what's your vision for the future
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What‘s your vision for the future?
Personal & Career Development at the IATEFL BESIG Conference November 2010
Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld
2Saturday 20 November 2010
Where are you now?
Completely content, satisfied, no need to change anything
Somewhat dissatisfied, frustrated, want to do something but don‘t know what
Utterly fed-up, ready to throw in the towel
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3Saturday 20 November 2010
Review the recent past
What‘s gone well for you recently? In the classroomWith a clientPersonally
What could have gone better? In the classroomWith a client
6 min. group discussion
6 min. group discussion
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4Saturday 20 November 2010
Causes of less success
What‘s stopping us from
being the most successful
we could possibly be?
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5Saturday 20 November 2010
„Limiting beliefs“ hold you back
They prevent you from becoming the best you can be
They cause you to miss out on opportunities
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6Saturday 20 November 2010
Acquire my own clients? I can‘t do that!
Pay for a new laptop? I‘ll never be able to afford it.
Develop my own courses? You have to have special
qualifications.
Talk to the CEO? She‘d never look twice at me.
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7Saturday 20 November 2010
Some typical limiting beliefs
„Your elders are your betters.“ „If you don‘t study hard, you‘ll get nowhere
in life.“ „Make sure you always look smart.“ „Don‘t do that. Something bad might
happen.“
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8Saturday 20 November 2010
Positive statements
Gather a set of limiting beliefs
Replace each with a positive reformulation
6 mins in small groups
e.g. I‘m no good at public speaking
I speak well in public when I prepare and rehearse
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9Saturday 20 November 2010
Managing you
„I make my own decisions and couldn‘t imagine anyone else doing that because I am in control of my own destiny. And if anything happens, or if a mistake is ever made, it‘s because it‘s something I chose to do.“
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10Saturday 20 November 2010
Managing you and making choices
There are choices:
Over what you think and how you think it
Over your feelings and how you deal with them
Over your behaviour
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11Saturday 20 November 2010
Visions and Goals and Success
What does „success“ mean to you?
Success is…. Success is… Success is…
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12Saturday 20 November 2010
Vision and Direction
Describe your vision for the future via
1. Notes jotted down, or
2. A story, like a magazine article, or
3. Draw a picture
Think about the following questions:
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Where are you? Which country, town? What sort of place, building? What does it look like? Formal, informal? What are you doing? Who‘s with you? What‘s satisfying/fulfilling about the activitiy? What‘s the atmosphere? Fun? Why? What are you especially good at? How do you feel about that?
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14Saturday 20 November 2010
Vision and Direction
Consider these questions to sharpen
your direction, and clarify your overall
goals:
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15Saturday 20 November 2010
What makes you really angry? What do you get really excited about? If you died today, what would you regret
not having achieved? What ambitions do you have that remain
unfulfilled? Are you spending the time of your life as
you would wish? If not, what do you want to do about it?
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16Saturday 20 November 2010
The time of your life
Work = time spent on your (un)paid employment
Home = time spent on maintaining home & family
Leisure = time spent on yourself doing what you enjoy („me“ time)
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17Saturday 20 November 2010
The dream / reality gap
The gap between what we dream and our reality can seem insurmountable.
Don‘t let it put you off – you have more freedom than you think
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18Saturday 20 November 2010
„Take your dream seriously. You are here to become the best you can be. You owe it to yourself.“
Susan Hayward – Begin It Now
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What‘s important now?
What do you need to have for your business?
What will make you feel satisfied and successful?
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20Saturday 20 November 2010
‘Must have’ values can become goals
Value: more time to spend with my family
Goal: To accept courseswithin certain timeframes
which free up my evenings/mornings
Value: variety of classes and students
Goal: To actively seek out different companies, language schools
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21Saturday 20 November 2010
Goal setting tip
SmallPracticalRealistic
With a deadline = GOAL
An intention / wish / „nice to have“
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Call to action
Identify what I could do better in my job Reset my limiting beliefs to positive beliefs Adapt unhelpful behaviours Dare to dream! Clarify what‘s important to me Write down goals – with a deadline!