
{"id":64459,"date":"2023-07-11T12:41:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T16:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/?p=64459"},"modified":"2023-10-10T11:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:10:47","slug":"slam-dunk-your-life_article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/slam-dunk-your-life_article\/","title":{"rendered":"Slam Dunk Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">ARTICLE<\/h6>\n<hr \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-251\" src=\"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DCSLogo1-300x45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DCSLogo1-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DCSLogo1-600x91.png 600w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DCSLogo1-1024x155.png 1024w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DCSLogo1-620x94.png 620w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DCSLogo1-680x103.png 680w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DCSLogo1-580x88.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Slam Dunk Your Life<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"last-child\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Envisioning a University Team Building Experience<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-64463 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCS_slam-dunk_indigo_horizontal.png\" alt=\"Slam Dunk Your Life\" width=\"759\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCS_slam-dunk_indigo_horizontal.png 759w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCS_slam-dunk_indigo_horizontal-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCS_slam-dunk_indigo_horizontal-620x426.png 620w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCS_slam-dunk_indigo_horizontal-680x468.png 680w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCS_slam-dunk_indigo_horizontal-580x399.png 580w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/DCS_slam-dunk_indigo_horizontal-600x413.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]90% of employers say, \u201cA sense of community is essential for success.\u201d<sup>1<\/sup> Isn\u2019t this also true for schools and universities? This article uses \u201cThe Pursuit of Happiness\u201d to increase core motivation. <sup>2<\/sup> It builds community, within an educational institution, by giving students a fundamental understanding of how to best manage and create happiness.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The 3 Types of Happiness<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Mood Empowerment<\/strong>: \u00a0Voltaire said it best, \u201cThe Best Decision You Can Make Each Day, Is the Decision to Be in a Good Mood.\u201d Every morning chose to smile at the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passionate Career Vision<\/strong>: Knowing what\u2019s worth wanting creates a beautiful forward-thinking, disciplined, life full of hope.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Successful Expectations<\/strong>: Realistic expectations create a life where you\u2019re constantly winning and being affirmed as successful.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h4>1. Mood Empowerment<\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What Are You Thinking?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Be aware of your thoughts.<\/strong> If you aspire to be in good shape, are you critical of those who are overweight? If you\u2019re into fashion, do you find those who aren\u2019t disgusting? We are all biased by nature. Labeling someone \u201cnot one of us\u201d or \u201che\u2019s one of those\u201d destroys positive energy. After all, whenever you see one of them, you get beaten down with a negative thought.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Being different is not wrong. Make it just not \u201cyour way,\u201d and that\u2019s OK. Hear what you and everyone you meet have in common, not what\u2019s different. You\u2019ll see their point of view. Say hello to everyone. Ask, \u201cHow\u2019s it going?\u201d Learn. Every person has a gift to give you.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Happiness is Contagious. When YouSmile<br \/>\nand Others Smile Back, It Makes You Happy<sup>3<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">&#8211; Harvard University and the University of California, San Diego Study<\/h5>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Create Affirming Body Language<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Body Language talks before you do.<\/strong> The body language others hear from you can be as high as 93% (55% non-verbal, 38% verbal reflecting negative energy.)<sup>4<\/sup> Critical thoughts, situational frustrations, and suppressed anger can make others not hear you, even dislike you. The reverse of this fundamental truth is \u201cThink something great about someone, and they\u2019ll think great things about you.\u201d Great energy is contagious.<\/p>\n<p>Cash in and reap the rewards of good energy. When you meet someone, ask yourself. \u201cWhat do I like about them?\u201d Perhaps, they have beautiful hair, fun shoes, a sweet smile, a lovely voice, or whatever. Listen. Hear their joy. Empathize with their concerns. They\u2019ll give back energizing, positive energy.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h4>2. Passionate Career Vision<\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What Is Worth Wanting?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Pull your life together.<\/strong> What looks fun to do? Don\u2019t be na\u00efve. Situations, careers, and even people are seldom what they appear to be. Get the facts. Research every option and investigate every possible choice. Then, imagine yourself experiencing your favorite ones. How does it feel? Eliminate the \u201cugh ones\u201d and explore the \u201cbeautiful things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is your life. Don\u2019t be like 45% of American workers who \u201cWouldn\u2019t wish their career on their worst enemy.\u201d<sup>5<\/sup> Decide on an enjoyable career path. Then, celebrate your life-changing decision. Knowing \u201cWhat you want\u201d creates a focused, disciplined, successful future. Oprah says it\u2019s the key to success.<sup>6<\/sup>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Being Immersed in a Beautiful Future Vision, Not Your Limitations, Makes You Happy.<\/em><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Be Powerful<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Daydream a vision of your future.<\/strong> Imagine yourself doing a career path. Envision it as being a huge success. Then, ask yourself, \u201cWhat great things about me made it happen?\u201d Follow up with a critique. \u201cWhat are the challenges?\u201d \u201cHow can I solve them?\u201d Finally, make your vision come true by obsessing every day about how to make it successful. Keep your power. Don\u2019t let comments get you off course. Advice from friends and family can be more about their personality or issues, not yours. Follow your passions by taking your career path goals to the next level. Think big. What do you want to be doing in 20 years? Be a person with a sense of purpose- a life mission.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h4>3. Successful Expectations<\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">What\u2019s Your Bottom Line?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Know exactly what you want to do.<\/strong> Isn\u2019t \u201cGetting it done your bottom line?