Response 9
What does money mean in your life?
Write a paragraph that addresses:
•Values, goals, self-image related to $$
•How would you describe your
spending habits and lifestyle
•How does your culture, family/peer
group view money
Resume Workshop
• Assigned Partners
• Complete the worksheet
Health
Managing Stress
On a scale from 1–10, how healthy are you?
• Physically?
• Emotionally?
• Socially?
• Look @ pg 314
• Highlight the events that
you’ve experienced in the
past 12 months
• Add up the scores to get
your “Stress Score”
Finding Balance Amid Stress
pg 315
Stress Management Ideas
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Visualize yourself being calm.
Breathe deeply for ten minutes each day.
Be gentle with yourself.
Trust your instincts.
Listen to your own wisdom.
Strive for balance, not perfection.
Health and Wellness
Group Assignment:
Use worksheet
to make
recommendations to
develop healthy
eating habits, etc
Eat healthy
Exercise
Improve sleep habits
Recognize mental health problems
Depression, pg 322
How Can You Make Effective Decisions about
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs?
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Alcohol
Tobacco
Drugs
Facing Addiction
Choose Wisely: Alcohol
• Analytical: Know the facts and statistics
• Creative: Have some excuses ready if you are pressured to
drink
• Practical: Designated Drivers
Binge Drinking Statistics
Choose Wisely: Tobacco
• Analytical: Know the facts and statistics
• Creative: Have some excuses ready if you are pressured to
smoke
• Practical: Think about stopping and put a plan into action
Choose Wisely: Drugs
• Analytical: Know the facts and statistics
• Creative: Have some excuses ready if you are pressured to
take drugs
• Practical: If you have a problem – face it and get help.
(Take a look at Key 10.4)
Finding Information on Addiction
Your friend is using some type of drug that’s affecting her
health. She’s not sleeping or eating much. She’s stopped
going to class. The last time you spoke with her, she asked
to borrow money and got really angry when you told her,
“no.”
You’re worried, especially now that you’ve heard
from her brother who’s really concerned.
Where do you find resources that can help?
How Can You Make Effective Decisions About
Sex?
• Birth Control
Take a look at Key 10.5
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
Take a look at Key 10.6
• AIDS and HIV
Take a look at Key 10.7
Choose Wisely: Sex
Talk About it!
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Birth Control
Consider cost, ease of use, reliability, comfort, and
protection against STIs
STIs
Go to a doctor or clinic – don’t be shy!
Know the truth: You can’t get AIDS from a toilet seat
Thinking Successfully about Personal
Wellness
• Analytical Thinking – examine your relationship with drugs, alcohol
and/or tobacco.
• Creative Thinking – devise new ways to have fun on a budget, look at
wellness challenges from a new perspective, create a diet and
exercise program that fits into your college lifestyle.
• Practical Thinking – take action when you spot problems, learn when
and how to seek help if needed.
Managing your
money and career
What Does Money Mean In Your Life?
• Your Unique Way of
Managing Money
• Money Spent = Time It
Took To Earn It
Cost of day-to-day expenses
How Can You Manage
Short-term Financial Goals?
Short-term Goal
#3: Manage Credit
Card Use
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3.
4.
Figure out what you earn. $$ in!
Figure out what you spend. $$ out!
Evaluate the difference.  or 
Adjust spending or earning (call on your
creative intelligence).
5. Make successfully intelligent financial
decisions.
Goal #2: Students Who Work
pg 353
Goal #3: Credit Cards
• Every time you use a card, you are creating debt.
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Credit card information
Original debt
$3,000
Cost to repay card @ annual interest
rate of 18% for 18 years
$5,760
Cost of using credit
($5,760-3,000)
$2,760
Dave Ramesey – 7 Steps
How Can Your Work Toward
Long-term Financial Goals?
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Save and Invest Your Money
Begin Saving for Retirement
Investigate Effective Ways to
Purchase a Home
How Investments Can Grow
How Can You Prepare
for Career Success?
• Investigate Career Paths
• Consider Your Personality and Strengths
(Review Key 11.7)
• Build Knowledge and Experience
Courses, Internships, Jobs, Volunteering
• Know What Employers Want
• Expect Change
Questions to Ask About Careers
How you learn affects how you work
• Are you predominantly a Thinker, Organizer, Giver, or
Adventurer?
• Consider how your personality spectrum identity
gives you strengths for your job.
• Consider how your personality spectrum identity will
challenge you on the job.
Take a Look at Key 11.7
Know What Employers Want
pg 367
• communication
• analytical thinking
• creativity
• practical thinking
• teamwork
• goal setting
• cultural competence
• leadership
• positive attitude
• integrity
• flexibility
• continual learning
How Can You
Conduct an
Effective Job
Search?
• Use Available Resources
Career Planning and Placement Office, Networking,
Online Services, Classified Ads
• Your Resume, Cover Letter, and Interview
• Be Strategic
Thinking Successfully About
Managing Money and Career
• Analytical Thinking – look carefully at what promotes career
success, looking specifically at the cost of resume mistakes.
• Creative Thinking – brainstorm day-to-day ways to save money.
• Practical Thinking – review a step-by-step plan for budgeting
month by month and then map out your personal budget.
Final: Presentations
Syllabus – pg 12
Oral presentation on the four questions in Chpt 12
1. How can you continue to activate your Successful
Intelligence? (pg 382)
2. How will what you’ve learned in this course bring
success? (pg 386)
3. How can you make a difference in your
community? (pg 389)
4. How can you create and live your personal
mission? (pg 394)
Note at least 2
ideas for each
kind of
intelligence:
•Analytical
•Creative
•Practical
as it relates to a specific
intelligence:
•Analytical
•Creative
•Practical
How does it reflect your:
•Character
•Contributions
•Achievements
•Goals
•Values
Volunteers