uncovering the genius within
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GENIUS WITHIN©
Our Minds Are Our
Greatest Technology!
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Your Workshop Facilitators
Kelly Kozar, B.Ed., CDFI
and
Star Ristow-Bell, M.Sc.
Welcome You To The
First Day Of The Rest Of
Your Life!
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INTRODUCTIONS
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HOUSEKEEPING
Breaks
Washrooms
Expectations
Group Norms
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OVERVIEW
Power of the Mind
How Beliefs are Formed
The Power of Belief
Learning to Mentor Yourself
Tools for Goal Achievement
Learned Optimism
How to Kick the Worry
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BENEFITS OF JOURNAL WRITING
Identify behaviour patterns
Identify “beliefs” that are no longer useful
Identify “blind spots” to seeing problems & solutions
Reinforces & integrates new learning
Alternative method for self-reflection
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JOURNAL WRITING
I learned…
I was surprised that…
I feel…
I see how I can apply…
I’m concerned about…
Next time I...
I found it interesting...
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THINGS TO WRITE ABOUT
Successes
Setbacks and how you overcame them
“Ah-ha” moments
What you are thankful for
Information about how you are getting in your own way
Your goals and affirmations
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Spiritual
Personal
Marriage
Family
Physical Health
Mental Health
SocialCareer/Work
Retirement
Volunteering
Education
Friends
Sports
Finances
Other
BALANCE WHEEL
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HELPFUL THINGS TO KNOW
Most people do not change because they do not
know how to change
We all have more than enough talent to do
anything we want
The word “CAN’T” is the ugliest four letter word
What holds us back is our own self-image
Change the image - change the performance
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Plan to Judge the Outcome
Not the Process
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Module 1
POWER OF
THE MIND
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POWER OF THE MIND
75% of all sickness and disease starts in the
mind
Stress, which starts in the mind, is the number
one cause of all fatigue and illness
We only use 10% of our mind
This means 10% of our mind causes 75% of all
sickness
Imagine what would happen if we used our
mind to its’ fullest.
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POWER OF THE MIND
You have potential right now that you are
not using...
Harness that potential and you can pursue
the life of your dreams!
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Activities
A test of your
potential
POWER OF THE MIND
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POWER OF THE MIND
Is it there if you can’t see it?
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POWER OF THE MIND
“SCOTOMA”
If past conditioning does not match what you
are looking at, your do not see it and a “blind
spot” is created.
CAN YOU SEE THE PROBLEM
WITH SCOTOMAS?
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POWER OF THE MIND
The Ultimate “Scotoma”
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If you always do
what you have always done you will
always get
what you have always got.
POWER OF THE MIND
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JOURNAL WRITING
In what areas of my life do I have scotomas
that keep me from being more successful?
What thoughts or beliefs do I have that might
be limiting me?
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Module 2
HOW BELIEFS
ARE FORMED
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Understanding
the
Source and Strength
of your
Self-Beliefs
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
The strongest opinions you hold
about yourself are those you formed
at home with your parents or primary
caregivers.
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Every cloud has a silver lining
Avoid conflict at all costs
Dreaming is for rich people
Save the pennies and the dollars
will look after themselves
Naps in the middle of the day are
for lazy people
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Discussion
Family Scripts
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JOURNAL WRITING
What were the spoken and unspoken, positive
and negative codes that my family lived by?
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Who Are You
Listening
To?
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
PERCEPTION
The procedure by which we try and
interpret information about the
environment that surrounds us
Physical sensations, sight, touch,
hearing, smelling and taste
Always incomplete - limited by our
senses and point of view
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
PERCEPTION PROCESS
Feedback about ourselves and others
Not always based on true picture of reality
We behave as though our perceptions are real
Inaccurate perceptions lead to stereotypes
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
We behave and act
not in accordance with
the truth but with “THE
TRUTH” as we believe
it to be.
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Activity
Mixed Weddings
HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
How Beliefs Impact our Life
“Am I acting on what I KNOW to be
true, or what I BELIEVE to be true?
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
So…How can I really change so I
become successful?
