are more than lists to memorize for a test; they are concepts, the ideas that allow us to distinguish ourselves from one another. Some of us feel others feel “courageous,” “cautious,” and yet others may feel or The task here is (1) to find the words “indifferent” “unconcerned.” that best match ideas about who you think you are at this stage of your life; and (2) to begin to unpack these words for the information they provide about your attitudes and assumptions, skills and abilities, plans and goals. The more language you have to describe yourself and what you are bringing to the next stage of your life, the more opportunities you have to represent yourself accurately. What follows is a rather brief list of words, certainly not a comprehensive list, that will help you find words that name the values and abilities you are bringing to the next stage of your life: Activity 3 continued (Packet Item) – Look through the list, and choose 10 words that best fit your sense of self. Write them down on a separate sheet of paper. absent-minded self-aware Inarticulate light-hearted active self-promoter indispensable low self adventurous self-reliant influential esteem analytical self-starter inquisitive mindful angry selfish intellectual motivated appreciative serious kind optimistic
are more than lists to memorize for a test; they are concepts, the ideas that allow us to distinguish ourselves from one another. Some of us feel “courageous,” others feel “cautious,” and yet others may feel “indifferent” or “unconcerned.” The task here is (1) to find the words that best match ideas about who you think you are at this stage of your life; and (2) to begin to unpack these words for the information they provide about your attitudes and assumptions, skills and abilities, plans and goals. The more language you have to describe yourself and what you are bringing to the next stage of your life, the more opportunities you have to represent yourself accurately. What follows is a rather brief list of words, certainly not a comprehensive list, that will help you find words that name the values and abilities you are bringing to the next stage of your life: Activity 3 – continued (Packet Item) Look through the list, and choose 10 words that best fit your sense of self. Write them down on a separate sheet of paper. absent-minded active adventurous analytical angry appreciative self-aware self-promoter self-reliant self-starter selfish serious Inarticulate indispensable influential inquisitive intellectual kind light-hearted low self esteem mindful motivated optimistic
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