26)
Morning:
One of the things I’ve been learning through this program is . . .
As I notice how I feel when I am being self-responsible and when I am not fully . . .
As I notice how I feel when I am being authentic and when I am not fully . . .
As I notice how I feel when I am honest and when I am not fully . . .
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 27)
Morning:
I feel most proud of myself when I . . .
I feel least proud of myself when I . . .
If I give myself credit for my willingness to struggle . . .
If I give myself credit for my dedication to personal growth . . .
If I allow myself to understand what I am writing . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 28)
Morning:
As I learn to translate what I am learning into action . . .
As I continue to struggle, even when it’s difficult . . .
If I choose to persevere, no matter how long it takes . . .
One of the ways I am changing is . . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 29)
Morning:
As my understanding of self-responsibility deepens . . .
As my understanding of independence deepens . . .
As I learn to be more authentic when dealing with people . . .
As everything I am learning takes root in my deeper mind . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 30)
Morning:
As I learn to operate at higher level of self-responsibility . . .
As I learn to operate at higher level of independence . . .
As I learn to pay more attention to what I truly think and feel . . .
As I learn to treat myself with more respect . . .
As I go on translating these learnings into action . . .
When you compete this thirty-week program and want to carry the work further, I suggest that you go through the entire program again, from the beginning. It will be a new experience for you in many ways because, having gone through it once, your context has changed. You can do this program over and over, if you have the commitment to keep growing in this area of personal growth.
Your life is important. Whether you achieve what you want in life matters. Whether you are happy matters. Honor and fight for your highest potential. Self-realization - the realization of the best within you - is the noblest goal of your existence.
Sentence completion work is a deceptively simple yet uniquely powerful tool for raising self-understanding, self-esteem, and personal and professional effectiveness. It rests on the premise that all of us have more resources than we normally are aware of; more potentials than ordinarily show up in our behavior. Sentence completion is a tool for accessing and activating these unrecognized resources.
The essence of the procedure, as we will use it here, is to write an incomplete sentence, a sentence stem, and to keep adding difference endings. The sole requirements are that each endings grammatically complete the sentence and that each ending be different (at least six, more is better). You can write in a notebook or work with a computer.
Write as rapidly as possible. No pauses to think; no worrying about whether any particular ending is profound, relevant, or significant. The speed of your progress depends in part of the level of focus and consciousness you bring to the work both while doing it and later when reviewing and reflecting on your endings.
Integrate them into your daily practice ... then your work would benefit while you as human benefited. You would grow professionally at the same time that you grow personally. Achievement would rise and self-esteem would rise. In this sense, work has the potential of being a spiritual discipline - of that is how it is approached. If a concern to grow in integrity is not a concern of the spirit, I do not know what is. It is also concern with profound ramifications for business success. Soul work is essential to meeting the challenges of an information economy.
One example of a sentence stem:
If I take full responsibility of my choices and actions
I’d be more aware that my choices have a tremendous impact in shaping my life.
I’d think deeply about the impact of my choices before making any decision.
I’d make my mind really clear before making any important decision.
. . .
. . .
. . .
These sentence completion programs practiced by companies like GE, Motorola, Intel, Walt Mart, Walt Disney below were designed to building an ability to become high performance executive and it’s also equivalent to building an ability to create a powerful company. In terms of producing dramatic, bottom-line results, these have been the most successful programs ever developed.
Subject of the executive development training programs (3 programs):
1. Raising Performance (20 weeks)
2. Personal Growth/Taking Responsibility (30 weeks)
3. Development of People Skills/Managing Skills (21 weeks)
For each day of the week, Monday through Friday, there are four to five basic stems to be completed. At the start of each day, before beginning work, do at least six endings for each stem. From day to day, inevitably there will be repetitions. That is not a problem, but do not allow repetitions on the same day. This practice itself, done repetitively, brings about integration. Later, reflect on what you have written in the evening.
I. Raising Performance (week 1)
If I take full responsibility for my standard of living . . .
If I bring a higher level of awareness to my work life . . .
If I look at my work life realistically . . .
If I think all team members as my partners . . .
If I take full responsibility of my choices and actions . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 2)
If I look at how I spend my time . . .
If I think about how I set my priorities . . .
When I reflect on the level of awareness I bring to my work life . . .
If I think about how I invest my time . . .
If I want to be perceived as an effective team player . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to keep customer for life . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 3)
If I were to commit myself to achieving greater financial success . . .
If I were willing to work using everything I know . . .