Change the picture on the inside
Change the belief and your
behaviour will follow
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Limiting Thoughts Become Like
The Water We Swim In
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Identify Limiting Thoughts
Stressful in nature
Angry and fearful in nature
Attached to words like:
CAN’T...HARD...DIFFICULT...IMPOSSIBLE
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Identify Limiting Thoughts
If I am happy now, I won’t be motivated to change anything
I can’t change. This is just the way I am.
My feelings are natural reactions, not something I can control
If I control my feelings, I’ll be like a robot
You have to do some things you don’t want to do in this life
People who are optimistic aren’t realistic
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Activity
Identifying
Limiting Beliefs
HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
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JOURNAL WRITING
Limiting Thoughts
Write my insights from the Limiting Thoughts
activity in my journal.
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
ANTs
Automatic
Negative
Thoughts
Do a mental house-cleaning and get rid of those
ANTs!
All you have to lose are your old limitations
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Activity
How the Mind
Works
HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Lock On…Lock Out
When we lock on to one way of thinking we
automatically lock out other options
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HOW BELIEFS ARE FORMED
Lock On…Lock Out
Wrong Information
Too Quickly
Too Long
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JOURNAL WRITING
Give an example of when I locked-on to the wrong
thing about someone else. How did I change my
perception about them?
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Module 3
POWER OF
BELIEF
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Activity
Lifeboat
Exercise
POWER OF BELIEF
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POWER OF BELIEF
“Man often becomes what he
believes himself to be. If I
keep on saying to myself that I
cannot do a certain thing, it is
possible that I may end by
really becoming incapable of
doing it. On the contrary, if I
shall have the belief that I can
do it, I shall surely acquire the
capacity to do it, even if I may
not have it at the beginning.”
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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POWER OF BELIEF
You will rarely attempt something
you don’t believe and you will
NEVER give 100% of your ability to
something you don’t believe
possible
Belief always comes before action!
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POWER OF BELIEF
BELIEFS = SELF IMAGE
Self Image = ideas and information about yourself
Do you see a swan or an
ugly duckling?
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Activity
Change
Exercise
POWER OF BELIEF
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POWER OF BELIEF
Comfort Zones
Our self image operates like the thermostat in your home
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POWER OF BELIEF
Discussion
Comfort Zones
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POWER OF BELIEF
Comfort Zones
What situations make you feel out of your
comfort zone?
What happens when you are out of your
comfort zone?
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POWER OF BELIEF
Comfort Zones
Ability to recall information shuts down
Creative avoidance
Upgrade your comfort zone by raising your self-image
You will NEVER achieve sustainable success
that exceeds the image you have of yourself
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POWER OF BELIEF
We must get outside our comfort
zone and become psychologically
comfortable with success
BEFORE we experience it in reality
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POWER OF BELIEF
R e s i g n a t i o n
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POWER OF BELIEF
Resignation
Take for granted even the things we find
distasteful about our lives
Just the way things are
Powerless to change them
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POWER OF BELIEF
Resignation
Playing it safe
Quitting when things are strange or
intimidating
Choosing to look good rather than take a risk
Becomes a habit
Resignation translates into blindness for
exploring possibilities
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Activity
Conquering
Resignation
POWER OF BELIEF
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Conquering Resignation
Write my insights from the conquering
resignation activity in my journal
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POWER OF BELIEF
Develop a
child-like
“anything is
possible”
attitude.
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POWER OF BELIEF
Nine Dots Test
Connect all nine dots using only four (4) straight
lines without lifting your pen from the paper.
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POWER OF BELIEF
Nine Dots Test
Self imposed limitations
Conditioned to stay inside the lines
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POWER OF BELIEF
Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Translate messages and circumstances to
make them consistent with our self-image
Block out messages and circumstances which
are not consistent with our self-image
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The Hot Dog
Salesman
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Do I resist change? Why?
What activities or situations am I currently
avoiding because I feel out of place?
What can I do to be successful in situations,
which are uncomfortable
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Module 4
MENTORING
YOURSELF
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Activity
An Experiment in
Attitudes
MENTORING YOURSELF
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MENTORING YOURSELF
The Law of Attraction
Where are you focusing your attention?
The Problem of the Solution?
Are you feeling how terrible of frustrating the “problem” is?
Are you feeling what your life will be like with the “solution”?
