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NOTES AND ANCEDOTES

Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch was a special person and role model for living. In his “last lecture” at

Carnegie Mellon University, he shared 12 lessons he had learned.

1) Brick walls are there for a reason – to find out how much we want something.

2) Have something to bring to the table. It will make you more relevant.

3) When you screw up and no one says something, that’s when you know people have

given up on you.

4) Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.

5) Wait long enough and people will almost always surprise and impress you.

6) Tell the truth.

7) Be earnest; it is better than hip.

8) Apologize when you make a mistake.

9) Focus on others, not yourself.

10) Don’t bail. The best gold is at the bottom of the barrel!

11) Get a feedback loop and listen to it.

12) Don’t complain; just work harder.

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EXERCISE 8.5: PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL GROWTH

Personal and Interpersonal Growth

Introduction

There are seven points to remember about personal and interpersonal growth:

1. Growth is improvement in attitudes and behaviors that are related to self-concept.

2. Growth is not always possible in all areas of life. Heredity or strong environmental

forces may prevent ever desirable changes.

3. Habits, attitudes, and opinions may deter growth because they reduce receptiveness to

alternative ways of thinking and acting.

4. Defensive behavior may interfere with growth by distorting reality.

5. Growth is accelerated by openness, receptivity to new experience, curiosity, eagerness to

learn, and lack of fear.

6. Because of the complexity of who we are, the varying degrees of self-understanding, and

the difference in levels and kinds of aspirations we have, each person is unique in the

need for, and experience, of growth.

7. Generally, we have more ability and potential for personal and interpersonal growth than

we realize.

The following is a two-part inventory designed to help you maximize personal and

interpersonal growth. The inventory may be used alone, with another person, or in a group. This

is an instrument for learning and is not a test.

Directions

Read each item and place a “P” on the scale at the position that best describes your

opinion of yourself at present. You may see yourself as encompassing a segment of the scale. If

so, draw a circle around that part of the scale and label the whole area “P”. Do the same for each

item indicating your goals for the future. Mark this point with an “F” (P = present, F = future).

After completing all of the items, go back and put a check next to the three or four that you would

most like to improve. Next, depending on the situation, you may want to have another person

evaluate you on the “opinion of others” scale, and then discuss both evaluations.

Source: Jacques Huber, Southwestern Ohio Steel Company, 1976. Based on the work of Michael G.

Blansfield and Gordon L. Lippitt.

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EXERCISE 8.5: PERSONAL AND INTERPERSONAL GROWTH (continued)

Example

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Factors That Support you In Your Growth Goals

Factors in self: ________________________________________________________________

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Factors in others: ______________________________________________________________

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Factors in the work situation: ____________________________________________________

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Factors That May Block You In Your Growth Goals

Factors in self: ________________________________________________________________

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Factors in others: ______________________________________________________________

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Factors in the work situation: ____________________________________________________

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Consider what you can do to reduce the blocking forces in your life and encourage the supporting

forces. Establish a plan to improve, and set realistic behavior and time targets. Implement your

improvement plan, and record results. Reinforce the progress you make through meaningful intrinsic and

extrinsic rewards. These steps will allow you to realize your potential for personal growth.

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES

To personalize the subject of developing others, ask your students to consider questions such as

these:

1. What are the conditions necessary for growth to occur?

2. What is your approach to developing others―shaman, priest, missionary, elected leader, or

mystic leader?

3. Discuss the rules for succeeding in one’s work, and explain how these rules apply to your own

experience.

4. Discuss do’s and don’t for keeping good employees.

5. Identify a job burnout victim and discuss emergency, short term, and long-term aid to

improve.

6. What can a leader do to help people through change? What are the roles of attitude and

personal example?

7. Where are you in the burnout process? What steps can be taken for emergency, short-term,

and long-term aid?