WHAT YOU ’ LL BE COVERING
Breathe . Focus .
Individuals identify and overcome the elements in their lives that hold them back from accomplishing more . Above All Else uses the teachings of King Solomon and five disciplines to help stay focused on the truly important . Go further and enjoy your success more through simple practices .
• Learn to create change by being consciously aware of your actions .
• Identify personal values , goals , and limiters .
• Actively integrate the five disciplines into life ; create an accountability plan .
• Wrap-up discussion and encourage team members to share the message with others .
“ Actionable Conversations with our team only represent 1 % of our working time per month . When I think about our time focused on all the other business activities over the last two months , it is the two Actionable Conversations that our team has participated in , the 1 %, that stands out with absolute clarity for me .”
— MATTHEW TAYLOR . EXECUTIVE MARKETING DIRECTOR , YALUMBA
Pursuing Bigger Dips
The Dip , by Seth Godin , is a brilliant book about quitting . It ’ s about quitting the distractions to focus on the right opportunities . It ’ s about committing to the long term , high leverage projects — the projects you can look back on and be proud to have been a part of .
WHAT YOU ’ LL BE COVERING
• Discuss dips , cliffs and cul-de-sacs , and how to distinguish one from the other .
• Review team projects , and classify them as dips , cliffs , or cul-de-sacs .
• Team members identify what personally motivates them about each Dip activity .
• Reduce time spent on mediocre projects .
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