Clay Staires speaks about perseverance as the key factor to determine how far you go and how quickly you get there. www.claystaires.com

1. IMAGINE 2016!
Welcome to

2. • Played for Barry Switzer at OU… back in the day!
• High School Teacher For 15 Years
• 1998 Teacher of the Year
• 1999, 2000, 2001 Missouri State Coach of the Year
• Executive Director for 10 years at Shepherd’s Fold Ranch
• Thrive15 Mentor and #1 Rated Motivational Speaker in
Oklahoma
Skill and Knowledge without Character and Mindset…

3. 86% of business and HR leaders believe they do not have
an adequate leadership pipeline.
Forbes, March 15, 2014
61% of leaders reported feeling overwhelmed by
complexity.
Lumesse, 2014
52% of C-Level Leaders do not think their direct
reports have the skills to assume greater leadership
roles in the company. Deloitte Survey, Oct 2014
78% of employees disengaged at
work.
Gallup Poll, January 2014

4. TODAY’S “3” GOALS
1. Identify the 3 Tests you must pass to become
the person you know you are meant to be.
2. Give you 5 practical steps to becoming the
person that you know you are meant to be.
3. Equip you with ONE specific action step that
will begin to transform your life.
“Our Leadership Is Failing!
From Business to Government
to Education to Media to
Church to Family… Leaders
MUST Show Up and Step up.”
Clay Staires, a guy that knows
about failure as a leader
“Your Life Gets Better
When YOU Do.”
Dave Anderson, Learn To Lead

5. Your Commitment
To
YOURSELF…
“Knowledge without
Application is
Meaningless.” Thomas
Edison
A.Take notes
B.Look for 3 action
steps
C.Guard against
the four words of
doom!

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7. ”Planes don’t take off when they are coasting."
Gary Keesee, author, entrepreneur and
international speaker

8. Persevere – adhering to a persistent course of
action, belief or purpose in spite of possible
discouragement or difficulty.
Endurance – the ability to do something difficult for
a long time.

9. CLAY CLARK
“To become someone you’ve
never been, you must do
things you’ve never done.”
Clay Clark, founder Thrive15.com
The Jim Carey of
Entrepreneurs
SBA Entrepreneur of the
Year, author, international
speaker, founder of
Thrive15.com, part owner of
9 businesses.
Clay Clark

10. JAMES HOOKER
Embrace
InnovationMaking changes in
something established,
especially by introducing
new methods, ideas or
products.
“Set the bar, then drive to
succeed.”
JAMES T. KIRK
“To boldly go where no man
has gone before.”
THUMB
WAR!

11. IF YOU WANT TO BOLDLY GO WHERE YOU HAVE NEVER
GONE BEFORE!
TEST OF BELIEF
TEST OF PERSEVERANCE
TEST OF FOCUS
TEST OF PRODUCTION

12. The Four Tests
1. THE TEST OF
BELIEF• We dream but don’t respond
• We imagine, but can’t see ourselves
in the picture.
• We agree and accept it but never
• ALIGN WITH IT.
WE LIVE IN DOUBT

13. • We can imagine, but when
things get hard we quit.
Most people quit under
pressure.
It’s just too easy to shift into “E –
mode”.
2. THE TEST OF
PERSEVERING
“I’m convinced that about
half of what separates
successful people from the
non successful ones is
perseverance.”
“Reaching your full
potential will not come
easy.”
Clay Clark, My Coach!

15. 3. TEST OF FOCUS
5 Hours – Watching TV
40 Minutes – Facebook
3 hours – Social Media
NYDaily News
• Some people have great
ideas but they can’t bring
them about because they are
too distracted.
Three Main Distractions
1. Worry
2. Wealth
3. Desire for Other Things
Other Distractions
“Set the bar and then
strive to succeed.”

16. 4. THE TEST OF
PRODUCTION• Turn an idea into reality!
• They pass all the other
tests.
Willing to embrace the
uncertainty that comes
with innovation!
“Being busy doesn’t
always mean real work.
The object of all work is
production.”
Thomas Edison,
inventor
22%
Of U.S. employees are
engaged at their job.
Gallup, January 28, 2015 – Majority
of U.S. Employees Not Engaged

17. IF YOU WANT TO BECOME THE PERSON YOU KNOW
YOU’RE MEANT TO BE!
TEST OF BELIEF
TEST OF PERSEVERANCE
TEST OF FOCUS
TEST OF PRODUCTION

19. Step #1
You Must Believe!
T > t
T E B A
R
Have you identified the junk
that’s holding you back?

20. Discover
itWrite it
Say it
Visualize
it
If you can’t see it, you can’t seize it!

21. Step #2
You must be
deliberate
Responsibility ->
Rewards
“Discipline is a
decision.
Submission is an
action. Without
Jim Cathcart
Jim Cathcart –
Speakers Hall of Fame,
Golden Gavel Award,
Cavett Award, 50 Top
Sales Influencers in the
world, Legends of
Speaking Professionals.

22. Step #3
You Must
Strategically Plan
Your Time
Where does your
personal growth fit
into your day?

23. 1. Schedule daily and weekly recurring
events.
2. Create a Master To Do List for yourself
3. Add onto your schedule “one time” events
4. Print off Daily Schedule
5. Add in your “to-do’s”
6. Apply you PhD (Pigheaded Determination)
7. Carry it with you at all times!

24. Step #4
You must have a
leader (Mentor)

25. 1.You Must Believe
2.You Must Be Deliberate
3.You Must Control Your Time
4.You Must Have a Mentor
“Set the bar, then
drive to succeed.”

27. ACTION
STEPS!1. Identify the obstacles in you that
have kept you from reaching your
maximum.
2. Build you Truth Wall.
3. Eliminate some distractions.
4. Become a producer and not just a
dreamer.
5. Contact an influencer and set up a
meeting.
6. Create Your Daily Steering Wheel

28. STEP 1
LEAVE SPEAKER
EVALUATION FORM AT
YOUR SEAT
STEP 2
TAKE YOUR NOTES WITH
YOU = TOP SHEET – “Fold it
and tuck it in your pocket”
STEP 3
SCHEDULE A TIME TO
IMPLEMENT YOUR ACTION
STEP
“ACTION IS THE REAL MEASURE OF INTELLIGENCE.”
– NAPOLEON HILL (Famed success writer and fan of taking action)

29. Your life gets
better when
you do!

30. THANKS FOR BEING
AWESOME!
Clay Staires
Coach, Speaker,
Author
918-798-0852
www.claystaires.com