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April 12th, 2009 by Krayton M Davis | No Comments | Filed in Achieving Success

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Execute Success: The Evaluation Process

I saw a fleet of fishing boats . . . I flew down almost touching the craft and yelled at them, asking if I was on the right road to Ireland. They just stared. Maybe they didn’t hear me. Maybe I didn’t hear them. Or maybe they thought I was just a crazy fool. An hour later I saw land.
Charles Lindbergh

The steps outlined in these next postings will measure your progress on a daily, weekly and phase-to-phase basis. We have segmented the postings into the following discussions:

I: Daily Task Measurement.
II: Weekly Goal and Benchmark Evaluation
III: Weekly Role Evaluation
IV: Daily Character Attribute Evaluation
V: Weekly Character Attribute Evaluation
VI: Life Phase Evaluation
VII: Starting a New Life Phase
VIII: Objective and Goal Evaluation

V: Weekly Character Attribute Evaluation

You will complete a weekly character evaluation when you plan your goals and benchmarks for the new week. The evaluation measures your development for the week as explained in the attribute chapters. You may also assign new character attribute goals for the week as appropriate. See the illustration below.

Chapters 7-11 outlined the steps that plan and measure your character development. You begin by developing one character attribute at a time (begin with the physical attribute). You will develop and strengthen this attribute for two consecutive weeks (11 or more days) before developing a second character attribute. You will repeat this cycle for all five attributes — developing each respective attribute for two consecutive weeks before taking on a new character attribute. Complete the steps in Chapters 7-11 as instructed. These steps will help you develop each character attribute as intended.

Below is a flow chart that summarizes the steps from Chapters 7-11. You will refer to this chart frequently when planning character development programs for the week.

Note the term, Attribute 1.1. This term refers to one of the five character attributes and its first character change or development. Note the term, Attribute 1.2. This term refers to the same character attribute and its second character change or development. Let’s use two examples to explain these terms.

You decide to develop your physical attribute by jogging 30 minutes each morning. You will then assign the term Attribute 1.1 to represent the physical character attribute(1) and its development goal, jogging(1). After successfully jogging for 10 consecutive weeks, you decide to set a new physical development goal such as eating a low-fat diet. You will then assign the term Attribute 1.2 to represent the physical attribute(1) and its development goal, low -fat diet(2). Attribute 1.1 references the physical development goal, jogging. Attribute 1.2 references the physical development goal, low-fat diet.

Note the term, Attribute 2.1. This term refers to the second of the five character attributes and its first character change or development. Note the term, Attribute 2.2. This term refers to the same character attribute and its second character change or development. For example, you decide to develop your physical temperance attribute by moderating your alcohol consumption to 1 drink per day. You will then assign the term Attribute 2.1 to represent the attribute physical temperance(2) and its development goal, moderation in drinking.

After successfully moderating your drinking habits for ten consecutive weeks, you decide to set a new physical temperance goal, such as limiting television time to 30 minutes each day. You will then assign the term Attribute 2.2 to represent the attribute physical temperance(2) and its development goal, limit television time(2).

Attribute 2.1 references the physical temperance goal, moderation in drinking. Attribute 2.2 references the physical temperance goal, limit television time. The term Attribute 3.1 references the third character attribute and its first character change or development.

I recommend the following assignment of terms:

Attribute 1:n Physical Attribute
Attribute 2:n Physical Temperance Attribute
Attribute 3:n Education Attribute
Attribute 4:n Social Attribute
Attribute 5:n Spiritual Attribute

n: refers to the development goal.

The order in which you shape your character is your decision. Your objective is to round your character and increase discipline. You are changing yourself physically, educationally, socially and spiritually. The length of time to make these changes will differ among people. The flow chart suggests that it takes at least ten consecutive weeks to make a character change. You may need more or less than ten weeks depending on your attribute goal and strength.

Note from the flow chart that you will remove Attribute 1.1 from your attribute development plan after ten consecutive weeks. Attribute 1.1 should become part of your character and will no longer be part of your weekly planning session. You will continue to strengthen Attribute 1.1, but more on a routine basis rather than on a planning basis. You should now plan and develop Attribute 1.2 for two consecutive weeks along with Attributes 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, and 5.1.

After successfully completing Attribute 2.1 for ten consecutive weeks, Attribute 2.1 becomes part of your character and is dropped from the attribute development plan. You should now plan and develop Attribute 2.2 for two consecutive weeks along with Attributes 1.2, 3.1, 4.1, and 5.1. This process repeats itself indefinitely for the rest of your life.

You will notice after several months that your character is becoming more rounded. You will have increased strength and discipline in all five character attributes. Your ability to accomplish feats will become easier. Physical, educational, social and spiritual feats that were impossible a few months ago will become part of your character.

