Decision Making

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Decision Making Goal Setting

• Family Health

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An Unlikely Competitor

• The legendary story of Cliff Young is already
  known to many runners. If you're aren't familiar
  with it, you're in for a fascinating read.
• Every year, Australia hosts 543.7-mile
  (875-kilometer) endurance racing from Sydney to
  Melbourne. It is considered among the world's
  most grueling ultra-marathons. The race takes
  five days to complete and is normally only
  attempted by world-class athletes who train
  specially for the event. These athletes are
  typically less than 30 years old and backed by
  large companies such as Nike.
• In 1983, a man named Cliff Young showed up at the
  start of this race. Cliff was 61 years old and
  wore overalls and work boots. To everyone's
  shock, Cliff wasn't a spectator. He picked up his
  race number and joined the other runners.

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• The press and other athletes became curious and
  questioned Cliff. They told him, "You're crazy,
  there's no way you can finish this race." To
  which he replied, "Yes I can. See, I grew up on a
  farm where we couldn't afford horses or tractors,
  and the whole time I was growing up, whenever the
  storms would roll in, I'd have to go out and
  round up the sheep. We had 2,000 sheep on 2,000
  acres. Sometimes I would have to run those sheep
  for two or three days. It took a long time, but
  I'd always catch them. I believe I can run this
  race."
• When the race started, the pros quickly left
  Cliff behind. The crowds and television audience
  were entertained because Cliff didn't even run
  properly he appeared to shuffle. Many even
  feared for the old farmer's safety.
• The Tortoise and the Hare
• All of the professional athletes knew that it
  took about 5 days to finish the race. In order to
  compete, one had to run about 18 hours a day and
  sleep the remaining 6 hours. The thing is, Cliff
  Young didn't know that!
• When the morning of the second day came, everyone
  was in for another surprise. Not only was Cliff
  still in the race, he had continued jogging all
  night.

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• Eventually Cliff was asked about his tactics for
  the rest of the race. To everyone's disbelief, he
  claimed he would run straight through to the
  finish without sleeping.
• Cliff kept running. Each night he came a little
  closer to the leading pack. By the final night,
  he had surpassed all of the young, world-class
  athletes. He was the first competitor to cross
  the finish line and he set a new course record.
• When Cliff was awarded the winning prize of
  10,000, he said he didn't know there was a prize
  and insisted that he did not enter for the money.
  He ended up giving all of his winnings to several
  other runners, an act that endeared him to all of
  Australia.
• Continued Inspiration
• In the following year, Cliff entered the same
  race and took 7th place. Not even a displaced hip
  during the race stopped him.
• Cliff came to prominence again in 1997, aged 76
• when he attempted to raise money for homeless
• children by running around Australia's border. He
  
• completed 6,520 kilometers of the
  16,000-kilometer
• run before he had to pull out because his only
  crew
• member became ill. Cliff Young passed away in
• 2003 at age 81. (Source www.elitefeet.com)

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Running the Race of LifeAppointment Clocks

• What are your thoughts after hearing the story
  about Cliff?
• 12 oclock
• Describe how you think his life experiences
  helped him reach a goal?
• 3 oclock
• Identify one major life experience youve had
  that has impacted who you are right now.
• 6 oclock
• Explain how this story can be applied to your
  life.
• 9 oclock
• Think about your experiences, others influences
  on you, your goals and aspirations

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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

• Today you decided

Get out of bed What to eat How to get to
school Comb your hair Plans for the day What to
wear Brush your teeth Shower What to say
Who to talk to To feed the dog To smile To cry To
text To be grumpy Tie your shoes Zip your
pants Drive too fast
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Do Ya Got It?

• What do you think it takes to make a decision?
• What decisions take more thought then others?
• How good are your decision making skills?
• Are you ready for a test?
• Speed Test

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Influences

• What or who influences your decisions?
• How do they effect others?
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vvuyW1BWVOrw

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Cost v.s. Benefits

• John W. Turk says
• We have no simple problems or easy decisions
  after kindergarten.
• Ask yourself when you make a decision
• What am I going to gain?
• What am I going to lose?
• Is it worth it?
• Choice or chance
• Pluses and minuses

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Steps to Decision Making

• Step 5 Evaluate
• Step 4 Decide
• Step 3 Explore
• Step 2 Brainstorm
• Step 1 Identify

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Put It Into Practice

• Groups
• Scenarios
• Use the decision making model to come to a
  decision
• Share back scenario and decision made by group
• Discussion

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Are You Going to Pop?

• George L. Morrisey says
• Developing the plan is actually laying out the
  sequence of events that have to occur for you to
  achieve your goal.
• How are you going to pop?

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Did You Know?

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vjpEnFwiqdx8
• What does this do for you as you think about your
  future, others futures, the future of our city,
  state, country and ultimately the world?

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Set Up for Success

• Define success
• Success whip
• Thomas Edison says
• Many of lifes failures are people who did not
  realize how close they were to success when they
  gave up.

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Goal

• Aim
• Plan
• Achieve
• Accept
• Personal
• Realistic
• Gives direction
• Purpose in life
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v2gUk14mZ6Lw

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Short Term Goals

• Happening soon
• Shorter steps
• Sometimes leads to long term goal
• Things to consider
• What needs to happen now?
• Cost vs benefits
• Where do I ultimately want to go?

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Long Term Goals

• Life time achievements
• Career
• Financial
• Family
• Home
• Physical
• Emotional
• Social

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Setting Goals

• Write them down
• Safe
• Satisfying
• Sensible
• Similar
• Specific
• Supported
• Action Plan
• Track your progress
• Reward yourself
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vgqantZJ6WwM

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The Pursuit of Happyness

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vGQlzz6jGCfI
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vMEGSiX0JA-s (159)
  
• Dont ever let somebody tell you you cant do
  somethingnot even me.