You can learn a lot about yourself by looking at the people you admire. Print out the exercise on .page 2

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Who Do You Admire?

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STEP 1: Write down five (5) people whom you

admire and respect. It can be anyone—celebrity,

politician, author, scientist, musician, philosopher, family member, friend, teacher, etc. They don't even

have to be real — use fictional characters if you

want. (Use the list of famous people on to help spark ideas.)

STEP 2: Next to each name, write three (3) characteristics or qualities you like most about that person. (Use list of possible qualities on to inspire ideas.)

STEP 3: After you have written your list for each person, go through the list of qualities and compile them into a condensed list.

STEP 4: Answer the questions about your compiled list of qualities.

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Five People

1. Madonna2. Oprah Winfrey3. Albert Einstein4. Robin Williams5. Mark Twain

Their Three Qualities

honest, daring, powerfulpowerful, inspiring, honestintelligent, insightful, creativeincredibly funny, creative, daringinsightful, funny, intelligent

Condensed list

?Honest?Powerful?Daring?Funny?Creative?Intelligent?Insightful?Inspiring

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Your PicksFive People I Admire Three Qualities I Admire in Them

Which of these qualities do you already have?

What is one quality you would like to develop to

greater degree?

What is one small action step you could take to

develop that quality more in yourself?

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Simply being aware of the qualities you want, can bring them out.

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Your Condensed List

Abraham LincolnAdam SandlerAlbert EinsteinAlexander Graham BellAlfred HitchcockAlicia SilverstoneAndy RooneyAngelina JolieAnne FrankAristotleArnold SchwarzeneggerAugustus CaesarBarbra StreisandBeethovenBen AffleckBen FranklinBenny GoodmanBette MidlerBill CosbyBill GatesBilly CrystalBob DylanBob HopeBrad PittBruce WillisC. G. JungC. S. LewisCameron DiazCarl SaganCarol BurnettCarrie FisherCharles DickensCharles Everett KoopCharlize TheronCherChristian BaleChuck YeagerChuck YeagerCleopatraClint EastwoodColin PowellCondoleezza RiceCourtney B. VanceDarth VaderDenzel WashingtonElla FitzgeraldEmily DickinsonErnest HemingwayEstée LauderFrank Lloyd WrightFred AstaireGeorge Washington

Georgia O'KeeffeGloria SteinemGloria VanderbiltGoldie HawnHank AaronHelen KellerHenri ManciniHenry A. KissingerIsaac NewtonJack NicholsonJacqueline Kennedy OnassisJames TaylorJane AustenJane FondaJane GoodallJim CarreyJoan BaezJohn F. Kennedy, Jr.John LennonJohn TravoltaJohnny DeppJulia ChildJulia RobertsKatharine HepburnKeanu ReevesKirstie AlleyLeonardo da VinciLewis And ClarkLewis CarrollLiberaceLiza MinnelliLouis PasteurLucille BallMadonnaMae WestMahatma GandhiMargaret ThatcherMarie AntoinetteMarie CurieMarilyn MonroeMark TwainMartin LawrenceMartin Luther KingMary Kay AshMary MagdaleneMary Tyler MooreMel GibsonMeryl StreepMichael J. FoxMichael JacksonMichael LandonMichelangelo

Michele PfeifferMiles DavisMorgan FreemanMother TeresaMozartMr. RogersNeil ArmstrongNicolas CageNorman RockwellOprah WinfreyPablo PicassoPamela AndersonPaul McCartneyPaul NewmanPeyton ManningPlatoPocahontasRay CharlesReese WitherspoonRobin WilliamsRonald ReganRosa ParksRoseanne BarrRoy RogersSacha Baron CohenScarlett JohanssonShakespeareShia LabeoufShirley MacLaineSigmund FreudSigourney WeaverSigourney WeaverSt. Francis of AssisiSteve MartinSusan B. AnthonySylvester StalloneTaylor KitschThomas EdisonThomas JeffersonTom CruiseTom HanksTommy Lee JonesVenus WilliamsVincent Van GoghWalt DisneyWhoopi GoldbergWill SmithWilliam F. Buckley, Jr.William JamesWonder Woman

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List of Famous People

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smartathleticdynamicadventurousanalyticalfunnyimaginativeclassyoptimisticcharmingassertivepassionatefun hardworkinghonestcompassionatekindgenerouspracticalmotivatingperceptive

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List of Possible Qualitiesimaginativecreativehas integrityreliableinnovativebraveinsightfulpoeticinspiringserioussillytoughpowerfulintuitivequestioningenergeticleadersympatheticmoralprotectivesensitive

trustingindependentcourteousthoughtfulskilledrichadaptablespiritualdevotedcompetitivepatientdrivenstylishpersistenttalentedcalmstablecourageousnaturalconfident

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