\u201d Tell others what you want. They\u2019ll give support. Is it a new job, a promotion, a college degree, a trade school certificate, a relationship, or whatever? See each task ahead, even those you don\u2019t enjoy, as one step closer to success. Don\u2019t sweat the small things. Complete them and move on.<\/p>\n<p>Get tough. Rise above rudeness, prejudice, and terrible situations. Don\u2019t let anger, emotions, or a sense of injustice set you off. Others will only hear you as verbally attacking them. Find a way to let it go. Look forward, not backward. Run the race. Stay the course. Win.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When You Create Realistic Goals and Fulfill Your Expectations, it Makes You Happy.<\/em><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Examine Your Expectations<\/h3>\n<p>Are you grounded? Establish a step-by-step process. Critique each step. What could go wrong? Yes, mistakes happen. Learn. Talking down to yourself will only make things worse. No one gets it totally right the first time, and neither will you. So, chill out. Constantly inspect your progress. Ask yourself, \u201cWhat\u2019s working? Not working?\u201d Make improvements. Applaud your successes.<\/p>\n<p>Examine your self-expectations. Are you winning? If not, adjust your timeline. Create a world where you win, win, win. Enjoy this journey called life by fulfilling your expectations every day.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Each Section Has a Goal<\/h3>\n<p>Consider using \u201cHappiness\u201d as a motivating factor in a group or classroom discussion. In so doing, students will become empowered to quantify the rewards of hard work. This article is also a team-building speech that uses an interactive quiz.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/meet-dewey\/\">https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/meet-dewey\/<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Mood Empowerment:<\/strong> Isn\u2019t it time we discussed managing our mood? This discussion will create an inclusive, positive team-building experience.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Passionate Career Vision:<\/strong> Are they planning a future? What have they done so far? Get tough. Motivate them with \u201cthose without a planned, positive future suffer from low self-esteem<sup>7<\/sup> and high anxiety.<sup>8<\/sup>\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Successful Expectations:<\/strong> Why not choose to set realistic goals? The consequence of an impractical, starry-eyed goal is a failure which \u201cmakes a goal seem further out of reach. It also distorts your perceptions of your actual abilities.\u201d<sup>7<\/sup> Get grounded. Choose to be a continual winner.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The More They Want to Do a Career,<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>The More Successful They Will Be.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]\n<h2><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-64154\" src=\"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket-203x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket-692x1024.png 692w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket-620x918.png 620w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket-680x1006.png 680w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket-580x858.png 580w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket-600x888.png 600w, https:\/\/deweycolorsystem.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/dewey-sadka_cropped_gray-jacket.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/>Dewey Sadka<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For more than 25 years, Dewey Sadka owned and ran Temp Force, one of the nation\u2019s largest and most successful staffing companies. He then sold his company to Randstad Staffing, where he served as the USA\u2019s COO.<\/p>\n<p>Running staffing companies for over 25 years, he came face-to-face with thousands of individuals working to survive, stumbling to find an enjoyable career. Regrettably, there wasn\u2019t a career program that worked. After leaving, he invested millions and 20 years in building a career program that empowers others to control their destiny.<\/p>\n<p>The Top 50 Most Enjoyable Occupations assessment list was validated directly against the US Dept. of Labor\u2019s O*Net Code. Therefore, no assumptions exist that \u201can occupation should be a certain personality type.\u201d Then, an O*Net Code\u2019s occupational link connects students to all they need to know about a career. The other assessment, Success Driven Coaching, identifies their core motivation. Then coaches them every 2\u00bd days with a Customized Coaching Program to keep them on track. A 2-minute Color Test produces both programs. Try it out on us.<\/p>\n<p>Dewey Sadka\u02bcs company was featured on CareerBuilder, receiving over 100 million visitors with over 8 MSN and 12 AOL \u201cArticle of the Week\u201d awards. He has received excellent features and reviews from CNN, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, USA Today, and over 1000 national magazines.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also the author of a series of books and products through Random House with over eight international editions and a best seller in Japan.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n<ol class=\"last-child\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surfoffice.com\/blog\/teambuilding-statistics\">https:\/\/www.surfoffice.com\/blog\/teambuilding-statistics<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">LifeHacker 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/the-complex-relationship-between-happiness-and-motivati-1623287744\">https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/the-complex-relationship-between-happiness-and-motivati-1623287744<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">\u00a0NPR 2008 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2008\/12\/05\/97848789\/a-study-to-smile-about-happiness-is-contagious\">https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2008\/12\/05\/97848789\/a-study-to-smile-about-happiness-is-contagious<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">University of Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/online.utpb.edu\/about-us\/articles\/communication\/how-much-of-communication-is-nonverbal\/\">https:\/\/online.utpb.edu\/about-us\/articles\/communication\/how-much-of-communication-is-nonverbal\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Fortune 2023 Jan \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/11\/15\/american-workers-hate-their-jobs\/\">https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/11\/15\/american-workers-hate-their-jobs\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/231880452550509?fs=e&amp;s=aEkTS0&amp;mibextid=pIVN6E\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/231880452550509?fs=e&amp;s=aEkTS0&amp;mibextid=pIVN6E<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Frontiers in Psychology 2018 Apr\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389%2Ffpsyg.2018.00514\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389%2Ffpsyg.2018.00514<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Healthy Place 2018 Mar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthyplace.com\/blogs\/buildingselfesteem\/2018\/03\/how-low-self-esteem-can-negatively-impact-your-career-path\">https:\/\/www.healthyplace.com\/blogs\/buildingselfesteem\/2018\/03\/how-low-self-esteem-can-negatively-impact-your-career-path<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>90% of employers say, \u201cA sense of community is essential for success.\u201d Isn\u2019t this also true for schools and universities? 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