Presentation by Richard Rowe 1 Are you a puddle or an Ocean? Creating ripples in our lives…

Presentation by Richard Rowe 2 When we are born… The book of our lives is new and unwritten… Young minds are like sponges; – 0 – 8Programming – 8 – 12Hero – 12 – 20Peer

The puddle… A small pool of water, usually a few inches in depth… Limitations of influence on it’s surroundings… Puddle = minimal Presentation by Richard Rowe 3

The Ocean… A vast body of water that covers three quarters (71%) of the earths surface… Apparently limitless in quantity or volume… Ocean = limitless Presentation by Richard Rowe 4

Understanding Influence… Influence is the direct or indirect affect on actions – we all have influence over those around us… Learned response – how do we influence other? Presentation by Richard Rowe 5

Ripple effect… “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mohandas Gandhi Nothing happens by accident… Newton’s third law – law of reciprocal actions… Presentation by Richard Rowe 6

Ripple effect cont… Presentation by Richard Rowe 7 “Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” - Robert F. Kennedy

Ripple effect cont… Presentation by Richard Rowe 8 What ripple are we creating – remember…

Cause and Effect… We create the conditions in our lives and must start to identify cause and effect… Blaming others for what happens…giving away the power - Ripples can be simple or complex – motion is a law… Presentation by Richard Rowe 9

Cause and Effect cont… “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” - Mother Teresa Presentation by Richard Rowe 10

No such thing as luck… We create names to explain what we don’t understand… There is no such thing as good luck or bad luck – ripples are a direct result for success or failure… Presentation by Richard Rowe 11

No such thing as luck cont… “I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.” - Oprah Winfrey “I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.” - Oprah Winfrey Presentation by Richard Rowe 12

The Golden Rule – is it new? We can see the idea of the “golden rule” in over 22 different religious faiths… Epictetus, Kant, Plato, Socrates, Seneca – the great philosophers’ understood… Presentation by Richard Rowe 13

Golden Rule cont… “Self-sacrifice is never entirely unselfish, for the giver never fails to receive.” - Dolores McGuire It comes to four simple words – “Do The Right Thing”; DTRT Presentation by Richard Rowe 14

Golden Rule cont… “You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” - Zig Ziglar Presentation by Richard Rowe 15

Ocean’s in the movies… We can see examples from Hollywood – – It’s a Wonderful Life; George Bailey – Mr. Holland’s Opus; Glenn Holland – We can even see TV show’s Presentation by Richard Rowe 16

“Strange, isn’t it? Each man’s life touches so many other lives. When he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?” - Clarence from “It’s a Wonderful Life” Presentation by Richard Rowe 17

Oceans – past and present… The ripple we create or influence we have can be ether positive or negative… Whose life is an ocean? Think about Irena Sendler - Presentation by Richard Rowe 18

Oceans – past and present cont… Because of Irena over 22,500 people are here today - talk about a ripple… “The world can be better if there’s love, tolerance and humility.” - Irena Sendler Presentation by Richard Rowe 19

Responsibility – who me… What responsibility do we assume for our actions? Responsibility is a duty, obligation, or burden… Embrace the chance to influence in someone else’s life - Presentation by Richard Rowe 20

Responsibility cont… “Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his will – his personal responsibility.” - Albert Einstein “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Johann Von Goethe Presentation by Richard Rowe 21

Responsibility cont… We choose to accept responsibility (obligation) or not… “No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.” - Napoleon Hill Presentation by Richard Rowe 22

Make a Choice… Choice – the mental process of thinking involved with the process of judging the merits of multiple options and selecting one of them for action. Presentation by Richard Rowe 23

Make a Choice cont… Only you can determine – puddle or ocean “We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.” - Kahlil Gibran Presentation by Richard Rowe 24

Make a Choice cont… “It’s choice – not chance – that determines your destiny.” - Jean Nidetch “There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” - Denis Waitley Presentation by Richard Rowe 25

Make a Choice cont… “Each choice we make causes a ripple effect in our lives. When things happen to us, it is the reaction we choose that can create the difference between the sorrows of our past and the joy in our future.” -Chelle Thompson Presentation by Richard Rowe 26

Final thought - “We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.” - Mother Teresa Presentation by Richard Rowe 27