Posts Tagged ‘intensity’

John Baumann talks about success & intensity to UL lacrosse team

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

John Baumann set to Motivate UL Field Hockey Team

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Hello Mr. Baumann,
Thank you for your willingness to share your message with the University of Louisville Field Hockey Team. Our team member Erin Conrad speaks highly of you and recommends that we invite you to visit our team.
If possible, the best time to meet with our group would be at the start of the spring semester 2011. We will embark on a new challenge as we will be graduating 7 seniors…6 of them starters and the other an important part of our leadership group.
We will be building a new leadership core and coming together as a basically new and different team.  GO CARDS!
Pam Bustin
Head Field Hockey Coach
adidas Field Hockey Complex
University of Louisville
317 E. Warnock St.
Louisville, KY 40208
GO CARDS!

LearnSuccessToday.com – Success Enhancement Principle Number 5 – Raise Your Level of Intensity

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Raise Your Level of Intensity:

Focused Passion & Boundless Energy:

Services Available – Expertise – Presentations – The Inspiring Esquire

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Partial Lineup of Inspirational & Educational Presentations:

I. The Inspiring Esquire Inspirational Presentations

Caring for Caregivers: Reclaiming Posi-spective

An inspirational talk providing insights as to why many care receivers and their families neglect to demonstrate appreciation for caregiving, the power of positive care giving and the deteriorating effect of negativity on care receivers reflecting upon my personal journey with Parkinsons and with my daughter’s medical conditions. How to reclaim your positive perspective or Posi-spective. Designed for all health care providers and caregivers of any kind, large or small. Attendees will be rejuvenated  and have a much improved attitude.

Caring for Service Providers: Reclaiming Posi-spective

An inspirational talk providing insights as to why many customers neglect to demonstrate appreciation for service, the power of positive service and the effect of negativity on the organization relating my personal journey with Parkinsons and with my daughter’s medical conditions. How to reclaim your positive perspective or Posi-spective. Designed for service providers of any kind, large or small. Attendees will be rejuvenated  and have a much improved attitude.

Positively Handling a Life-Changing Illness: Becoming a Proud Person with Parkinsons

An inspirational talk providing insights as to why many care receivers and their families have a difficult time adjusting to a life-changing illness, the power of having a positive attitude and the deteriorating effect of negativity relating my personal journey with Parkinsons and with my daughter’s medical conditions. How to empower your positive perspective or Posi-spective. Designed for all care receivers and their families, large or small audiences. Attendees will be rejuvenated  and have a much improved attitude.

II. Learn Success Today Seminars & Workshops

• Nine Principles to Enhance Personal Success

An inspirational and educational talk providing nine personal success enhancement principles including envisioning, intensity, awareness and attitude. How to obtain personal success. Designed for everyone, large or small audiences. Attendees will be rejuvenated, have a much improved attitude and the skills necessary to achieve personal success.

• Nine Principles to Enhance Professional Success

An inspirational and educational talk providing nine professional success enhancement principles including envisioning, intensity, awareness and attitude. How to obtain professional success. Designed for everyone, large or small audiences. Attendees will be rejuvenated, have a much improved attitude and the skills necessary to achieve success.

• Supervisor Training on Respect & Appreciation

An inspirational and educational talk providing training to existing supervisors and supervisors-in-training on successfully establishing a work environment based upon respect and appreciation. How to create a productive work environment based upon respect and appreciation. Designed for everyone in management, large or small audiences. Attendees will be rejuvenated, have a much improved attitude and the skills necessary to achieve success as supervisors.

• Positively Handling Adversity

An inspirational and educational talk providing insights as to why many employees have a difficult time handling adversity, the power of having a positive attitude and the deteriorating effect of negativity relating my personal challenges including Parkinsons and  my daughter’s medical conditions. How to empower your positive perspective or Posi-spective. Attendees will be rejuvenated and have a much improved attitude.

• Diversity Enhancing Profitability

An educational talk providing insights as to how diversity in a workplace improves the quality of the work force and profitability of the organization. Attendees will be more willing to embrace and seek out diversity and have a much improved attitude about diversity.

