Chapter SIX:
Gaining Self-Awareness
Quiz,
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Homework
Note: No late assignments will be accepted.
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Quiz Time
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Reminder
50% of your grade in this class
• College Strategies Presentation (50 pts.)
• Major and University Search (50 pts.)
• Individual Ed Plan Assignment (50 pts.)
• Group Ed Plan Assignment (50 pts)
• TBA Presentation (50 pts.)
• Personal Philosophy of Success Essay (50 pts.)
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Gaining Self-Awareness
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Case Study in Critical Thinking
• Read Strange Choices (page 172)
• Which student made the strangest choice?
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Recognizing when you are off course
• In which of your life roles are you aware of being off course?
– Roles such as student, employee, brother, sister, parent, athlete, friend, etc.
• Do you know how you got there?
• Close your eyes, take a deep breath, relax, and consider your journey so far
• “How well am I doing?”
• “Am I reaching my goals?” If not, why?
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Jerome’s Story
• Freshman in college
• Dream: Accounting Firm
• Goal: earn 60k a year by 30 th birthday
• Long-term: Degree and pass CPA (certified public accountant) Exam
• Short-term: A’s in every class
• Created self-management system
• Showed interdependence
• Created study group
• At end of semester, he fails Accounting 101…
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Jerome failed Accounting 101…Why:
• Skipped his accounting class 3 times to work a part-time job
• Did not attend one class because he was angry at his girlfriend
• Missed two classes because of the flu
• Came late 5 times because of parking problems
• Did not do his homework because he is busy
• Did not hand in one important assignment because it was confusing
• Stop going to study group after 1 st meeting… he is not sure why
• As the final exam came closer, he got a lot of anxiety and cram for the final exam. On day of exam, he blank on the exam.
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Jerome’s story (cont.)
• Was it his fault?
• Was it possible for him to get back on course?
“Invisible force comes along and bumps us off course”
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Scripts
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Anatomy of a Script
Habit Patterns
• Habitual Thoughts : “If I don’t understand a subject right away, I never will.”
• Habitual Emotions : “When I don’t understand a subject immediately, I get frustrated .”
• Habitual Behaviors : “When I get frustrated, I quit.”
Core Beliefs
• “I’m not smart enough to succeed in college.”
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Applying the Concept: Scripts
Identify each statement as possible Thought, Emotion or Behavior
THOUGHT
EMOTION
EMOTION
BEHAVIOR
BEHAVIOR
EMOTION
THOUGHT
• I’m so dumb
• Being irritated
• Being very angry
• Driving around instead of stopping to ask directions
• Often arriving late to class
• Frustration
• I’m no good in math
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Applying the Concept: Scripts
What Core Beliefs (left) might lead to the Behavior (right)?
Core Beliefs
• Cheating isn’t really a big deal
• Not trying is better than failing
• Asking for help is a sign of weakness
• Effort is rewarded
• Studying math for 4 hours straight
• Skipping a final exam for
English class
• Copying answers during a test
• Avoiding the tutoring center
Behaviors
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Calvin and Hobbes
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Self-Awareness at Work
• Career planning requires self-awareness
• Identify your hard skills (special-knowledge skills that you’ve learned to do throughout your life from other people. E.g. abilities in sport, writing, computer programming, cooking, solving problems, etc.)
• Identify your soft skills (ones you have developed to cope with life. E.g. seeing yourself as a Creator, developing relationships, being flexible, finding lessons in experiences, manage your emotions, feeling confidence, etc.
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Self-Awareness at Work (cont.)
• Identify your personal preference
– Strong Interest Inventories
– Self-Directed Search
– Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
– Holland Code
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Why is this important?
• It will help you identify which career is suitable for you
• That’s why the Journal Entries are important.
They assist you become self-aware of you behaviors, beliefs and attitudes.
• Know this can help you excel in your workplace and in life
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Homework
• Journal 21 – page 182
• Journal 22 – page 185
• Journal 23 – page 194
• Read Wise Choices in College
– Taking Tests – page 198
Journals for 5 th edition only:
• 20, 21, 22
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Study Guide
• Unconscious forces
• Victims and Creators
• Scripts (chart)
• The impact of outdated beliefs
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