Essential skills

Humor

• Knowledge & belief in your strengths, qualities, & abilities & an acceptance of your inherent value & individuality.
• The feeling of being valued, needed, accepted and meaningfully connected to a social network.
• Sense of purpose
• The ability to see the lighter & funnier side of life.

Control

• Belief that you have the skills and ability to cope with life's challenges & to manage your emotions. A realistic recognition of what is within & what is outside of your control.
• Life skills which help h you to interact more effectively with others & to cope better with life's changes and challenges.
• Sense of purpose
• The ability to see the lighter & funnier side of life

Self-worth

• Belief that you have the skills and ability to cope with life's challenges & to manage your emotions. A realistic recognition of what is within & what is outside of your control.

• Knowledge & belief in your strength, qualities & abilities, & an accpetance of your inherent value & individuality.

• Sense of purpose

• The ability to see the lighter & funnier side of life

Belonging

• The feeling of being valued, needed, accepted, & meaningfully connected to a social network. 
• Knowledge & belief in your strengths, qualities, & abilities & an acceptance of your inherent value & individuality.
• Sense of purpose
• Belief that you have the skills and ability to cope with life's challenges & to manage your emotions. A realistic recognition of what is within & what is outside of your control.

Purpose

• The motivation that drives you toward a satisfying future.  It helps us get the most from the things we do - large & small.
• The ability to see the lighter & funnier side of life.
• Life skills which help us to inteact more effectively with others.
• The feeling of being valued, needed, accepted and meaningfully connected to a social network.

Future

• Feelings of hopefulness, which allows us to act purposefully & positively.  It involves positive expectations, realistic thinking, goal setting & problem-solving.
• Sense of purpose
• The ability to see the lighter & funnier side of life.
• The feeling of being valued, needed, accepted, & meaningfully connected to a social network. 

Essential skills

• These are life skills which help us interact more effectively with others & to cope better with life's changes and challenges.
• The feeling of being valued, needed, accepted, & meaningfully connected to a social network. 
• Sense of purpose
• The motivation that drives you toward a satisfying future.  It helps us get the most from the things we do - large & small.

The 6 essential skills are:

1.Self-worth

2.Control

3.Belonging

4.Purpose

5.Future

6.Humor

• True

• False

The A-B-C-D model proposes that only we can change the events that happen to us.

• True
• False

The A-B-C-D model proposes that we cannot change the events that happen to us, but we can control how we feel & think about those events.

• True
• False