• Negotiation Skills Training

An educational talk providing insights as to the psychology of the negotiation dance/game/production and fifteen understandable steps for more effective negotiation. Designed for everyone, large or small audiences. Attendees will be more confident in their ability to negotiate and have a much improved attitude.

III. Proactive Prevention Culture – Enhance Bottom Line Profits, Reduce Turnover of Quality Employees, Eliminate Wasted Fees Paid to Attorneys, Minimize Settlement and Lawsuit Payouts, and Prevent Distractions From Causing Reduced Productivity

Proactive Workplace Harassment Prevention

Harassment can not be rationalized as a cost of doing business. It is preventable and I have seen it eliminated in the workplace. How to proactively prevent workplace harassment. Designed for all employees, large or small audiences. Attendees will have a better appreciation for their role in harassment prevention and have a much improved attitude.

Proactive Workplace Injury Reduction

An inspirational and educational talk providing insights as to why workplace injuries exist. Injuries are preventable and I have seen substantial reduction of injuries in the workplace. How to proactively reduce workplace injuries. Designed for all employees, large or small audiences. Attendees will have a better appreciation for their role in injury prevention and have a much improved attitude.

Painful Lessons Learned from a Truck Fatality

An educational talk providing painful lessons learned as a result of  a company-owned truck driven by a company employed driver which lost its load killing a mother of two young children in a vehicle traveling the opposite direction. How to prevent as well as prepare for work-related fatalities including notification, family contact, media response, investigation, interviews, role of the DOT, and retaining Litigation Counsel.

Proactive Labor Relations & Representation Irrelevancy

An inspirational and educational talk providing insights as to why union organizing exists. Unionization is avoidable. How to proactively prevent workplace unionization. Designed for all supervisory and executive employees, small audiences. Attendees will have a better appreciation for their role in union avoidance.

Effective Workplace Romance Policies

An educational talk providing insights as to why workplace romance exists. No policy on workplace romance is perfect. How to proactively prevent issues related to workplace romance. Designed for executive and human resource employees, large or small audiences. Attendees will have a better appreciation for their role in addressing workplace romance issues.

Author of American Management Association Article on Proactivity: amanet.org/training/articles/7746.aspx?pcode=XA9T

Representative Presentations:

  • Reclaiming Posi-spective, Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres, Regina, Canada, 200 attendees, Closing Keynote Inspirational Presentation.
  • Learn Success Today – College Sports version, University of Louisville Lacrosse team, Louisville, Kentucky, 25 attendees, Inspirational Presentation.
  • Supervisor Training on Respect and Appreciation, Discount Supermarket, Oklahoma, 75 attendees. Workshops
  • Proactive Workplace Injury Reduction, Artex, Archway & Affinity Risk Control Conferences, Las Vegas, Nevada, Charlotte, North Carolina & Chicago, Illinois, 700 attendees, Keynote and Breakout Sessions.
  • Learn Success Today – Business Version, Brown Forman & Kroger, Louisville, Kentucky, 50 attendees, Inspirational Presentation.
  • Learn Negotiation Today, Kentucky Bar Association, Louisville, Kentucky, 75 attendees, Educational Presentation.
  • Proactive Prevention Culture Programs, Ferreri & Fogle law firm, Louisville, Kentucky, 50 attendees, Educational Presentation.
  • Abuse Beyond The Home, Lundy Bancroft Workshop, Louisville, Kentucky, 50 attendees, Opening Inspirational Presentation.
  • Anything is Possible When You Believe in Yourself, The Leadership Academy Magnet, Louisville, Kentucky, 750 attendees, Inspirational Presentation.
  • Learn Success Today – School version, Trinity High School Student Government & Summit Academy, Louisville, Kentucky, 200 attendees, Inspirational Presentation.
  • Learn Success Today – Nonprofit Version, Junior Achievement & Make-A-Wish Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky, 50 attendees, Inspirational Presentation.

