Born to Win Class Outline

 

1.          Life is Tough but Rewarding

 

This class is an introduction to the Zig Ziglar Born to Win program, which is a series of classes based on Zig’s best selling book, See You At The Top.  This session will introduce us to Zig’s philosophy, and introduce the idea of his stairway to the top.  This is a motivational program designed to teach you attitude improvement, goal setting and other aspects of personal improvement that will allow you to achieve your definition of success!!  Come join us to hear from the man himself (via videotape) about how you can get to the top!

 

2.        Building a Foundation

 

This class continues the introduction to Zig’s Born to Win program by teaching us about the foundation necessary to get to the stairway to the top.  Our objective in this class is to understand fully the importance of a solid foundation.  Without a solid foundation, it’s difficult to identify the things in life we want, much less reach for them.  The foundation stones as defined by Zig are:  Integrity, Character, Loyalty, Honesty, Love and Faith.  Join us in the class to learn more about these important personal attributes, and therefore learn more about yourself!

 

3.        Your Self-Image is Important

 

In this first of two sessions dealing with the first step to the top, the importance of self-image will be explored.  We will demonstrate the importance of a healthy self- image, and identify the causes of poor self-image.  We will also take a look at the manifestations of a poor self-image.  Developing a healthy self-image creates confidence, which in turn allows productivity to increase dramatically.  This session will help you accept yourself and see yourself as someone who truly deserves the good things in life.

 

4.        This Way to a Healthy Self-Image

 

In this second of the Self-Image sessions, we will explore the reasons that so many people have a poor self-image, which will allow us to create a positive action plan to correct these problems.  You will learn how to identify those with low self-image and encourage them to develop healthy self-images.  We will provide many methods for improving your own and others self-images.  This session should encourage you to choose, and remain on the road to a healthy self-image, which is the first step to the top!

 

 

5.        The Zig Ziglar Story

 

This session is a break from the stairway to the top, but also serves as an introduction to the next segment, Your Relationship With Others.  Zig’s story will illustrate his belief that you will get what you want if you help enough other people get what they want!  We will learn to look for the good in others, and to compliment sincerely, which is one of the greatest motivators of all time!  You will learn that you can go farther than you think you can if someone else believes you can.  If Zig can do it, so can you – and he’ll tell you how he did it in this informative session.

 

6.        Your Relationship With Others

 

In this session, Zig will show us how our relationships affect our attitude.  Our relationships affect the creativity of those we work with, and also our own creativity and accomplishments.  Zig will teach us to treat people the way we mine gold – we may have to move a lot of dirt, but we will always look for the gold.  We treat people as we see them, so our relationships with others are critical to us on our way to the top.  Join us to learn more about relationships with others and how we depend on them everyday because life is an echo – whatever you send out, comes back!

 

7.        Ya Gotta Have Goals

 

In this first of three goal setting classes, Zig will sell us on having clearly written and defined goals.  We must have goals in our professional AND personal life to be truly successful, and Zig will show us why most people never set goals.  He will also help us identify the types of goals we should have to get what we want from life.  The motto for this session is:  Go as far as you can see, and when you get there, you will be able to see farther.

8.        Setting Your Goals

In this second session on goals, we will provide you with the specifics on setting goals.  We will identify the steps necessary to set goals, work on setting some motivational goals and work with our Goal Planner (provided as part of the course).  One of the biggest reasons that people don’t set goals is that they don’t know how!  We will resolve that issue for you in this session.

 

9.  Reaching Your Goals

 

Now that we have learned about the importance of setting goals, and how to actually set them, we have to discuss the final issue in goal setting – reaching your goals.  Once you set a goal, write it down and plan it out, you must follow the plan!  There are times when it becomes important to change your direction, without changing your destination.  We will also learn WHO to share our goals with, and what happens if you tell the wrong people.  We will also discuss the idea that what we get by reaching our goal is not nearly as important as what we become by reaching them!

 

10.     Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude

 

This session will teach you that you can alter your life by altering your attitude!  We will learn about being a ‘cat kicker’ and how important it is to respond positively to negative situations.  The right mental attitude is contagious and if you want to catch it, you should go to someone who has it and become ‘exposed’ to it!  We will learn to identify some of the many characteristics of attitude, and learn the four steps to getting out of a negative attitude.  Some other materials dealing with attitude will also be presented.

 

11.      A Formula For Building a Winning Attitude

 

In this session, we will learn how to get and keep a positive mental attitude.  We will learn about stinkinthinkin’ and hardening of the attitudes, those dread diseases, and get a ‘vaccine’ to reduce almost to zero the possibility of acquiring these diseases.  The vaccine is actually a four step formula which is very simple but produces outstanding results.  We will learn to make a good attitude subconscious, thereby making it a habit!

 

12.    Working for Success

 

The old saying ‘There ain’t no free lunch’ will take on new meaning after this session!  We will cover the pump story – if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, the effort will bring forth the reward.  And after the hard work, steady pressure will maintain your position.  We will learn the difference between paying the price and enjoying the price.  You must put something into life before you can get something out of it, and we will reinforce that perception with this session.

13.    Desire Can Make the Difference

 

Desire is the ingredient that enables a person with average ability to successfully compete with those who have far more.  Desire leads to victory over yourself, because satisfaction comes with knowing your have done your best.  We will learn about ‘intelligent ignorance’ and how to apply it to our goals and life.