If I reflect on what it means to take full responsibility for my standard of living . . .
If I reflect on how it might feel to commit myself fully to financial success . . .
A really innovative approach to my work might include/entail . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 4)
If I reflect on what it means to use everything I know . . .
If I take full responsibility for my choices and actions . . .
If I take full responsibility for how I deal with people . . .
If I remain in full mental focus every moment today . . .
If I were convinced what I do makes a difference . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want customers to trust and admire our company . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 5)
If I reflect on what it means to take responsibility for my choices and actions . . .
If I reflect on what it means to take responsibility for how I deal with people . . .
If I bring higher level of awareness to my social anxieties . . .
If I reflect on what I would do if I remained in full mental focus at work today . . .
If I want every one in our team to pull together . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 6)
Morning
If I commit myself to raising my standard of living . . .
If I commit myself to a high level of success . . .
If I want to be more innovative in my work . . .
If I want to contribute ten percent more to my team’s efforts . . .
If I want to achieve breakthrough in my work …
Sales & Marketing: If I want to raise my performance by ten percent . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 7)
Morning
If I stay focus on the goal of being more successful . . .
If I treat listening as a creative act . . .
If I bring a higher level of purpose to my daily activities . . .
If I want to raise the level of my creativity . . .
Team: Our team might be more effective if we …
Sales & Marketing: If I want to raise my performance by ten percent . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 8)
Morning
If I notice how people are affected by the quality of my listening . . .
If I bring a higher level of self-responsibility to my daily activities . . .
If I bring a higher level of benevolence to my dealings with people . . .
If I want to be perceived as trustworthy . . .
Team: If I want my team members to feel accepted and respected by me …
Sales & Marketing: The scary thing about performing at a higher level is . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 9)
Morning
If I am fully present to whoever is talking to me . . .
If I am fully present to whatever I am doing . . .
If I keep my career goals clearly in focus . . .
If I look for opportunities to contribute . . .
Team: If I want to translate my understandings into action . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to translate my understandings into action . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 10)
Morning
If I treat myself with respect when dealing with other people . . .
If I treat other people with respect . . .
If I bring a higher level of integrity to all my dealings with people . . .
If I choose to set an example of personal integrity . . .
Team: If I want my associates to have confidence in me . . .
Sales & Marketing: One way to raise sales is . . .
Evening
When I reflect on what I’ve become aware of today . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 11)
Morning
If I take success seriously as a goal . . .
If I stay focused and committed to greater success . . .
If I think of success as natural and appropriate to me . . .
If I breath deeply and experience my own power . . .
Team: If I commit myself to a higher level of contribution . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I commit myself to raising my level of sales . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 12)
Morning
If I choose to give my best at work today . . .
If I bring a higher level of benevolence to whomever I deal with today . . .
If I want to convert my dreams into realities, I need to . . .
If I really want the life I say I want . . .
Team: If I want our team to see me as a valued member . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want out customers to feel deeply attached to our company . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 13)
Morning
If I tap into a power within me I’ve never fully used . . .
If I pay more attention to how I deal with people today. . .
If I want to bring more clarity and purpose to my work today . . .
If I bring a higher level of enthusiasm to my work today. . .
Team: If I bring more benevolence to my dealings with team members . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I bring more benevolence to my interactions with people . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 14)
Morning
If I operate as if my work will determine the success or failure of my company . . .
If I want to take more pleasure in my work, I will . . .
If I want to take more pride in my work, I will . . .
If I want to operate more self-responsibly at work, I will . . .
Team: If I want to be a superb team player . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I can accept operating at a higher level . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 15)
Morning
If I approach my work as opportunity for self-development . . .
If I bring a higher level of self-esteem to my work . . .
If I want to make it easier and more pleasant for others to deal with me . . .
If I give people the experience of being seen and heard by me . . .
Team: If I want t contribute more to my team . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to be more creative in my work . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 16)
Morning
If I bring a higher level of consciousness to my work today . . .
If I bring a higher level of benevolence to my dealings with people today . . .
If I operate with a higher level of self-responsibility today . . .
If I bring more integrity to my work today . . .
Team: If I bring a higher level of consciousness to my team interactions . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I bring a higher level of consciousness to our clients or customers . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 17)
Morning
If I bring a higher level of purposefulness to my work today . . .
If I operate more self-assertively today . . .
If I want to break through to a higher level of performance in my work today . . .
If I want my work to bring me more joy . . .