The development pattern that you use to strengthen your character may change over time. You may find yourself doing more sporadic development of your character to keep in-shape. For example, you may develop Attributes 1.5, 3.4, and 5.2 for a stated period. Then after awhile, you may change this pattern and develop Attributes 1.3, 2.2, and 4.5. You may even repeat past character development goals if, for example, you fail to jog each morning as you did in the past.

Changing the pattern and alternating your character development goals is much like working atop a potter’s wheel. The potter shapes and reshapes a bowl to maintains its perfect circumference. If you shape one part of your character more than the other parts, a rounded character can easily become disfigured, much like a bowl that becomes disfigured by the disjointed movement of the potter’s hands.

Character changes are not guaranteed to be permanent. Disruptions or changes in your live can easily revert a strong character back into weak character. Keeping your character in-shape is much like cultivating a garden. You may shape the most beautiful garden over time, but simple neglect can reverse hours of painstaking work. In an unattended garden, weeds return and plague your furrowed rolls of vegetables and flowers.

To return the garden to its pristine beauty, you must go back into the garden and repeat the gardening process of weeding, cultivating, fertilizing, pruning, etc. This same analogy holds true for character development. Simple neglect in your character development can revert you to your weakened position. You must return and redevelop the character attribute that has become weakened. It is a process of shaping and reshaping your character that will last for the rest of your life.

Next week: we move onto VI: Life Phase Evaluation

You can find the day planning systems we are illustrating in this discussion in our FREE appendix file (Appendix as Form-N and Forms O.1-O.7 ).

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Achieving Success BLOG

February 21st, 2009 by Krayton M Davis | 1 Comment | Filed in Achieving Success

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Execute Success: The Third Ingredient to Success

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. Sir Winston Churchhill

continuation from BLOG posting: benchmark planning

Executing Your Plan

The execution phase brings together the planning and discipline concepts from the last postings and pieces together a strategy for time management and execution of your tasks. Our discussion continues:

Section II: Planning and Recording Daily Activities

For this discussion and illustration of the daily planning process, I will use the day planning system illustrated below. You can find this day planning system in the (Appendix as Form-N and Forms O.1-O.7 ). You are invited to copy these forms if they work for you.

Note: The Appendix also contains a task planning system as Forms P.1-P.7. You can use these forms if you like.

Step 4:
After you complete the scheduling and task assignment for the entire week, review your sheet for accuracy. Make sure you allocated enough time to complete all of the respective tasks. You may note some lapses in your schedule. This is good. You can keep these times open to catch up on tasks uncompleted earlier in the week. We will discuss daily task evaluation in another posting.

You might be more accustomed to day-to-day planning rather than scheduling your entire week. You will note that scheduling the entire week as instructed will help you manage your time more efficiently. You will get a macro view of your week and plan accordingly so that you are in control of your activities instead of the activities controlling you.

You may question whether you can complete the schedule as indicated. Maybe not at first. But don’t become discouraged. It will take several weekly planning sessions before you become efficient. After a few weeks, you will be able to schedule time that fits within your capacity to complete assigned tasks.

Step 5:
Take the Weekly Assignment Sheet and transpose the scheduling and task assignments to your day planner if you haven’t already done so (as diagrammed by the letters in the illustration using Appendix Forms O.1-O.7). The following illustration shows an example for Monday planning.

As I indicated earlier, you may schedule your tasks and appointments directly to your day planner instead of using the Scheduling Worksheet. This will save you from having to transpose the information. I used the Scheduling Worksheet to demonstrate weekly scheduling. I invite you to use the worksheet if you find it helpful.

Step 6:
Your day planner is now your official calendar for the entire week. Everything required for the week has been scheduled and planned. If other events come up, you will simply manage them accordingly by scheduling these events for the next week or juggling your current schedule as appropriate. We will discuss these concepts later.

As you complete each task and appointment, simply check it off on your day planner. Also indicate whether you completed your character development goal for the day.

If you are using a day planning system other than Appendix Forms used in this illustration, you will need a Character Attribute Evaluation Sheet to record your character development progress. You can find this sheet in the appendix-Form Q. You can use the form and assemble it as part of your weekly reference kit described in the next step.

Step 7:
Assemble your weekly planning sheets into a neatly assembled weekly reference kit. You will refer to this kit regularly throughout the week as necessary. You will also use it to schedule tasks for next week.

Next week, we will review goal evaluation.
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Achieving Success BLOG

February 14th, 2009 by Krayton M Davis | No Comments | Filed in Achieving Success

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Execute Success: The Third Ingredient to Success

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. Sir Winston Churchhill

continuation from BLOG posting: benchmark planning

Executing Your Plan

The execution phase brings together the planning and discipline concepts from the last postings and pieces together a strategy for time management and execution of your tasks. Our discussion continues with Section II:

Section II: Planning and Recording Daily Activities

We have reached the point where you can assign the daily tasks, appointments and activities for the upcoming week. This will become your daily “. . . to do” list of tasks and responsibilities. You may need to purchase a day planning system to facilitate this planning process. You can select any day planning system that works for you. A number of them can be purchased at book stores and through time management catalogs. My only recommendation is to select a planning system that has both hourly appointments and a daily task listing.

