SAL MASTER Challenge #24

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #24

Self-action leaders REWARD themselves

What healthy and productive SELF-REWARDS could you use to motivate yourself to make good decisions, remain on task, stay focused, and work hard until a goal has been achieved?

List some work activities and tasks you find naturally rewarding. Why do you find these tasks and activities rewarding?

How might you increase your opportunities to spend more of your time engaged in work activities and tasks that you find naturally rewarding in your present life and/or career?  

Are you presently in a life and/or career situation that maximizes your opportunities for participating in activities and tasks you find naturally rewarding? If not, what steps would you need to take to improve your situation and expand said opportunities?  

What is a work activity or task you have never tried, but that might prove naturally rewarding for you?

How might you position yourself to receive an opportunity to begin pursuing said work activity or task? 

 

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #24

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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SAL MASTER CHALLENGE #23

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #23

Self-action leaders ORIENT their SURROUNDINGS for SUCCESS

• Take inventory of your surroundings. Are there any negative cues bringing you down? If so, remove them if possible. 

• What about visual reminders (positive cues) of your goals or important priorities; do you have any of them? 

• If not, creatively add at least three (3) such reminders (cues). If so, then add three (3) additional cues to the ones you already have. Make sure your cues are displayed so that you will see them regularly. Do this today or before the end of the week. 

Negative cues and reminders I will remove from my living and/or work space include:

Positive cues and reminders I will add to my living and/or work space include:  

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #23

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL MASTER Challenge #21

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #21

Self-action leaders are PROACTIVE and avoid procrastination

What is something you've been procrastinating? Complete this task TODAY, or before the end of the week.

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #21

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL MASTER Challenge #20

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #20

Self-action leaders SERVE

Complete 25 hours of service in your home, school, neighborhood, organization, community, church, etc. 

If you aren't sure what to do right off the bat, you can start off by simply walking outside your home and picking up trash.

Hour 1:_____     Hour 2:_____     Hour 3:_____     Hour 4:_____     Hour 5:_____

Hour 6:_____     Hour 7:_____     Hour 8:_____     Hour 9:_____     Hour 10:_____

Hour 11:_____     Hour 12:_____     Hour 13:_____     Hour 14:_____     Hour 15:_____

Hour 16:_____     Hour 17:_____     Hour 18:_____     Hour 19:_____     Hour 20:_____

Hour 21:_____     Hour 22:_____     Hour 23:_____     Hour 24:_____     Hour 25:_____

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #20

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL MASTER Challenge #19

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #19

Self-action leaders RECTIFY their sins and errors

Think of something you've done wrong, or someone you have mistreated in the past. Before the end of the day (or week), begin the process of rectifying your error by applying any necessary elements (or steps) of rectification, including a personal apology. In addition, express to any injured or offended parties your intention and commitment to avoid similar wrongdoing in the future.  

SEVEN (7) Elements (or Steps) of Rectification

1.  Recognize and acknowledge your error(s) or sin(s). 
2.  Feel and express genuine remorse for any damage your errors may have caused.
3.  Fix or replace whatever was damaged or destroyed (insofar as possible) as a result of your error(s) or sin(s).
4.  Repair any relationships damaged by your error(s) or sin(s). Begin this process by apologizing to any injured or offended by your actions. 
5.  Commit to change.
6.  Actually change.
7.  Pay your debt to society (if necessary) in the case of legal, civil, or other, related infractions.

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #19

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL MASTER Challenge #18

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #18

Self-action leaders are REVERENT

1. Think of the last time you failed to show REVERENCE to someone or something. Describe this situation and reflect upon what you might do differently next time.  

2. What are some specific attitudes and behaviors you could exhibit in the future to be a more reverent person in your family, school, workplace, community, state, or nation?

3. Think of a REVERENT person you admire, but have never told them so. Contact TWO (2) such persons today, or before the end of the week. Express your admiration for them, thank them for their examples of reverence, and ask them for suggestions on how you might become a more reverent person yourself.    

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #18

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL MASTER Challenge #17

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #17

Self-action leaders LISTEN to and COUNSEL with OTHERS

• 
  Who has given you good advice in the past?

• Did you follow it, or are you currently heeding their advice?
• If not, why?
• How can you begin implementing that advice moving forward, beginning today?

• Who can you go to for advice in your life right now?

• Go to at least two (2) such persons and ask them for their advice, counsel, or viewpoint on an issue you are currently confronting in your life or career, or a personal weakness you are attempting to manage or overcome.
• What did you learn from each person?
• How are you going to alter your thoughts, speech, behavior, attitudes, or beliefs based on what you learned from these two persons?  

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #17

Your initials:__________         AP initials:__________

—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL MASTER Challenge #16

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #16

Self-action leaders are HONEST

1.  Think about someone you have not been honest with in the past. Go to that person, confess to and apologize for your dishonesty, communicate your intention and commitment to be honest in the future, and ask for their forgiveness. Then, to the extent you are able, repay or repair any damage that your dishonesty may have incurred. Do this TODAY, or at some point in the course of the next seven (7) days.

2.  If you have already been practicing circumspect honesty in your life and no confession is presently necessary, then write a journal entry about what you are doing to avoid and prevent dishonest words and actions in the future.  

3.  Is there something about which you are not being honest with YOURSELF? 

If so, reflect in your journal about why you have been choosing to engage in this and/or other self-deceptions. What are you hiding from or afraid of? What negative long-term consequences might materialize if you continue down your pathway of self-deception. What positive long-term benefits might evolve if you began telling the truth to yourself and others TODAY? 

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #16

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL Master Challenge Exercise #15

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #15

Self-action leaders TRACK their TIME to Increase PRODUCTIVITY

Design a SAL Daily Task Tracker with a minimum of five (5) and a maximum of eight (8) daily tasks (desired habits) you would like to practice and develop over the next 30 days. Then, aim for a 75-percent completion rate.

Note: Don't be overly ambitious in the daily task goals you set. You want to stretch yourself, but you also want to be realistic and avoid feeling overwhelmed.  

I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #15

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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SAL Master Challenge Exercise #14

 

SAL Master Challenge

EXERCISE  #14

Self-action leaders DRAFT  SAL  CONSTITUTIONS.

Return to the beginning of this chapter and reread the steps for drafting a Self-Constitution and then create YOUR own as you go. You may also use the template below as a guide. 

Self-Action Leadership

Personal  Constitution 

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Preamble

Statement of Personal Vision

Personal Creed

Article  I

Statement of Personal Mission

Article  II

Values Identification

Values Clarification

Values Prioritization

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Standards of Personal Conduct

Spiritual:

Physical:

Mental:

Social:

Moral:

Financial:

Article  IV

Long-Term Goals

Article  V

Self-Action Leadership Advisory Board

(SALAB)

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Ratification  Signatures 

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I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #14

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—Dr. JJ

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA

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