adult personality development in excellence

Adult Personality Adult Personality Development in Development in

ExcellenceExcellence

History: History: The 8-Keys of Excellence is a model created by Supercamp to help youth

develop character-building skills. This model was originally developed by Dr. Victor

Battistich and is currently used in some schools. It is a curriculum a whole way of life.

Purpose: Purpose: In this presentation, I’ve simply taken the keys and added value to show how it can be adopted by the adult learners when

you present with real-life experiences. It’s interesting to see how adding reflective thinking to this group of character traits;

adults can relate to the content, how it affects their lives, and they can start to heal from

some traumas.

Reflection ImpactReflection Impact: I have discovered these are the same skills needed for adults to help rebuild, empower, shape and influence

their lives. By adopting these adult character-building traits it is a guide to help embrace a

better way of living.

Deborah A. PorterDeborah A. PorterAdult Career Services Administrator

Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology

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Created June 26, 2015

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What is Personality?What is Personality?Personality arises from within and makes us

who we are.

Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.

Your personality is entirely up to you. It is in the actions you take and the decisions you make. Either you are a patient person, or not; a responsible person or not. The only way to change your personality is to take active steps to become the person you want to be.

Some personality traits are positive while other traits are negative. We all have both traits engrained in us.

What is Development? What is Development? This is the process in which someone or

something grows or changes and becomes more advanced.

Growth and Development Growth and Development is used to describe the success or lack of success in

reaching personal goals.

"As students grow in character, they grow in

their capacity and commitment to do their best work, do the right thing and lead lives of

purpose. Character education done early and

well, puts students toward successful life

outcomes.“ – Dr. Victor Battistich

http://www.8keys.org/8keys_defined.aspx

Presented by: Deborah A. Porter - email: [email protected]

Affirmations Positive affirmations are statements you say to yourself to cancel out negative thoughts and beliefs. When we make a conscious effort to change our lives, positive affirmations feed us invigorating positive energy. They help us to let go of harmful and hurtful beliefs that feed our awareness.

Over time they change the way we perceive ourselves and that in turn changes other people's perception of us. Thereby creating positive change that helps lift our spirits, gives us a positive attitude and the chance to move in a new direction.

These positive statements can be repeated several times throughout the day. By taking the time to vocalize the affirmations, the positive changes you wish to manifest, will shift the energy in and around you.

Create your own affirmation that you want to define your life. Now start defining your character, who are you.

There are 8 Keys:1.Integrity2.Failure Leads to Success3.Speak with Good Purpose4.This is it – Live in the Now5.Commitment6.Ownership7.Flexibility8.Balance


Key 1:Key 1:IntegrityIntegrity

Match your Behavior with

your Values

Living in integrity means that everything we say and everything

we do are true reflections of what we

value, what’s important to us.

We are sincere and We are sincere and true to ourselves—we true to ourselves—we don’t say or think one don’t say or think one thing and do another. thing and do another.


Key #2:Key #2:Failure Leads to Failure Leads to

SuccessSuccess

Learn from your Mistakes

The only real failure The only real failure is not learning from is not learning from

our mistakes. our mistakes. The key to success is The key to success is to look carefully at to look carefully at what went wrong, what went wrong,

change what we did change what we did the first time, and try the first time, and try

again by applying again by applying what we learned.what we learned.


Key #3:Key #3:Speak with a Speak with a

Good PurposeGood Purpose

Speak Honestly Speak Honestly and Kindlyand Kindly

Words are powerful! They have the power to uplift and enlighten or

put down and depress.

Always considering the Always considering the intention of our words. intention of our words.

It’s about communicating directly,

clearly, honestly, and with a positive purpose.


When you try to control everything you enjoy nothing. When you try to control everything you enjoy nothing. Just live for this moment and enjoy “it”.Just live for this moment and enjoy “it”.

Key #4Key #4This is it!This is it!

(Live in the Now)(Live in the Now)

Making the Most of Every Moment. Keeping Your

Attention on the Positive.

When we live in the NOW we have power!

Whenever our thoughts Whenever our thoughts are occupied with are occupied with

something other than something other than what we’re doing, we what we’re doing, we miss what’s going on miss what’s going on

around us in the moment around us in the moment … while we’re waiting for … while we’re waiting for

the next moment to the next moment to arrive the present arrive the present

moment slips away. moment slips away.


Key #5:Key #5:CommitmentCommitment

Take positive actions and follow your

vision. Make your dreams come true.

At each step along the way, our commitment

inspires us to take positive action and

overcome obstacles, and pushes us on until we

“make it happen.”

A commitment is not A commitment is not made lightly—it’s about made lightly—it’s about

making a decision so making a decision so strong that there is no strong that there is no

going back.going back.


Key #6:Key #6:OwnershipOwnership

Take Responsibility for

your Actions.

Be responsible for your thoughts, feelings, words, and

actions. “Own” the choices you make and the results that

follow.

We may not be able to control We may not be able to control everything that happens in everything that happens in our lives but we can control our lives but we can control

how we respond to what how we respond to what happens. happens. By taking ownership By taking ownership

of our actions we create a of our actions we create a huge shift in our life.huge shift in our life.


To be more flexible we need to be more To be more flexible we need to be more open to doing things differently.open to doing things differently.

Key #7:Key #7:FlexibilityFlexibility

Be willing to do things differently.

Flexibility is about recognizing all kinds of habits or patterns or activities in our

life that aren’t working and changing them, and even

changing them again until we find the one that works!

Flexibility is the willingness to Flexibility is the willingness to try something different when try something different when

we realize that what we’re we realize that what we’re doing isn’t working.doing isn’t working.


Respect boundaries and understand what Respect boundaries and understand what really matters to be happy.really matters to be happy.

Key #8:Key #8:BalanceBalance

Live your Best Life

Balance is about considering everything that’s meaningful and important to us when we make choices about how we spend our time and energy.

Inner happiness and Inner happiness and fulfillment come when your fulfillment come when your mind, body, and emotions mind, body, and emotions

are nurtured by the choices are nurtured by the choices you make.you make.


““We do not learn from experience … we learn We do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience.” from reflecting on experience.” John DeweyJohn Dewey

Reflection Activity

Step 1:Now, create your own affirmation statement that you would like to apply to your

life.

Step 2: Write 3 detailed essays:Select one of the Keys and ask how that key could influence your future (where

you would like to move too).

Select one key and state how that key can influence your present (the here and now)

Select one key and state how if it were used how it could have helped you to change something in your life (pick an instance where if you knew about the key it would have impacted your life). Explain in details.

Deborah A. PorterDeborah A. PorterTake Back the Controls of Your Life. Take Back the Controls of Your Life.

It’s Your Live and You Own It!It’s Your Live and You Own It!Email: [email protected]

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