Enterprise - '10 steps to a future you'

Here are my notes I made from the Enterprise lecture 10 steps to a future you on 31/10/2011.

1. Proactivity
   - it's a natural aptitude of human beings
   - we get a stimulus, and will put up with it once or twice but then after that we start to choose how to go about it.

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   - expand sphere of influence
   - one of the key aims is to expand circle to network, meet people, get jobs, push boundaries

This pushes into the circle of concern
   - the circle you want to expand into

We have got 3 environments in our lives
   - internal environment - skills, resources, lifestyle
   - micro environment
   - macro environment

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2. Project
You should project a vision of yourself in the future.

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Business plan - being at uni and leaving with a good degree learning as much as we can.

Life plan - where we would like to practice, cole satisfying aspects of life. Done this when choosing to study in Leeds.

Once these 2 areas are understood, these help to prioritise. As long as always have life plan in mind, this helps inform the business plan better.

The further into the future you can project yourself in the future, the more chance there is of it happening.

John Lennon - "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."

Carl Hopkins - "Begin with the end in mind."

If you begin with the vision of the future of you in mind, it will make it easier to get thee.

3. Provide
Clear explanation
   - give them a clear message to make it easy to portray a message
   - something they can understand and would want

To say you can drive a car doesn't say if you can drive it well.

4. Prioritise
 
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If the result is the focus, the things around life to get to the focus, are you spending enough time in the right sections in order to achieve this.

5. Presents
The way effective business is done is by getting stuff from other people that benefits them just as much as it benefits you - win win situation.
   - if you want to ask a favour from someone, first thing you should do is give them something then when it comes to the favour they can't really say no.
   - don't waste time on people who wouldn't be beneficial in the long run.

Kohlberg's theory
   - about people and their development

Pre-convenional - talk about what they want, like a child, only think about their own needs, 'I want this... I want that... I hate everybody'.

Conventional - someone who's discovered if they want to get anywhere they need to negotiate with others. Got to make it work for everybody for it to work out.

Post-Conventional - thinking about the larger society. Thinking about the team where everyone is interdependent. Talk about changing things for everybody. 'We do this.. We do that..' Look at plans that will be sustainable and effective 5 years and beyond.

Pre-Conventional - dependent
Conventional - independent
Post-Concentional - inter-dependent

6. Pause
Pause to listen, listen in a way you haven't listened before, listen in a way that you sometimes need to be listened to but make a practice of it.

Think about the times you have been troubled, and you need someone to completely listen to what you need to say. If someone does with you just listen, stop and completely listen, until it feels like it's happening to you. Give yourself to listening and absorbing yourself into what is being said. This is the point where it's most beneficial and can learn the most from.

See first to understand - then be understood.

7. Proven
This is about consistency. More successful when things are consistent. Gains trust.

What you should seek to achieve is consistency. Reliability of he service that you deliver. You can get known from the consistency of the service.

8. Partner
No one can achieve great things without collaboration, working with others.
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9. Pitstop
It's no longer possible to graduate with a degree then go on to success, you constantly have to sharpen and improve skills. Take some time out and experience new things in order to get a new view on what ever it is that's being done. Never stop doing it. It's an easy trap to fall into and it's hard to stop to improve.

Constantly be improving. Don't just stand still, need to keep moving.

10. Propel
Propel yourself into your future. There's some things that you should never stop doing.

Being a student is an amazing challenge.

Do not ever use the word just when talking about yourself. Don't apologise for yourself before someone makes a decision about you. Don't go around saying your the best and be arrogant, just be who you are and do what it is you do and tell people what it is you do.