From the “AA”

Inside The Quarterly

Volume 103 Number 3 Fall/Winter 2006

2 From the “AA” 3 The V Foundation 4-7 Convention Review 8-9 Convention Recognition 10 Donor List 11 State of the Chapters 12-13 Award Winners 14 Risk Management 15 Chapter Situations 18 Keeping in Touch 18 Farewell & Parting 19 Campus Classics

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You Can Make it Happen

On the day after Convention, I had the opportunity to visit with Stedman Graham over lunch and to hear him make a presentation to several hundred youth from the Greater Cleveland area. Graham is CEO of Stedman Graham & Partners, a New York-based integrated marketing fi rm, and Stedman Graham Training & Development, an educational company focused on leadership development. Of course, he is probably best known as Oprah Winfrey’s longtime companion.

His presentation, “You Can Make It Happen,” was fi lled with relevant and practical wisdom for today’s young adults. He talked about Nine Steps to Success, and I found them incredibly relevant not just to an individual, but also to a chapter or to a business.

He started by saying that we all have 24 hours in the day, and 99% of us give that time away. Those hours defi ne us. If we can change the way we view the world [or our business environment, our community, our campus, our Greek system], there is nothing we cannot accomplish. The world is a collection of unlimited wealth and resources, and often we limit our potential by staying in our own little circle because of fear. The value you give yourself is directly related to the value other people give you.

His fi rst step to success is to Check Your ID. You are what you love, and you should organize the whole world around you. Think about this concept for a Chapter. If you love partying, drinking, skipping class, etc. – well that defi nes you. If you love having a wellrounded college and Fraternity experience – being social, getting quality grades, doing community service – well that defi nes you as well. You are what you love.

Create Your Vision. What do you see yourself doing in the future? The best way to predict the future is to create it. Then set goals that will lead to that vision. Do you want to be the best? You can be and it is entirely up to you.

Develop Your Travel Plan. Identify and prioritize your action plans to achieve your goals. Once you achieve one goal, move on to the next. Never stop growing. brings people in. Graham says, “If you are not positive, FAKE IT.” Take time to think.

Step in to the Outer Limits. Overcome your fears. If you do what you have always done, you will have the same results you have always gotten. You have to change if you want to improve. That is so true on the Chapter level.

Pilot the Seasons of Change. You have to be fl exible on your road to success.

Build Your Dream Team. It all starts with people. No one makes it alone. Get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off. Include people who share your vision, who care about you and believe in your goals. I watched with great interest the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2006 being inducted in my hometown of Canton, Ohio. EVERY single one of them talked about the PEOPLE who helped them get to the steps of that hallowed shrine. Get the right people on the bus and the wrong people off. Does that sound like recruitment?

Win by a Decision. The choices you make are based on conscious decisions. You must make good choices in order to be successful. I don’t think there is any organization on a college campus where choices are magnifi ed like they are in the Greek system. You must make good decisions.

Finally, Graham says to Commit to Your Vision. Just like a golfer must commit to a swing before he makes it, so must you commit to where you want to be. Stay focused, step outside the box, get up and move, wake up, DO SOMETHING.

I found great correlations between these nine steps that Stedman laid out and the success of our Chapters and of Delta Chi as an international organization. Many of you have heard me say many times, IT ALL STARTS WITH PEOPLE. It all starts with you.

In the Bond,

Steven P. Bossart, “AA” Kent State ’90