You

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Youve Made It This FarWill You Make It The
Rest of the Way?

• Total Band Director Workshop
• Monday, July 25, 2011
• Dr. Frank C. Tracz, Director of Bands
• Kansas State University

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24/7
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• Find a Home,
• Then Build a Kingdom

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• Nearly all rich and powerful people are not
  notably talented, educated, charming, or
  good-looking

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• They become rich and powerful by wanting to be
  rich and powerful.

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• Your vision of where or who you want to be is
  the greatest asset you have.

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Four Qualities People Want in Leaders

1. Purpose
2. Trust
3. Optimism
4. Action Oriented

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What Winners Do Best

1. See Beyond the Obvious.
2. Manage the Future From Today.

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10/80/10 Rule

• 10 will always be positive
• 10 will always be negative
• 80 will be ambivalent until swayed negatively or
  positively

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FACT
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Is This As Good As It Gets?
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When Obstacles Get You Down

• Sunny Side Up!
• 2. Set An Example.
• 3. Utilize Humor

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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of
colored ribbon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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There are high spots in all of our lives and
most of them come about through the encouragement
of someone else.I dont care how great, how
famous, or successful a man or woman may be,
each hungers for APPLAUSE.
George M. Adams
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DedicatedThank youAcknowledgement
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• Attitude is a little thing that makes a BIG
  difference.
• YOU are in charge.
• Discover the Magic of Belief.
• Ignite your inner fire.
• Reach for Realistic Goals.

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• Make Good Habits and they will make you.
• LET GO of old baggage.
• Exercise to energize.
• Replace Worry with Hope.
• Dont be Afraid to fail.

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• Yard by yard, life is HARD.
• Inch by inch, Life's a CINCH.
• Balance your Priorities
• Live with Gratitude.
• Share Yourself
• Unleash your emotional energy!

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• Frank Tracz, Ph.D.
• Director of Bands
• Kansas State University

225 McCain Auditorium Manhattan, KS
66506-4703 [phone] Fax (785)
532-3817 ftracz_at_ksu.edu