Life Skills - Teenage

A person who has a tendency to give up, or give in without standing up for their rights and needs

• Aggressive

• Assertive

• Passive

• Practical

People with self-esteem:

• don't feel valued and accepted by others

• don't feel worthy of being treated with fairness and respect

• think negatively about themselves

• believe in themselves, even when they don't succeed at first

The best way to increase your confidence after you have failed at something is to:

• Immediately quit. Obviously you'll never be good at it, so you should just give up

• Acknowledge your failure, figure out what went wrong, think of different strategies or get some advice on how to be more successful, then try again

• Switch to doing something you know you are good at, and then stick to doing only the things that you are certain you will find success

• Find someone else to blame... it's best if the failure wasn't your fault

Check the words if it helps us to be more confident.

• STOP COMPARING!

• I CAN’T!

• DO WHAT YOU LOVE!

• I AM SHY!

• TRUST YOURSELF!

What is goal setting?

• Picking up a coffee mug and setting it down on a table that says goal.

• Finding something that you want to accomplish and figuring out a plan to reach it.

• Figuring out a plan to not use any money for the rest of your life

• Accomplishing all of your goals in two minutes

Your Habits Will Determine Your:

• Feelings

• Future

• Emotions

• All of the above

Why is it important for an individual to master the skill of public speaking?

• To avoid the need to have one-on-one conversations with people

• To make other people ask you questions that put you on the spot

• To force yourself to be in uncomfortable situations

• To increase your self-confidence.

Before you speak, you can

• stare at the audience to make them feel uncomfortable

• take deep breaths and have confidence that you are organized

• let the audience know you are scared and unprepared

• Pump your fist in the air and yell

A good, clear speaker…

• Understands what he/she wants to say

• Considers the audience and the setting

• Checks to assure understanding, and listens to responses

• All of the above

· . Instead of thinking this is too hard, think

• I can't do this

• I am not smart

• I need more time and effort

• Everyone else is smarter than me