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MENTORING YOURSELF
What is Self-Talk?
All the thoughts that run through your mind
Includes all things said both silently and out loud
Can be positive or negative, pessimistic or optimistic
Did you know that we have approximately
50,000 thoughts a day?
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How our Subconscious Mind Works
Takes in everything literally
Black or white
Good or Bad
It doesn’t interpret or do what is best
It’s like a computer - does what it is told
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Self Talk Errors
Focusing on mistakes (past)
Forgetting our accomplishments
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MENTORING YOURSELF
How Good Do I Have To Be?
“When we let ourselves be defined in our own
minds by our worst moments instead of our best
ones, we learn to think of ourselves as people
who never get it right, rather than as capable
people who make an occasional, thoroughly
human mistake.”
Rabbi Harold Kushner author of “How Good Do I Have To Be?
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Activity
Celebration
MENTORING YOURSELF
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MENTORING YOURSELF The Self-Talk Cycle
Self Talk
determines
Self Image
Self Image
determines
behaviour
Behaviour
reinforces
Self Talk
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Does my internal conversation build or tear down
my self-image or others’ self-image?
What are some examples of positive self-talk that I
have used to trigger positive feeling for myself?
In which areas of your life am I not using my
potential? Examine my self-talk in those areas.
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Techniques for Controlling Self-Talk
Pay attention to self talk every day
Identify supportive & destructive self talk
Confront negative self talk
Replace negative self talk
Make self talk your best friend
Practice thought stopping
Rubber band technique
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Thought Stopping
MENTORING YOURSELF
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Thought Stopping
Write my insights from the thought stopping activity
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MENTORING YOURSELF
More Self-Talk Tips
Tell Yourself What You CAN Do!
Plant Positives In Advance
Develop a Self Talk Plan
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When I do something wrong or make a mistake,
how long do I dwell on it?
What is my self talk about my life’s direction and
goals?
What are some of the limiting statements I tell
myself? How may they be affecting my behaviour?
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Module 5
TOOLS FOR
GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
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GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
The Mind
The Conscious Mind (Perceiver)
The Subconscious Mind (The Recorder)
The Creative Subconscious Mind
(The Generator of Direction)
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Activate your RAS
Reticular Activating System
A group of cells at the base of your brain stem
A little control centre that serves as the filter for
what enters you conscious and unconscious
mind
Writing triggers the RAS
Wake up! Pay Attention!
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Where am I finding difficulty in my life?
What would I like to change in my life?
In what areas of my life would I like to grow and expand?
What new habits would I like to begin?
What old habits would I like to eliminate?
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GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
Affirmation
A statement of fact or belief
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GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
Self Talk Attitudes Beliefs
Behaviours Self Image
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GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
Guidelines for writing affirmations
Personal
Positive
Present Tense
Indicate Achievement
No Comparisons
Action Words
Emotion Words
Accuracy
Balance
Realistic
Confidential
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Guidelines for writing affirmations
PROBLEM SOLUTION
Move Away From Include in Affirmation
Bad Temper Calm, Clear Minded
Lazy Energetic
Procrastination Accomplish immediately
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Sample Affirmations
I am an optimistic person who lives a successful life.
I am an important and valuable persons, worthy of the
respect of others who are important to me.
I remember how well I recovered from difficulty and
losses, and I use this feeling to strengthen my resiliency for
future use.
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GOAL SETTING
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Personal
Affirmations
GOAL SETTING
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That’s Worth Thinking About!
“It is a well know fact that one comes, finally, to believe
whatever one repeats to oneself, whether the statement is
true or false. If man repeats a lie over and over, he will
eventually accept the lie as truth”
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) American speaker and motivational writer.
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GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
Visualization
Mental rehearsal of the future in the present
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GOAL ACHIEVEMENT
Imprinting Process
Impact on subconscious
GOOD - Reading the affirmation
BETTER - Reading and Picturing the affirmation
BEST - Reading, Picturing and Feeling the affirmation
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Benefits of Visualization
Eliminate fears
Boost self-esteem
Inducing relaxtion
Reframe old situations
Change old habits
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How can I use the affirmation and imprinting
process to assist me in reaching my goals?
