the self-empowerment pledge
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The Self-Empowerment Pledge includes seven simple promises that will change your life; this presentation shows you how to make those promises a part of your life.TRANSCRIPT
THE SELF-EMPOWERMENT
PLEDGECopyright © 2010, 2011, Values Coach Inc.
Seven Simple Promises
That Will Change Your
Life*
* One for each day of the week.
If you’ve been
waiting for someone
else to empower
you, you should
know that…
No one can empower you but – YOU – and once you have empowered yourself…No one can take that power away.
The Self-Empowerment
Pledge can give you
that power – but first
you need to invest in
yourself…
365
minute
s
If you knew it would
change your life for the
better – profoundly and
permanently – would
you invest …
A minute a day for the next 365
days
Would you give up one
television commercial
a day for a year to
change your life?
You
bet!If your answer
is yes, here’s
what you
need to do.
Every morning start
your day by making
that day’s promise –
which will take you
about
15 seconds.
Repeat the promise
again in in the middle
of your work day.
Once more before you
leave for home.
I am re
sponsible,
accountable, and
determined!
And one more time
right before you go to
bed.
4 x 15 seconds = 1 minute
Repeat these promises
like you really mean
them!
Read
y?
Let’s take a
look at the
seven
promises…
Monday’s Promise:
Responsibility
I will take complete
responsibility for my health,
my happiness, my success, and
my life, and will not blame
others for my problems or
predicaments.
Tuesday’s Promise:
Accountability
I will not allow low self-esteem,
self-limiting beliefs, or the
negativity of others to prevent
me from achieving my authentic
goals and from becoming the
person
I am meant to be.
Wednesday’s Promise:
Determination
I will do the things I’m afraid
to do, but which I know
should be done. Sometimes
this will mean asking for help
to do that which
I cannot do by myself.
Thursday’s Promise:
Contribution
I will earn the help I need
in advance by helping
other people now, and
repay the help I receive by
serving others later.
Friday’s Promise:
Resilience
I will face rejection and failure
with courage, awareness, and
perseverance, making these
experiences the platform for
future acceptance and success.
Saturday’s Promise:
Perspective
Though I might not understand why
adversity happens, by my conscious
choice I will find strength,
compassion, and grace through my
trials.
Sunday’s Promise:
Faith
My faith and my gratitude for
all that I have been blessed
with will shine through in my
attitudes and in my actions.
Here’s WHY it works…
You keep promising yourself that
you will be responsible,
accountable, and determined; make
a contribution, be resilient in the
face of adversity, have a positive
perspective,
and that your faith
will shine through.
Then you catch yourself whining
and complaining, procrastinating,
gossiping, blaming others for your
problems, taking when you should
be giving, and pretending
that you have no power.
You end up with what
psychologists call…
Cognitive Dissonance
Which is trying to
simultaneously hold two
incompatible beliefsI am responsible,
accountable, and
determined! It’s not my fault,
they did it to me,
this is so unfair.
At that point, one of
two things MUST
happen. Either you
take the easy way and
stop making
the promises…
Or you keep making the
promises until you
begin to change your
attitudes and your
behaviors.
And as you do that, you
will begin to achieve
better results in every
dimension of your life.
Read these seven
promises one more
time…
Click here to print a poster.
Now ask yourself these
two questions…
Question #1:
If you personally were to take
these seven promises to
heart, would you be better
off than where you are
headed now – personally,
professionally, financially,
and spiritually?
Question #2:
If everyone where you work
made a good faith effort to live
these seven promises, would
you do a better job of serving
customers and of supporting
each other?
If your answer to these
two questions is…
And if you’re being
honest, that’s what
your answer will be.
Then why wouldn’t you
invest those 365
minutes in yourself?
Do it, because no one
can empower you
but you.
Will you do it? Will
you give up one TV
commercial a day…
To
change
your life?
For best results, bring
together a group of people
to recite each day’s
promise; that way you can
both hold each other
accountable and set a
positive example for the
organization.
Tri Valley Health SystemCambridge, Nebraska
UC Davis Medical CenterSacramento, California
Pledge
Groups
There’s more at:
www.Pledge-Power.com
www.Healing-Story.com
www.joetye.com