KOBAYASHI MARU: THINKING ON YOUR FEET
How to work through tough decisions
Presented by Larry Nash White. Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.
OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION
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Kobayashi Maru
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Exercise
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Thinking on your feet
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Questions
KOBAYASHI MARU
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What it is?
 Star
Trek Academy test of leadership
 What it tested…
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Exercise
THINKING ON YOUR FEET
BY KENNETH WYDRO
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Thinking under pressure…
 Is
not an ability that some have and some don’t; it is a
mental process habit you practice to master
 is not focusing on what is happening around or to you but
what is happening in you
 Is being a thermometer or a thermostat; it is up to you
 Is “thermostatic consciousness” – work from the inside
out to control and create calm
 Is a power of choice – nobody is making you feel the
pressure around you: you are choosing to feel it
INNER CONTROL
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It is within yourself…
 You
don’t need formulas or techniques, classes, or
degrees to do this
 You
do need to understand your own innate abilities
 Thinking
on your feet is more a matter of expressing what
is already there than adding something new
 You
need relaxation, concentration, and preparation
HOW TO ESTABLISH INNER CONTROL
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Relation
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When you are calm, what happens to your thinking?
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Relax yourself physically and then mentally
 We
have been taught that environmental conditions are
stronger than the power of choice so you must chose to relax
 Find that center of calm within you that is always there, always
present, always available
 Comes out in a situation of crisis;
 Expect the unexpected
HOW TO ESTABLISH INNER CONTROL
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Concentration
 Everyone
has the ability to concentrate
 Negatively
done becomes worry, pessimism, complaining
 Positively done becomes focus, optimism, and ideas
 It is like a magnifying glass…
 You don’t make yourself concentrate, you let yourself
concentrate…
 Visualization is one way to concentrate
Self fulfilling prophecy
 Circumstances and events do not cause thoughts, you do
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HOW TO ESTABLISH INNER CONTROL
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Preparation
 Everyone
likes to win but few have the will to prepare to
win
 Plan
ahead and enjoy yourself in the planning process
 Must
have a willingness to take a chance, to change
conditions, to look within problems for solutions
 Commit
to yourself and trust in your abilities
INNER CONTROL MODEL