Become a More Positive Person: Three Practical Skills to Improve Your Self Confidence - Softcover

Mathey, Shirley Brackett

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1468575600 ISBN 13: 9781468575606

Verlag: AuthorHouse, 2012

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Would you like students to have a positive attitude more often? We will recognize the importance of accentuating the positive, understand attitude formation, and become aware of positive and negative responses. This will be accomplished by learning to: Speak more positively. Visualize the beginning and end of projects List goals with target date Identify skills that increase self esteem. Assume responsibility Accomplish more

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Shirley Brackett Mathey has used these innovative materials for years and produced wonderful results with people. Creative instructor for 26 years at Lincoln Park High School, Shirley developed many innovative materials (slide presentations, flashcards sequences, and group activities). She wrote her first book on Classroom Activities in 1975. Students referred to her as the best teacher they ever had. She worked in advisory roles for school organizations, served as a supervisory teacher for Wayne University, Eastern Michigan and Michigan State Universities. She personally counseled many troubled students, and initiated a weekly classroom peer group counseling sessions. Scores of written appreciations and continuing relationships validate the positive influence upon the lives of young people. Shirley was active in high school with 4 H Club, attended Miniwanca's leadership conference program and received became one of the six chiefs during the 4th year, attended University of Arkansas, University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan Colleges to receive two Masters programs in Family Life Education and Guidance and Counseling. Shirley is married to her college friend Court Mathey, after her first husband Glenn Brackett died. She has one son Robert Glenn Brackett, Jr, and 2 grandchildren.

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BECOME A MORE POSITIVE PERSON

Three Practical Skills to improve Your SELF CONFIDENCEBy Shirley Brackett Mathey

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Copyright © 2012 Shirley Brackett Mathey
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Contents

Foreword.......................................................xiiiIntroduction...................................................1START THINKING POSITIVELY......................................3The Candlestick................................................5The Power Of Choice............................................5Double Lady....................................................7Letting Go.....................................................7Continuum......................................................9Reality........................................................9Positive Mental Attitude.......................................11Negative Mental Attitude.......................................13Emotions Must Flow.............................................1380% Negative Training..........................................15Power Versus Peace.............................................15Traffic Signals................................................17Develop The Appreciation Habit.................................17Appreciation...................................................19Count Your Blessings...........................................19Being Successful...............................................21To Be or Not To Be.............................................21Comparison.....................................................23Equality.......................................................23SKILL ONE: SPEAKING POSITIVELY.................................25Speaking.......................................................27Benefits.......................................................27Steps to Pma...................................................29"I Can," "I Will," "I Did!"....................................29Catch And Correct..............................................31All Motivation is Self Motivation..............................33SKILL TWO: START VISUALIZING...................................35Start Visualizing..............................................37The Reasoning Mind.............................................37The Creative Mind..............................................39Working Power..................................................39Beginning and Finishing........................................41The Determined Mind............................................41The Productive Process.........................................43Visualize ... Vitalize ... Varro o o m ........................43SKILL THREE: START ACTION......................................45Successful Goal Setting........................................47Planning Time..................................................47How To Change Habits...........................................47The Target Date................................................49Power And Fun..................................................49Destinations...................................................49The Written Plan...............................................51Clarify Your Thinking..........................................51The $25,000 Plan...............................................53Writing Daily Goals............................................53Benjamin Franklin System.......................................55Goal Pyramid...................................................55Purpose........................................................57Find Your Heroes...............................................57What Kind of Goals Do You Need?................................59When is a Goal a Goal?.........................................59I Have a Goal When:............................................59Set Your Goals.................................................59Glossary of Goal Terms.........................................61Goal Concepts..................................................61Discover Your Purpose..........................................61Blessing Inventory.............................................62My Purpose.....................................................63I Dare You.....................................................63GROUP ACTIVITIES...............................................67Become a More Positive Person..................................69Blessing Inventory.............................................70Personal Values Evaluation.....................................71Values.........................................................73

Chapter One

START THINKING POSITIVELY

The Candlestick The Power of Choice The Double Lady Letting Go Continuum Reality Positive Mental Attitudes Negative Mental Attitudes 80% Negative Training Power Vs. Peace Traffic Signals Develop The Appreciation Habit Appreciations Counting Your Blessings Being Successful To Be or Not To be Comparison Equality

THE CANDLESTICK

What do you see here? When you are looking at the black object you can see a candleholder, a table leg, a plunger, a vase or whatever you choose to call the object. When changing your focus to the white background you can see the white profile of two people facing each other. What you see depends upon your focus.

Your imagination tells you this is a vase or two people. It is important to realize that you see what you want to see. The reality is these images are simply black and white paper. What's real is not as important as your perception. You see according to your focus. When you see the profiles, it is because you are focusing on that part of the picture. When you see the candlestick, you are looking for it. When your focus changes you see those changes. It is important to recognize you can change your focus to your advantage.

The candlestick profile is a tool to creatively focus on the attitudes of positive and negative thinking. Without realizing it, people are patterned in attitude formation. Regardless of the results, you will continue to use negative thinking and speaking habits unless you learn to apply positive ones.

THE POWER OF CHOICE

People use either positive or negative habits to solve problems with family, friends or money. Most of us drift into negative habits without realizing it creates frustration, fretfulness and fear. The choice of being positive and happy in all situations seems ridiculous, yet this is the most powerful life changing force within you. Your life will not change until you change. This choice will force you to correct the culturally acquired habits of negativity in your speech and behavior.

*See the Become a More Positive Person reference in the Group Activities of this book.

DOUBLE LADY

What do you see? There are actually two ladies in this picture. A young women and a older woman. Do you see a pretty young face? Do you see the young women's eyelash, nose and eyes? She is looking at the lower right corner. Do you see the older woman? She has her chin buried in the fur collar. The old woman's mouth is the young woman's necklace. See the bump on her big nose? She is looking down with her eyes. Sometimes it takes a little while to see each of the two women. Let your mind see one of the women and then shift your focus to see the other.

Used as a visual tool, the double women emphasize the mind playing hopscotch. Do you understand that in order to see the opposite woman, we have to give up one in order to see the other? The key is to "let go." Since the mind holds only...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1468575600
• ISBN 13: 9781468575606
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 90
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