Team: If I want to bring more excitement to our team . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to bring more excitement to my work . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 18)
Morning
If I look for challenges to my creativity today . . .
If I look for challenges to my resourcefulness today . . .
If I bring a higher level of excitement to my work . . .
If I want to feel more pride in my work . . .
Team: If I keep expanding my vision of what is possible to me . . .
Sales & Marketing: As I keep expanding my vision of what is possible to me . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 19)
Morning
If I take full responsibility for the attainment of my desires . . .
I feel proud of myself at work when . . .
If I commit myself at work to using everything I know . . .
If I treat my goals and aspirations with respect . . .
Team: If I want to help energize my team . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I want to operate at a high level of motivation . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
I. Raising Performance (week 20)
Morning
If I accept success as natural and appropriate to me . . .
I my self-concept expands to a higher vision of my possibilities . . .
If I fully deserve whatever I am able to earn . . .
As I grow more comfortable with higher levels of performance . . .
Team: One of the things my team needs from me is . . .
Sales & Marketing: If I can see myself as a much higher level producer . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
If you’ve done this first part of the exercise (Raising Performance) regularly, you feel a significant expansion of awareness combined with enhanced motivation and improved performance. What the program demonstrates in action is the energizing power of awareness in the workplace.
Next week we’ll start with the second part of the training: Personal Growth/Taking Responsibility (30 weeks) with the same procedure: For each day of the week, Monday through Friday, there are four to five basic stems to be completed. At the start of each day, before beginning work, do at least six endings for each stem. From day to day, inevitably there will be repetitions. That is not a problem, but do not allow repetitions on the same day. This practice itself, done repetitively, brings about integration. Write as rapidly as possible. No pauses to think; no worrying about whether any particular ending is profound, relevant, or significant. The speed of your progress depends in part of the level of focus and consciousness you bring to the work both while doing it in the morning and later when reviewing and reflecting on your endings in the evening.
II. Personal Growth/Taking Responsibility (week 1)
Morning
Self-responsibility to me means . . .
Independence to me means . . .
Thinking for myself means . . .
Trusting my own mind means . . .
Evening
If any of what I am writing is true, it might be helpful if . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 2)
Morning
If I operate more self-responsibility today . . .
If I think for myself today . . .
If I bring more awareness to my deepest needs and wants . . .
If I bring more awareness to what I truly think and feel . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 3)
Morning
If I am more straightforward about what I think and feel today . . .
If I operate more self-assertively today . . .
If I operate my wants and needs with more respect today . . .
If I express myself calmly and dignity today . . .
If I want to translate these ideas into action . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 4)
Morning
If I pay more attention to my inner signals today . . .
If I am more truthful in my dealings with people today . . .
If I am self-accepting today . . .
If I am self-accepting even when I make mistakes . . .
If these ideas start working in my subconscious mind . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 5)
Morning
If I disown what I am thinking and feeling . . .
If I place other people’s thoughts above my own . . .
When I look at what I do to impress people . . .
If I fake who I am to make myself “likeable”. . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 6)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my feelings today . . .
If I deny and disown my feelings . . .
If I am more accepting of my thoughts . . .
If I deny and disown my thoughts . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 7)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my fears . . .
If I deny and disown my fears . . .
If I am more accepting of my pains . . .
If I deny and disown my pains . . .
Right now it seems obvious that . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 8)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my desire to be liked . . .
If I deny and disown my desire to be liked . . .
If I learn to manage my desire for approval . . .
If I can acknowledge my desire for approval without being controlled by it . . .
If I want to translate these ideas into action . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 9)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my deepest self . . .
If I deny and disown my deepest self . . .
If I am more accepting of my intelligence . . .
If I deny and disown my intelligence . . .
If I allow myself understand what I am writing . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 10)
Morning
If I am more accepting of my thoughts and feelings, whether or not anyone shares them . . .
If I deny and disown thoughts and feelings others do not share . . .
If I betray my thoughts and feelings in action . . .
If I honor my thoughts and feelings in action. . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 11)
Morning
If I imagine being more self-responsible . . .
If I imagine being more independent . . .
If I imagine looking at things through my own eyes . . .
If I take more responsibility for the ideas I live by . . .
If these ideas start working in my subconscious mind . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 12)
Morning
If I honor my judgment today . . .
Sometimes I keep myself passive when I . . .
Sometimes I makes myself helpless when I . . .
If I pretend to be less than I am . . .
If I allow myself to absorb what I am writing . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 13)
Morning
If I bring more integrity into my relationships . . .
