What‘s your vision
for the future?
Personal & Career Development
for ELTAS Teachers
Stuttgart, November 27, 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
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Utterly fed-up, ready to throw in the towel
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Review the recent past

What‘s gone well for you recently?
 In
the classroom
 With a client
 Personally

4 min.
group
discussion
What could have gone better?
 In
the classroom
 With a client
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4 min.
group
discussion
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„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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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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Positive statements
 Gather
a set of limiting beliefs
 Replace
each with a positive
reformulation
e.g. I‘m
no good at
public speaking
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5 mins
in
small
groups
I speak well in public when I
prepare and rehearse
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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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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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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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„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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‘Must have’ values can become
goals
Value: more time to
spend with my family
Value: variety of classes
and students
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Goal: To accept courses
within certain timeframes
which free up my
evenings/mornings
Goal: To actively seek out
different companies,
language schools
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Goal setting tip
 Small
 Practical
An intention /
wish / „nice to
have“
 Realistic
With
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a deadline = GOAL
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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!
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Thank you for participating!
Thank you to the Springboard Consultancy
for the personal & career development
material.
For more information:
www.springboardconsultancy.co.uk
www.keeptraining.de
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