SelfImproving

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Self-Improving

• Eric Chang
• Adrian Guerena
• Yong Park

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• Learn as if you were to live forever
• live as if you were to die tomorrow.
• Anonymous
• Its not what you are going to do, but its what
  you are doing now that counts.
• - Napoleon Hill

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The Life of Helen Keller

• At 19 months, she developed a disease causing her
  to go deaf and blind.
• At 7 years old she began working with 20 year old
  Anne Sullivan to find a way to communicate with
  the rest of the world.
• At the age of 24, she became the first deaf and
  blind person to earn a college degree.
• After years of hard work and tremendous
  willpower, she became a world famous public
  speaker, political figure and author.

The Life of Helen Keller Wikipedia. http//en.wi
kipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller
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Self-Improving . . .
. . .WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?!?
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• Self-Improving
• The union of elements that constitute the
  individual and identity of a person to raise to a
  more desirable or more excellent quality or
  condition.
• Improving on attributes, attitudes,
  personalities, skills, etc.

Definition from www.dictionary.com
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To improve the team, improve yourself -
Maxwell
You will be a much more valuable asset to the
team by improving your skills, attitude, habits,
etc.
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To Develop your Self-Improving Skills

• Define a problem.
• - Sometimes, you do not realize what area needs
  improvement.
• Be positive about yourself
• - You can always upgrade yourself !
• Perform to your fullest potential in all
  endeavors.

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Maxwells steps To becoming self-improving

• 1. Become highly teachable.
• Pride is a serious enemy of self-improvement.
• Be a learner, not an expert.

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• 2. Plan your progress.
• Two levels of learning
• 1) Figure out what area you want to improve and
  how you will improve it.
• 2) Make sure you are experiencing improvement
  whenever you can.
• (Learning moments)

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• 3. Value self-improvement above
• self-promotion
• Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you
  than silver or the finest gold. Wisdom is worth
  much more than precious jewels or anything else
  you desire.
• -King Solomon of ancient Israel

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Now lets try to apply what weve learned . . .