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Wellbeing Assessment. Strengths - BITE BACK. What are strengths?

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Thinking about strengths… What are the qualities that you admire in your friends? What are the positive traits that draw you to them? Is it their bravery? Their honesty? Strengths are the ‘goodness’ parts of your personalities- qualities that, when used, really show you at your best. We all have each of these 24 strengths, but to varying degrees. What are your top strengths? Have a look at the list of the 24 character strengths here. To help you figure it out: think of times when you used those qualities. Remember: No strength is better or worse than any other. Self-Motivation Quiz - Goal Setting Tools from MindTools.com. © iStockphotoguvendemir How motivated are you to reach your goals?

Self-Motivation Quiz - Goal Setting Tools from MindTools.com

Are you motivated to achieve what you really want in life? And how hard do you push yourself to get things done? Wanting to do something and motivating yourself to actually do it are two different things. So, what's the difference between those who never reach their goals, year after year, and those who achieve one goal after another? Self-motivation is the force that keeps pushing us to go on – it's our internal drive to achieve, produce, develop, and keep moving forward.

With self-motivation, you'll learn and grow – regardless of the specific situation. So, how self-motivated are you? The Self-Motivation Quiz Instructions For each statement, click the button in the column that best describes you. Your last quiz results are shown. You last completed this quiz on , at . Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 still need to be answered! Total = 0 Factors in Self-Motivation Self-motivation is complex.

The Toolbox. Goal Setting Quotes. 119 Flares Twitter 0 Facebook 74 Google+ 4 Pin It Share 5 5 LinkedIn 31 inShare31 StumbleUpon 5 119 Flares × A study performed by Jack Canfield for his book, The Success Principles, asked 100 of the most successful men and women what they would do differently if they could go back and start over.

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Perhaps the most startling of the common responses is that they wish they had dreamed bigger. That’s right, some of the wealthiest and most accomplished people believe they had left a lot on the table because their expectations weren’t high enough. There is a little secret that is often stated but rarely lived by most of us: The greatest limitations in our life are those we put on ourselves. The great achievers know that their lives become what they expect it to be, while most of us believe more in luck and circumstance.

Everything that exists today, the car, cell phone, computer, you name it, was once an idea in someone’s mind. This parallels our lives in many ways. Inspirational Starters for a Lesson on Goal Setting. Screen Shot 2014-10-15 at 10.18.33 AM It’s the New Year, and for over half of us adults, that means we’ll be setting resolutions.

Inspirational Starters for a Lesson on Goal Setting

Unfortunately, only 8% of us will actually stick to them, so that’s not a whole lot of positive modeling for the kids. That’s why it’s a great time to kick off a unit on goal setting, and fill it with positive examples of real people who not only stuck with and reached their goals, but did so while demonstrating character, resilience, and grit. Throughout our goal setting unit, I’ll show a few short video clips of inspirational “goal setters” to get class started. Then I’ll have the kids tell me how the people we’ve seen have set SMART goals and gone through the steps of the process.

Here are 3 starter videos that have worked for me in the past. Dartanyon Crockett and Leroy Sutton From ESPN's Outside the Lines comes this inspiring story of two friends and wrestlers from Cleveland who faced tough odds and accomplished some amazing things, by working together. The Toolbox. How to set goals. Goal setting can help when: You feel overwhelmed by how much is going on You feel like you’re lacking direction You have a big project to tackle Why goal setting is useful Turning something you want in life into an actual goal is a really great way to make it happen.

How to set goals

That’s because you’re making a decision to act in order to get what you want. Goals give you direction, they keep you focused and motivated, and increase your chances of achieving things. What’s important about the goals you set is that they need to mean something to you; they shouldn’t be things that you think you 'should' be doing. Where to begin To be able to set a goal, you need to know what it is that you want. Start with things you enjoy. Goals can be made in many different areas of your life.

Personal qualities Friendships/relationships Family Work/study/career Physical health Interests/hobbies Attitudes Are there things you want to change or work towards in any of these aspects of your life? The process of goal setting 1. How to set goals. Goal setting can help when: You feel overwhelmed by how much is going on You feel like you’re lacking direction You have a big project to tackle Why goal setting is useful Turning something you want in life into an actual goal is a really great way to make it happen.

How to set goals

That’s because you’re making a decision to act in order to get what you want. Goals give you direction, they keep you focused and motivated, and increase your chances of achieving things. Achieve More by Setting Smart Goals. Week 3, Video 6 - S.M.A.R.T. Goals. Live for awesome.