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Module 6
LEARNED
OPTIMISM
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Optimism is the cheerful frame of mind that enables a
tea kettle to sing, though in hot water up to its nose.
LEARNED OPTIMISM
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Life Quiz
LEARNED OPTIMISM
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Have To’s
Want To’s
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
Motivation
An inner force that compels behaviour
Comes from within
NOT from any external circumstances
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
Motivation
RESTRICTIVE
Primarily based on:
“Have To’s”
Fear Based
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
Motivation
HOW DO WE RESIST?
Slow down…procrastinate…take longer
Creative Avoidance
Work just good enough to get someone off your back
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
Motivation
CONSTRUCTIVE
Primarily based on:
“Want To’s”
Pay Value or Personal Profitability
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
Have To’s
Want To’s
Everything in life
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
The only have to’s in life are to breath and take up space…
everything else is a CHOICE.
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Choices
LEARNED OPTIMISM
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What are some of my “have” to actions?
Now that I realize there are no “have to’s”
in my life, what are some of the reasons I
choose to do what I do?
Where do I give up accountability to
someone else? Why?
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Can you learn to be an
Optimist?
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
Benefits of Optimism
Respond better to adversity of all kinds
Better physical health
Greater life expectancy
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LEARNED OPTIMISM
Optimist
Isolates the BAD
Temporalizes
Other Factors
Pessimist
Globalizes
Externalizes
When something bad happens:
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Optimist
Globalizes
Externalizes
Pessimist
Isolates the GOOD
Temporalizes
Other Factors
When something good happens:
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How do I think when good things happen?
Give an example.
How do I think when bad things happen?
Give an example.
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Module 7
HOW TO KICK
THE WORRY
HABIT
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The Downward Spiral
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KICKING THE WORRY HABIT
Paralysis of Will
Self-talk declares thoughts of worthlessness, hostility and
hopelessness as valuable.
Block out all other information
Blind spot to anything positive
Isolation sets in
Imagination goes runs away with you
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The human mind has a built-in potential for flexibility.
Substitute images of solutions instead of endlessly
ruminating about problems
Affirm your ability to deal effectively and calmly with all
challenges instead of worrying about failure
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What can I do to help myself when I realize
I am slipping into a downward spiral?
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Activity
Defining “Worry”
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Worry is like a rocking chair…
it gives you something to do
but it doesn’t get you
anywhere.
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Worry is Fear
alse
vidence
ppearing
eal
F
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How do I allow worry to keep me from
becoming all you can be?
How do I let worry rob me of better
friendships, better business, better results,
better communication, better family
relationships?
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Get Free of the Worry Habit
Recognize worry for what it is
Admit what worry does
Choose to be free of worry
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Activity
Affirmation Writing
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Affirmations
I’ve had it with worry
I refuse to be tricked by false facts
I refuse to let my life be short-circuited any longer by
letting my mind run wild with a distorted view of the facts
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Prove It to Yourself
96% is irrelevant
40% never happen
30% nothing can be done
12% they were needless
10% petty things
8% something substantial
4% out of our control
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Give Worry a Bad Time
Analyse it to death
Start to use worry rather than let it use you
Worry begins with a thought of doubt, which
causes an emotion of fear, which manifests
itself physically as anxiety.
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Conquer Doubt and Fear
Change your mind about the doubt and keep it changed
Focus on what you want not what you do not want
Start working on the solution rather than thinking about a
possible negative outcome
End Result Thinking
Do the thing you fear and fear will disappear
Fear and Faith are directly opposite views of
the future and they cannot co-exist
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Select a challenge. What attitudes, beliefs
comfort zones, self-talk, habits and goals do I
want to adjust to overcome this challenge?
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Activity
Artful Closure
WRAPPING UP
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Dear Me
WRAPPING UP
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Taking these five steps can make anyone a “Gold
Medalist” in their chosen endevour
1. Prepare to WIN
2. Take control of your thoughts
3. Re-evaluate your situation
4. Don’t worry about “how to do it”
5. Finally…YOU MUST ACT!
Chantal Petitclerc, 800m Wheelchair (CP Photo Tom Hanson)
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In you right now is the power to do things you never
dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you
just as soon as you can change your beliefs.
Dr. Maxwell Maltz