If I take more responsibility for my choice of companions . . .
If I take more responsibility for my personal happiness . . .
If I take more responsibility for the level of my self-esteem . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 14)
Morning
If I live more authentically today . . .
If I treat my thoughts and feelings with respect today . . .
If I experiment with being more self-assertive today . . .
If I am willing to see what I see and know what I know . . .
If I fully face the meaning of what I am writing . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 15)
Morning
If I hold myself accountable for my promises and commitments . . .
If I stop all excuse-making and alibiing . . .
If I refuse to surrender to helplessness . . .
If I were willing to say “yes” when I want to say “yes” and “no” when I want to say “no” . . .
If I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 16)
Morning:
If I were willing to let people see who I am . . .
If I took more responsibility for delivering on my commitments . . .
If I operate more self-responsibility at my work . . .
If I choose to translate these ideas into action . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 17)
Morning:
If I stay connected with what I truly think and feel . . .
If I take more responsibility for fulfilling my wants . . .
If I refuse to blame anyone . . .
If I make my happiness a conscious goal . . .
Right now it seems clear . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 18)
Morning:
If I look people in the eyes and tell the truth today . . .
If I refuse to be ruled by fear of disapproval . . .
If I refuse to hide who I am . . .
If I am simple, honest, and straightforward today . . .
If I allow what I am writing to fully penetrate . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 19)
Morning:
If I bring more integrity to my relationships . . .
If I remain loyal to the values I believe are right . . .
If I refuse to live by values I do not respect . . .
If I treat myself with respect . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 20)
Morning:
If I accept responsibility for my life and well-being . . .
If I accept responsibility for my choices and decisions . . .
If I accept responsibility for my actions . . .
If I accept responsibility for how I deal with people . . .
If I choose to translate these ideas into actions . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 21)
Morning:
If I want to grow in independence, I will need to . . .
If I want to grow in self-esteem, I will need to . . .
If I want to be more authentic, I will need to . . .
If I want to outgrow dependency, I will need to . . .
If I am willing to experiment with these ideas in action . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 22)
Morning:
If I look at things through my own eyes today . . .
If I am willing to see what I see and know what I know . . .
If I am truthful today, even if it’s difficult . . .
I grow in self-esteem when I . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 23)
Morning:
If I operate more self-responsibility today . . .
If I operate more self-assertively today . . .
If I operate more authentically today . . .
If I operate more honestly today . . .
Right now it seems clear that . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 24)
Morning:
As I grow in self-responsibility . . .
As I grow in independence . . .
As I learn to say what I truly think and feel . . .
As I learn to look at things through my own eyes . . .
If these ideas start working in my subconscious mind . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 25)
Morning:
Sometimes when I am afraid of self-responsibility I . . .
Sometimes when I am afraid of independence I . . .
If I want to outgrow any fear I have of self-responsibility . . . .
If I want to outgrow any fear I have of independence . . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 26)
Morning:
One of the things I’ve been learning through this program is . . .
As I notice how I feel when I am being self-responsible and when I am not fully . . .
As I notice how I feel when I am being authentic and when I am not fully . . .
As I notice how I feel when I am honest and when I am not fully . . .
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 27)
Morning:
I feel most proud of myself when I . . .
I feel least proud of myself when I . . .
If I give myself credit for my willingness to struggle . . .
If I give myself credit for my dedication to personal growth . . .
If I allow myself to understand what I am writing . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 28)
Morning:
As I learn to translate what I am learning into action . . .
As I continue to struggle, even when it’s difficult . . .
If I choose to persevere, no matter how long it takes . . .
One of the ways I am changing is . . .
I am beginning to suspect . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 29)
Morning:
As my understanding of self-responsibility deepens . . .
As my understanding of independence deepens . . .
As I learn to be more authentic when dealing with people . . .
As everything I am learning takes root in my deeper mind . . .
Evening:
I am becoming aware . . .
II. Personal Growth (week 30)
Morning:
As I learn to operate at higher level of self-responsibility . . .
As I learn to operate at higher level of independence . . .
As I learn to pay more attention to what I truly think and feel . . .
As I learn to treat myself with more respect . . .
As I go on translating these learnings into action . . .
When you compete this thirty-week program and want to carry the work further, I suggest that you go through the entire program again, from the beginning. It will be a new experience for you in many ways because, having gone through it once, your context has changed. You can do this program over and over, if you have the commitment to keep growing in this area of personal growth.
posted by Inspirational Articles at Thursday, April 20, 2006
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