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Cadets' history dates back how far? ✔✔15th century
In Renaissance France, distinguished families would send their young sons to the palace where they would learn how to what? ✔✔conduct themselves as gentlemen, leaders, and patriots
After the french boys gained some maturity and experience in the Renaissance palace, what were they commissioned to? ✔✔military officers
The American wanted to call George Washington this, but he would not allow it. What did they want to call him? ✔✔"Your Majesty"
What did they students at West Point proclaim themselves? ✔✔cadets
In what year did the students at West Point proclaim themselves cadets? ✔✔ 1802
What are some of the first steps one must take to become a leader? ✔✔to take full responsibility for one's self, to invest fully in the ethic of teamwork, and to learn how to communicate with other leaders
What is self-management? ✔✔the process of directing and controlling your actions so that you can achieve your goals in life
What do goals describe? ✔✔what you want to achieve in your life
What is future picture? ✔✔a clear and compelling description of what you want your life to look like at some point in the future
What is the best way to set goals? ✔✔to work back from the future, not forward from the present
What are the steps to setting goals? ✔✔dream big, identify a specific goal and write it down, list the steps needed to reach the goal, get help and support from others, and work toward your goal one step at a time, reward yourself along the way and complete your goal
Dreams are the fuel to what? ✔✔goals
What is an example of an assumption? ✔✔Cadets who exercise regularly will pass the fitness test
Brainstorming is a method of generating a what? ✔✔a large number of creative ideas
Leaders who make a bad initial decision often get caught in the what? ✔✔the ethical trap
What is an ethical trap? ✔✔if you see a problem, but you ignore it and someone sees you ignore it, but they think you committed the wrong because they don't you were the culprit
What is time management? ✔✔the process of organizing and using your time wisely
What is efficiency? ✔✔how well a leader is making use of their time and other resources
What are some steps to thinking critically about your job? ✔✔pay attention, come prepared, focus your goals, do it right the first time, sequence the work efficiently, maximize uptime and limit downtime
What is uptime? ✔✔the amount of time they are actually working
What is downtime? ✔✔time spent waiting for the opportunity to work
What is procrastination? ✔✔the practice of putting off for no good reason a task that should be done right now
What are some reasons for procrastination? ✔✔fear of failure, uncertainty about what they are supposed to do, not knowing where to start, the task, is unpleasant, desire to work tasks that are more "fun"
Once you know you procrastinate, what should you do? ✔✔try to identify why you are avoiding the task
What are some ways to beat procrastination? ✔✔consider your peace of mind, break the job into small pieces, jump right in, publicly commit to the work, use rewards
