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“Advantage comes not from the spectacular or the
technical. Advantage comes from the persistent
seeking of the mundane edge.”
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Forget New Year’s resolutions. Design a lifestyle you
can sustain beyond March, when over 95% of all New
Year’s resolutions have long been abandoned. A
lifestyle you can sustain for the rest of your life,
with the same enthusiasm, if not more passion, that
you had at the beginning of the New Year.
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While driving home from a conference in Sun Valley,
Idaho, with my friend Dwayne Speegle, Vice President
of the Leavitt Group (Insurance Company), we discussed
the importance of being involved in physical
activities that one can participate in way beyond
retirement age. Dwayne is an avid outdoor enthusiast.
Be it biking, backpacking, hiking or allowing himself
to be punished by the grueling Robie Creek Race, the
toughest ½ marathon in the Northwest, Dwayne is there.
That thought of lifetime activities was the seed of
what I have encouraged thousands of people in my
seminars to do—never to limit their thoughts, plans
and actions to what they feel like doing in the
beginning of the year, but to extend the thoughts,
plans and actions into lifetime involvement.
A few questions can get you started in creating the
future you hope, plan and pray to have. Do you like
what you are doing currently? Are you satisfied with
your personal and/or professional relationships? Are
you involved in activities that bring you intangible
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What are you doing for your physical fitness, spiritual growth and
financial independence? What have you done to adjust your attitude
to that of knowing and seeing yourself as the CEO of all you do?
What are your plans for developing your mental fitness by reading,
attending workshops and having quiet time to think/reflection on a
consistent basis?
Aristotle’s wisdom teaches us that to be
excellent in what we do, we must make our actions a habit but not a
one time act.
After working with people who are both fulfilled (making a
difference in this world) and successful (have material rewards), I
realized that resolutions were not part of their personal or
professional plans. They have a way of making decisions, believing
in those decisions and acting on them for the rest of their lives in
one way or the other. Decisions, belief systems and actions become
habitual for those who want to excel in their life endeavors.
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You must empower yourself to be the CEO of all your decisions, plans
and actions. You don’t blame others for anything you can control,
starting with your attitude, being accountable for your actions and
doing your best in anything you commit to do.
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You must believe in achieving what you never accomplished and do
what you have never done in the past to have what you have never
had.
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To reach new heights of personal and professional growth, you have
to set the bar higher than your previous mark, prepare your mind for
the new life you envision, and act either in new ways or by pushing
your efforts harder than before, or in a combination of both.
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Develop new relationships and downsize those that impede your
personal and professional growth. The relationships you develop will
largely influence the lifestyle you design for yourself.
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You must resolve to make past disappointments and failures points of
references but not stumbling blocks that are between you and the
best future you can possibly have. The past is un-adjustable, but
the future is adjustable—adjust it to fit the lifestyle of your
choice.
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Re-define what success means to you but have a firm understanding
that fulfillment is achievable on a consistent basis, requires
minimum efforts and doesn’t have the subjective measurements we have
for success. Plan to volunteer in community programs that matter to
you.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Man’s mind, stretched to a new idea,
never goes back to its original dimension.” Strive to reach new
heights of mental power, the launching platform for great idea and
actions. A single book or a statement made at a workshop or class
can change the course of your life forever. Invest in your mental
growth.
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Learn to use your non-talent attributes all the time. You don’t need
talent to love life, do your best and contribute to other people’s
successes.
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Never underestimate what hope and faith can do in whatever paths of
life you choose to follow.
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School Assemblies:
Dr. Vincent Kituku has room for only FIVE assemblies for spring
semester 2009. Our assemblies are for Junior and Senior High
School students.
The program is:
Success: How to
Become More Than a Dreamer
Topics covered include:
1. The art of making the right choices
2. Actions that make failing a non-option
3. Why poverty is not a disease
4. How to stay away from drugs
5. What associates will do to build you up or bring you down
6. The vision and goals that serve as your roadmap and how into
turn them to reality
7. Work ethics that will get you job and keep you employed
8. How to take advantage of opportunities
9. What America means to me—Closing thought
Call 1-888 685-1621
Our In-Service Programs for
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Chapter 20 of the
Overcoming Buffaloes at Work & in Life is devoted to helping
you learn how to be a positive outlier, a character, not from
the average, that influences the outcome of a situation.
Here is the story:
The first outlier I witnessed was my father. This was before I
was a graduate teaching assistant of statistics at the
University of Wyoming, where I had in-depth lessons on how a
single character or a small part of a large population can
create havoc in studies.
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Dad demanded the best of my brother and me. When
he knew we would be late arriving at school in the morning, he
went to the school office and asked the teacher on duty to cane
us. If we were not among the top students, he did the spanking
himself. For the record, he spanked me when I placed 6th in a
class of 120 students.