For my discussion and illustration of the daily planning process, I will use the day planning system illustrated below. You can find this day planning system in the (Appendix as Form-N and Forms O.1-O.7 ). You are invited to copy these forms if they work for you.

Note: The Appendix also contains a task planning system as Forms P.1-P.7. You can use these forms if you like.

Step 1:
begins by reviewing the activities and tasks listed on your Weekly Goal and Role Planning sheets. I recommend that you complete this and the following steps each Sunday during a time when you can devote a full hour. Select a place where you will not be disturbed.

Step 2:
You will schedule and/or assign the goal, role and attribute development tasks for the entire week. I have included in the appendix a Scheduling Worksheet (Appendix Form-N) that can help you in this assignment. I will use this worksheet to demonstrate the day planning system. You are invited to use this sheet since it will give you an overall view of the entire week. If not, feel free to schedule your tasks directly to your day planning system.

Step 3:
The priority of scheduling is as follows:

1st Priority: Note all previously scheduled appointments from a prior week and schedule them on worksheet (diagrammed by the letter in the illustration). These appointments were scheduled prior to this week’s planning session.

2nd Priority: Schedule all related goal tasks assigned in your the Weekly Goal Planning Sheet (as diagrammed by the letter “G” in the illustration). You may schedule these tasks as task assignments and/or appointments. You may want to complete these tasks early in the morning, in the evening, during your breaks or at any time during the day when you can privately work on your goals.

I place goal scheduling high on the priority listing. Even though your job, school, family, etc., may take precedence during some periods of the day, realize that your goals are important. You want to set aside time to work on your goals and then schedule your day around them.

3rd Priority: Review the character development goals assigned in your Weekly Goal Planning Sheet. Schedule the tasks or times to complete your character development goals (as diagrammed by the letter “H” in the illustration).

4th Priority: Take your Weekly Role Planning Sheet. Schedule the tasks and appointments that complete these role assignments for the entire week (as diagrammed by the illustration). You will schedule these assignments around your achievement and character development goals.

Take time this week to assign tasks. Next time, we will continue the discussion on recording your progress.
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January 10th, 2009 by Krayton M Davis | No Comments | Filed in Achieving Success

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Execute Success: The Third Ingredient to Success

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. Sir Winston Churchhill

continuation from BLOG posting: spiritual development

Executing Your Plan

This posting places in action the final ingredient of success. The execution phase brings together the planning and discipline concepts from the last postings and pieces together a strategy for time management and execution of your tasks. Our discussion begins with Section I:

Section I: Assembling Your Personal Goal Planning Kit
You will refer to this section each time you begin a new life phase. You may want to review Chapters 3-4 to refresh your memory on the planning concepts. We begin by assigning a life phase to achieve certain goals.

Segmenting and Assigning Life Phases

A life phase is any period of one or more years that includes a time for personal growth and achievement. You will assign certain goals for achievement during this period of time. For example, you may assign 4-5 years as a life phase to achieve your collegiate and graduate degree goals. When this phase ends with your collegiate degree in hand, you will assign a new life phase to achieve your next level of goals.

As a general rule, a life phase covers about 2-5 years, depending on what you want to accomplish. A phase running less that two years may not be long enough to achieve certain goals and benchmarks. Likewise, a phase running more than five years may cause you to lose focus of what you are trying to accomplish.

You begin by going back to your birth date and segmenting your life to the present time. You may want to divide this time into respective phases covering a certain time period as illustrated on the next page as Step-1 (use Appendix Form-G). After you complete this exercise, review your goal plan that you completed back in Chapter 4. Determine what you want to accomplish in the next phase of your life and assign a period of time for the next 2-5 years as diagrammed by Step-3 in the illustration. The number of years assigned depends on what you want to accomplish.

Designing the Objective and Goal Planning Sheet

The planning concepts for designing the Objective and Goal Planning sheet (Appendix Form-G) can be found in Chapters 3-4. These two chapters discuss how to plan and prioritize the goals that will achieve the objective. You were instructed to use the Justwyn Model for Goal Planning (Form-C) to identify and prioritize your goals. Use this planning model to design the Objective and Goal Planning sheet in this section.

The Objective and Goal Planning sheet (Appendix Form-C) and transfer them to the Objective and Goal Planning sheet as illustrated below. List the goals in hierarchical order as explained in the planning chapters. Write the goals in the spaces of the planning pyramid using one or two key words.

The pyramid has a maximum of 14 stones. You may need to combine goals if necessary to fit them into the spaces available. If you have less than 14 goals identified, leave some of the spaces near the top of the pyramid blank. Refer back to Chapters 3-4 if you need to refresh your memory on goal identification and prioritization.

Next week, we will outline your tasks to achieve the goals.

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