1. Diligence:
Careful and persistent work or effort

2. What do you Think? (Move to the front of the room if you agree and the back if you disagree)
1. Successful people get that way by being lucky. Agree, or disagree? Explain. 2. If I try hard and don’t succeed it’s not my fault. Agree, or disagree? Explain.

3. Read Aesop’s Fable, The Grasshopper and the Ants

4. How does this fable relate to the topic of Diligence?
Discuss
How does this fable relate to the topic of Diligence?

5. Examples of Diligence
Michael Jordan: He’s famous for being cut from his high school basketball team. He turned out to be the greatest basketball player but never let failure deter him. I love this quote…
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
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6. Examples of Diligence
Walt Disney: The man who gave us Disney World and Mickey Mouse. His first animation company went bankrupt. He was fired by a news editor cause he lacked imagination. Legend has it he was turned down 302 times before he got financing for creating Disney World.
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7. Examples of Diligence
Colonel Sanders : The founder of KFC. He started his dream at 65 years old! He got a social security check for only $105 and was mad. Instead of complaining he did something about it.
He thought restaurant owners would love his fried chicken recipe, use it, sales would increase, and he’d get a percentage of it. He drove around the country knocking on doors, sleeping in his car, wearing his white suit.
Do you know how many times people said no till he got one yes? 1009 times!
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8. Are You Diligent?
Take the diligence self assessment to see if you are a diligent person.