LearnSuccessToday.com presentation by The Inspiring Esquire to Learn Success Today and Be Successful Tomorrow

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

LearnSuccessToday.com

(1) Perform an Honest Assessment:

Be aware of Weaknesses

Identify areas of natural Talent/Ability/Intelligence

Focus on Your Interests & Play to Your Strengths

(2) Envision (End-Vision): Be There/Experience It

Identify Specific Necessary Steps

(3) Best Effort: Self-Confidence/Image/Worth

(4) Be Prepared & Practice:

Exhaustive Diligence & Rehearsal

(5) Raise Your Level of Intensity:

Focused Passion & Boundless Energy

(6) Seek Out Essential Experiences:

Variety, Stretch & Life (unintended)

Develop ability to exercise good judgment and adaptablity

Learn from mistakes

(7) Develop/ Nurture Contacts & Resources:

Build Your Own Network

(8) Increase Your Level of Awareness: Insights

Continually Question What Is – See Beyond What is Apparent

(9) The “A” List: Focus upon

Anticipation (Trusting Instincts)

Accountability (Uncompromising Integrity)

Attitude (Reclaim Posi-spective)

Voice America Internet Talk Radio Host Learn Success Today Tying Together

Monday, July 5th, 2010

http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=46854

Tying Together All Nine Success Principles

Step-by-step process: Assessment; Envision; Effort; Prepare; Intensity; Experiences; Contacts; Awareness; and Anticipation-Accountability-Attitude. You CAN be more Successful.

Success Internet Talk Radio Show Voice America – Conclusion

Monday, July 5th, 2010

http://www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vepisode.aspx?aid=47152

LearnSuccessToday.com Episode #13 – Wrapping it up

Professor and Attorney John Baumann

John Baumann has been inspiring audiences for decades and has practiced law for close to a quarter century. This unique combination of his ability to inspire and his years practicing law has resulted in him being referred to as “The Inspiring Esquire.”
John is a Professor in the University of Louisville School of Business, has been a legal commentator on CNN Headline News and has had his article on Proactive Prevention Programs published by the American Management Association.
Mr. Baumann’s broad range of presentations include Learn Success Today: Nine Personal and Professional Success Enhancement Principles; Just Enough to Be Dangerous: What Every Executive Should Know About The Law; Adopt a Workplace Proactive Prevention Program To Increase Bottom-Line Profits: A Corporate Culture Approach; Positively Dealing with Adversity: Anything is Possible When You Believe in Yourself; and Learn Negotiation Today: Fifteen Steps to More Effective Bargaining.
Professor Baumann has been honored as the University of Louisville faculty member who most inspired the 2009 Scholar Athlete of the Year. His educational background includes obtaining his Juris Doctorate from Cornell University and Bachelor of Business Administration Summa Cum Laude from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
John refers to himself as a Proud Person with Parkinsons, being diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinsons at age 43. He lives in Louisville, Kentucky and Naples, Florida.

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The Inspiring Esquire

You CAN be more successful without regard to your intelligence, ability or talent! Our unique approach to enhance personal and professional success is to elevate awareness, understanding and ability to anticipate by presenting instructive real life stories, engaging imagery and appropriate humor.”
Our success enhancement topics include assessment and envisioning strategies; the importance of effort in building self-confidence; raising ones level of intensity; seeking out essential experiences and learning from mistakes; developing and nurturing contacts and resources; increasing ones level of awareness by continually questioning what is and seeing beyond what is apparent; and how critical attitude is to overcome adversity.
Topics necessary for success also include having a basic understanding of the law, focusing upon proactivity, and effective negotiation skills.
The Inspiring Esquire airs live Mondays at 1 PM Pacific on VoiceAmerica Business.

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The Inspiring Esquire John Baumann Learn Success Today Voice America Internet Radio Talk Show

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

THE INSPIRING ESQUIRE

Episode #1

Date: March 29

Episode Title: Hello America – Hello Success

Over the next thirteen shows, we will explore success starting with the NINE Most Important Success Enhancement Principles.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number One:

Perform an Honest Assessment of Yourself and the individuals that work for you.  Take Inventory of Strengths, Weaknesses, Interests, Talents, Abilities and areas of Intelligence. “Honesty” must be sincerely sought out and is a gift rarely given.

