Principles and Paradigms

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Principles and Paradigms

• Leadership Lessons in Personal Change

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Life through your EYES!
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How will I see life? A PARADIGM!!!
SHAPED BY

• Assumptions
• Ideas or concepts
• Beliefs and values
• Current practices
• IT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE!

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What is your paradigm?

• Concerning your family
• Concerning your friends
• Concerning School
• Concerning LIFE!

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New Level of Thinking

• The significant problems we face cannot be
  solved at the same level of thinking we were at
  when we created them
• Albert Einstein

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Weak ways to solve issues.

• Its the problem of others. Let them deal with
  it.
• Look at the symptoms and ignore the root cause
• Expect some magic techniques and quick fixes.
• The real solution may be a long process and
  require significant efforts

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How do I put on the NEW paradigm glasses?
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Paradigm - How do we see things?

• The lens we all wear
• We all see things through our own Paradigms,
  which are our own ways of thinking.
• We may not know the paradigm exists, like contact
  lens. We think what we see is objective. But it
  may not be.
• Two people can see the same thing, disagree and
  yet both be right.
• Our unique experience creates the lens

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Power of the Paradigm

• Paradigm is our map
• Reality, the way things are, where are we now.
• Value, the way things should be, where do we want
  to be
• Paradigm determines
• Our attitudes
• Our behaviors

• Wrong map
• Try to find ways in New York using a map of
  Chicago.
• Working on attitudes and behaviors wont help.

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What to do with our Paradigms?

• Be aware of them
• Take responsibilities of them, examine them, test
  them against reality
• Listen to others, be open to their perspectives
• Get the large picture

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Paradigm shift - See things differently

• Paradigm shift is powerful
• Fundamentally change our attitudes and behaviors
• The only way for us to make significant and
  quantum changes
• Science
• From Earth center to Sun center
• From bloodletting to germ theory
• Society
• From Kings to Democracy
• Life
• Life threaten crisis
• Step into a new role

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Solve our problems

• What are the maps we are using?
• The way we see things
• The way we handle things
• Are the maps correct?
• Can they explain our current situation?
• Can we get to the destination using them?
• Are we lost using the current map?
• Change the map

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Thoughts about my own problem

• My old paradigms
• There is only one successful career path for me.
  I rely on others to make things happen.
• Being in love is sweet and all about happiness.
• As long as I have what I want, every problem will
  be resolved.
• My attitude and behaviors are solely based on
  those paradigms.
• Are they correct?

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Whats the correct map?

• Principles
• Real, unchanging, unarguable and self-evident as
  natural laws
• Universally applicable among different societies
  and religions

• Examples
• Only if you are trustworthy, you can earn long
  term trust
• Principles determine the results
• Correct map are Principle-Centered

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How to change the map?

• Inside-out
• Start with yourself
• Paradigms
• Characters
• Motives
• Private victory precedes public victory
• Keep Promise to ourselves before to others
• Improve ourselves before we improve our
  relationships
• Work on our character before we work on
  personalities
• Continuing renewal process

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Inside-out examples

• To have a good friends
• Generate positive energy
• Sidestep negative energy
• More understanding
• Empathic
• Consistent
• To have more freedom and more latitude in your
  future job
• Be more responsible
• Be More helpful
• To be trusted
• Be trustworthy

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Put the map inside us, permanently

• Characters
• Relatively permanent
• Distinguishing features
• Manifest when relates to others and reacts to
  various kinds of challenges
• Examples
• Courage
• Honesty
• Loyalty

• Characters determine our destiny
• Determine our actions and reactions
• Determine how people see us and treat us

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Characters Ethic vs. Personalities Ethic

• Characters Ethic
• The foundation of success come from the
  Characters like Integrity, Humility, Courage
• Personalities Ethic
• Human and Public Relationship techniques
• Positive Mental Attitude
• Characters vs. Personalities
• Inside-out vs. Outside-in
• Permanent vs. Inconsistent
• Natural vs. Artificial

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The New Paradigm

• The new level of thinking
• Principle-centered
• Character-based
• Inside-out

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Principles of Growth

• Growth happens in little by little
• Baby steps
• Growth can be seen!
• Dont skip this step
• Takes time

• Example Learning to run
• Turn over, sit up, crawl, walk, run

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The Paradigm Change Process

• Its a continuing renewal process
• Learn the principles
• Build the characters
• Start with ourselves

• Emotional Development Level
• Listening to others requires Patience, Openness,
  Desire to understand
• No quick fixes. No shortcut

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Conclusion

• Solution to your problem

Change the way you see the it
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This is the beginning of Leadership!

• We learned
• Our significant problems are the fruits of our
  own paradigms, the lens we wear and the maps
  we use
• Our problems can be solved by paradigm shifts.
• A correct paradigm is Principle-Centered,
  Character-based, Inside-out
• Paradigm shift takes a continuing renewal process