He never bought us long trousers or shoes until we were admitted
in government-aided high schools. His thinking was that such
luxuries would distract us from the task at hand, preparing for
a better future. He owned and operated a small clothes
shop—selling the items we couldn’t wear.
Our home, it seemed, was a test site for young people’s ability
to do manual chores. We worked hard, even during some public
holidays. Dad believed you couldn’t have the strength to attend
the festivities that were part of the holidays on an empty
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What Dad demanded was different. You must be different to make a
difference. My uncle, cousins and my best friends had shoes and
long trousers. They worked, but we worked harder. We were, to
the best of my knowledge, the only ones spanked for mediocre
performance.
Dad was nicknamed Ian Smith, the last colonial ruler of what
used to be Northern Rhodesia because of what seemed to be his
unreasonable expectations. Without details, I’ll just say that
only my brother and I, in that group of uncles, cousins and
primary school friends, were admitted at the university after
passing exams that terminated the futures of thousands.
Here are key aspects of a positive and
effective outlier, if you are to influence people for success in
any endeavor in life.
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You must be inspired by two
passions, love and hate. You must love the future you want to
have regardless of what others say and/or do. You must also
hate the status quo, mediocrity, and complacence.
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You must see things differently
and act differently. An outlier can never settle for what the
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You must inspire people to
focus on their long term goal. My father inspired us by
promising to provide watches, suits and even cash if we were
admitted at the university. When I achieved Upper Second
Honors, he bought a new graduation gown for me. I kept it.
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You can never second guess your
decisions and actions if your conscience is clear on the
socio-economic benefits of your vision. |
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Learn to move forward as
naysayers busy themselves with what they think you can’t
achieve.
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Keep rejuvenating your
enthusiasm by learning new strategies to turn your goals into
reality.
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Remove bitterness from your
heart. The best revenge is to do what your critics said you
couldn’t.
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Outliers do not sit and hope
things will change. They get up and create the change they
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When you think of it, George Washington was an outlier and so
were characters such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Galileo, Mother
Teresa, Joan of Arc and Nelson Mandela.
Are you a positive outlier? When an outlier is removed from a
set of data, its influence is gone. In your sphere of life or
work, can your absence be noticeable? Would people wish you were
still available to affect their work or life in a positive way?
You don’t need talent to be an outlier. You need vision of the
future you want, decisions to get you started on a path toward
your vision, and actions that bring you results.
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Employee motivation is crucial for any
organization’s bottom line, especially in these chaotic times.
Increased productivity, exceptional customer service, team spirit
and talent retention are among the benefits that businesses derive
from motivated employees. However, the cloud of job uncertainty,
having to do more with less and the anxiety of juggling work and
personal life are issues that employees have to deal with
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 5 proven things to do to become the leader employees want to emulate |
The key must-know factors, beyond leaders control, that affect
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Inspiring productivity with stories/metaphors and props |
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What employees focus on in times of change and what you want them to
focus on |
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Top 13 negative practices that demoralize workers, reduce
productivity
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9
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ONLY 39 participants will be registered
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At the Waterfront Catering
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Boise, ID 83703 |
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Trainers, business owners, leaders,
preachers, teachers and speakers |
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Features: |
Free networking lunch, refreshments and workbooks are sponsored
by Kituku & Associates |
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only 9 must-have skills that make people want to listen to you,
think about what you say, and then act on what they learned from
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Why and how to turn your fear of public speaking into a
rewarding possession |
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How to create a platform image that captivates audiences all
the time |
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Top must-know steps on how to make each of your
presentations memorable |
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Proven ways to motivate your audience to want to listen,
learn and act |
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How to gather information and tailor it to relate with your
audience’s expectations |
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Organizing your information for maximum audience learning
experience |
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How to use your uniqueness and deliver presentations
skillfully |
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What, why and when to use visual aids and when not to |
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Must-know tips that will help you avoid presentation
pitfalls |
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Register for only $129 per
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Only 49 participants will be registered.