Episode #2

Date: April 5

Episode Title: Success Principles 1 & 2: Assess & Envision

Part Two of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number One:

Perform an Honest Assessment of Yourself and the individuals that work for you.  Take Inventory of Strengths, Weaknesses, Interests, Talents, Abilities and areas of Intelligence. Honesty must be sincerely sought out and is a gift rarely given.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Two:

Envision your End-Vision: Project yourself to that place, Be There, Feel what it feels like. Experience it,. Then identify the steps necessary to get there.

Episode #3

Date: April 12 (recorded April 7)

Episode Title: Success Principles 2 & 3: Envision & Effort

Part Three of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Two:

Envision your End-Vision: Project yourself to that place, Be There, Feel what it feels like. Experience it,. Then identify the steps necessary to get there.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Three:

Effort. More than your best effort. Work Hard. Be Disciplined. Tireless. Resilient. Give 110%. Leave it all out there on the field. Then claim your prize: Sense of Accomplishment. Confidence. Self-Esteem. Improved Self-image.

Date: April 21 (Las Vegas)

Episode Title: Success Principles 3 & 4: Effort & Preparation

Part Four of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Three:

Effort. More than your best effort. Work Hard. Be Disciplined. Tireless. Resilient. Give 110%. Leave it all out there on the field. Then claim your prize: Sense of Accomplishment. Confidence. Self-Esteem. Improved Self-image.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Four:

Be Prepared & Practice: Exhaustive Diligence & Rehearse. Prepare until you decide you are as prepared as you can be, take a break and then prepare some more. Rehearse until you decide you are as prepared as you can be, take a break and then rehearse some more.

Episode #5

Date: April 28

Episode Title: Success Principles 4 & 5: Preparation & Intensity

Part Five of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Four:

Be Prepared & Practice: Exhaustive Diligence & Rehearse. Prepare until you decide you are as prepared as you can be, take a break and then prepare some more. Rehearse until you decide you are as prepared as you can be, take a break and then rehearse some more.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Five:

Raise Intensity Level: Focused Passion & Boundless Energy. Persistent. Unrelenting.

Episode #6

Date: May 3

Episode Title: Success Principles 5 & 6: Intensity & Experience

Part Six of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Five:

Raise Intensity Level: Focused Passion & Boundless Energy. Persistent. Unrelenting.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Six: Seek out Essential Experiences: Variety, Stretch & Life. A Broad Array. Out of your Comfort Zone. See the Value of Unintended Life Experiences. What does not kill us can make us stronger. Most importantly, Learn from Mistakes, yours and others. The result: Develops the Ability to Exercise Judgment and Adapt.

Episode #7

Date: May 10

Episode Title: Success Principles 6 & 7: Experience & Contacts

Part Seven of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Six: Seek out Essential Experiences: Variety, Stretch & Life. A Broad Array. Out of your Comfort Zone. See the Value of Unintended Life Experiences. What does not kill us can make us stronger. Most importantly, Learn from Mistakes, yours and others. The result: Develops the Ability to Exercise Judgment and Adapt.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Seven: Identify & Nurture Contacts & Resources: Build Your Network.

Episode #8

Date: May 17

Episode Title: Awareness: The KEY to SUCCESS

Part Eight of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Eight: Increase Awareness Level: Continually Question What Is & See Beyond What Is Apparent.

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Episode #9

Date: May 25

Episode Title: Application, Anticipation, Accountability, Attitude

Part Nine of a Thirteen Part Series on Success. Enhancing Awareness, Understanding & Ability to Anticipate using Instructive Real Life Examples, Engaging Imagery & Appropriate Humor.

Personal & Professional Success Enhancement Principle Number Nine: The “A” List: Application (of all the Success Principles), Anticipation (Trusting your Instincts), Accountability (Uncompromising Integrity) and Attitude (with a Positive Attitude anything is possible). Enjoy. Have Fun. Take the time to smell the flowers. Watch the sunset. Love Life.

Intensity – My football Story

Friday, June 18th, 2010