Dr. Ron Jenson's MAXIMIZERS Principles

The MAXIMIZERS principles are integrated into every product and educational training system provided to individuals, corporate/professional institutions and ministry/non-profit organizations. Below is a brief description of their specific application to wellness in the culture today.

Make Things Happen
Teaches pro-active habit development and personal discipline to accomplish specific objectives. This principle deals with eliminating a victim mentality and taking responsibility for developing the kind of discipline and new habits that lead to healthy thinking and job performance. This principle gives a person an understanding that they are in control of their own attitudes and actions.

Achieve Personal Strength
Teaches how to build a strong self-image and deals with the development of a healthy self-concept. The process of seeing your innate value and significance is balanced with the development of humility and the proper handling of criticism. Many personal conflicts and stress come from the improper view of self, which leads to individuals not maximizing their personal potential.

X-Out the Negatives
Teaches how to deal with fears...problems...and other difficulties. This principle addresses what a positive attitude is and how to cultivate it in multiple areas of life. Negative situations can cause distress that can demoralize an individual's performance. Stress and negative situations managed properly can be turned into positive experiences as long as one can identify the weaknesses exposed and then strive to overcome them.

Internalize Right Principles
Teaches how to live a principle-centered lifestyle at work and at home. Learning to build a value system around universal principles is crucial. Without such alignment, the constant cognitive dissonance of wanting to do right but not doing it becomes stressful...mentally, emotionally and physically.

March to a Mission
Teaches how to build a sense of personal vision, mission and purpose for life. This principle addresses how to achieve the goals and vision that empower a person's ultimate desires. A clear sense of mission has been documented by research over the years as vital for personal wellness and preventing mental and physical illness. People lose hope when they don't have a sense of vision for their lives.

Integrate ALL of Life
Teaches how to develop personal balance in attitudes...priorities...and goals. When people get out of control and lose balance they become highly susceptible to distress, anger and fear, depression and even burnout. There is a deep need for people to rebuild their personal balance in order for them to maximize their productivity, overall job performance and their personal contribution to a team.

Zero in on Caring for People
Teaches how to listen, confront, empathize and coach. Research studies are quite clear -- poor relationships (relational conflict) are highly stressful and lead ultimately to mental, emotional and physical illness. Clearly, the development of relational skills such as listening, empathizing, resolving conflict, anger management, encouragement of others is essential to total health and productivity.

Energize Internally
Teaches how to live a character-based lifestyle. People need to get back to this taproot principle of cultivating their character and spiritual moorings. As this inner life is cultivated and true character is developed, an individual become "in sync." Our outward behavior begins to flow from our inward life. That is true health and is the ultimate power base for real wellness.

Re-align Rigorously
Teaches how to make mid-course corrections and handle constant change. Most people are constantly trying to achieve an illusion that "life is supposed to be easy." This principle trains how to make appropriate mid-course corrections and how to face the difficulties of life without experiencing all of the the emotional and mental turmoil that worry creates.

Stay the Course
Teaches the importance of staying focused and not quitting on the important issues. Most people are constantly trying to achieve an illusion that "life is supposed to be easy." The American Management Association has indicated that the most universal characteristic of successful leaders is that they just don't quit. Those who succeed at healthy, thriving, dynamic, whole lives fail often, but they've learned to fail forward.