For group discounts and scholarships for non-profit employees
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* Active Toastmasters members, non-profit organization and military
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8:30am- 3:00pm (Wednesday) |
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March 19th, 2009
9:00am- 3:00pm (Thursday) |
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At the Waterfront Catering
3250 N Lake Harbor Lane
Boise, ID 83703 |
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Develop the platform image that
captivates audiences all the time |
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Know what makes each of your
presentations memorable |
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Learn to make any audience listen,
learn and call you back |
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Top tips to turn your fear of public
speaking into a profitable possession |
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3 strategies you need to know and
relate with any of your audience’s expectations
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Learn how to make your information
lead to maximum audience learning experience
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How to use your uniqueness and
deliver presentations skillfully |
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What, why and when to use tangibles
for maximum presentation impact |
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Getting from unknown to a celebrated
and well paid speaker/trainer or consultant |
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How to charge morally acceptable
fees and you don’t feel guilty about it |
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9 proven ways to market your
business with minimum budget for maximum returns |
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How to create a dominance presence
and derive rewards in a competitive market |
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The Be-MISH strategy that gets you
paid for your expertise and speaking skills |
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The 7 streams of income that keep
dollars flowing into your business |
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Strategies for leveraging your
services to add value for clients and increase your
fees |
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How to skyrocket your profits and
minimize your costs with every engagement |
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You will need to be
approved by Kituku & Associates after a 5-10
minute phone interview unless you have received a formal
invitation to participate
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You must be willing to do assignments—your success is the
number one priority for Kituku & Associates
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Participants are required to be present from the
beginning to
the end of the seminar unless an emergency situation arises
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You should be able to give a presentation in front of
other
participants and get their input on how you can improve your
skills
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You are required to use your free 30-minute consulting
with
Dr. Kituku within 90 days after the seminar
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Please note: this is not
for people who just want to give presentations. This is for
individuals who want to inspire, challenge and equip people
with tools to reach new heights in their professional,
personal and spiritual journeys.
Only a small group of participants is allowed in this
life-changing (professional, personal and financial)
commitment.
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 Vincent,…it
was truly an experience that will enhance not only my career,
but also my life in general , even my marriage. The marketing
information you shared with us alone was worth many, many, times
the financial investment I made to attend…you are truly an
“Angel Along the Path” who is making a tremendous positive
difference in my life.
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Discounted Rate information: |
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* Seminar and 30 minute phone
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One-on-one development of promotional
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Insider information on how to produce top quality
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Development of your first website like
marketingwithazerobudget.com
(minus the video and audio items). You provide content and
logo |
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Review and provide growth tips on your promotional items |
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Help you with writing articles |
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We have a special rate at the Holiday Inn, less than 10
minutes’ walk from the airport—call our office to make room
and board arrangements.
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Guarantee: You will
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Dr.
Kituku, I just wanted to contact you to keep you updated on some
of the things I have been involved in since I attended the "How
To Speak And Get Paid" seminar in May.
I have been the key-note speaker for a college scholarship award
program, a seminar speaker for a church conference and an
invited speaker at a local church.
In addition, I wanted to let you know that I have taken to heart
and put into action the suggestions you provided for starting my
speaking business on a shoestring budget. For instance, I have
been creating handouts for my speaking engagements and putting
my name and contact information on those handouts! As a
result I have been asked to be a speaker at a conference in
Hawaii next summer!
Thank you Dr. Kituku for showing me the way to success!!
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Native of Kenya, Africa, and resident of
Idaho since 1992, Vincent has been a featured speaker
and trainer at numerous Real Estate conferences and
training programs. An award winning speaker and writer,
he is one of the less than 7% of all professional
speakers to earn a CSP (Certified Speaking
Professional), the highest award for professional
speakers. Dr. Kituku has worked with championship sports
teams and trained leaders on how to inspire productivity
all the time. What sets Vincent apart is his ability to
weave life experiences in Africa with corporate America
and culture in providing solutions for personal and
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Dr. Vincent Muli Wa Kituku is known as a research-based
motivational speaker. He presents motivational keynotes
and training programs on leadership, employee
motivation, overcoming buffaloes at work (change),
customer service and living and working with cultural
differences. Vincent is the founder and president of
Kituku & Associates, LLC, a business that is dedicated
to developing leaders and employees in business and in
life.
What has set Dr. Kituku apart is the ability to use his
experience in research to evaluate/assess client needs
and then tailor his keynotes/training presentation to
meet their objectives. Harold G. Delamarter,
President/CEO, Prestige Care Inc. said, "Before the
Retreat, Dr. Kituku gained as much information as
possible about our company and the industry we are
involved in. He made telephone calls to management team
members to tailor his seminar very closely to the needs
of our employees and the circumstances they face each
day in the present economy. Dr. Kituku was so widely
received in July, the decision was made to ask him to
return to again present to our company in October."
Vincent's clients list includes Cisco Systems, Micron,
Hewlett Packard, Genworth Financial, US Fish and
Wildlife, US Air Force, Women Council of Realtors and
National Association of Mental Health. He has been the
motivational speaker for the successful Boise State
Football Team since 1998. Dr. Kituku works have been
featured by numerous publications including the
Presentations Magazine, SkyWest Magazine, National
Speakers Association Magazine and many newspapers which
publish his weekly columns. Vincent holds the Certified
Speaking Professional designation that is earned by
fewer than 7% of all speakers worldwide.
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If results are important to you, then
Dr Vincent Muli Kituku is the speaker/trainer for your group.
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(208) 376-8724, or email Vincent directly at
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