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Managing Myself Module B: Part 2 Self-Reflection and Self-Assessment

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Managing MyselfModule B: Part 2

Self-Reflection and Self-Assessment

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Self-Reflection

Self-reflection is about taking the time to think about yourself and your own life. We are so busy that we rarely take the time to self-reflect. There are many different areas of our lives that we can reflect on. For example:

• Are you happy?

• How do you feel about yourself?

• Do you feel healthy?

• Are you managing your time well?

• Are you organized?

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Benefits of Self-Reflection

• Help you put things into perspective

• Help you stay on track with your goals

• Increase your awareness of time management

• Help you get on touch with your true feelings

• Help you understand work/life balance

• Help you recognize and celebrate your successes

• Help you learn from your mistakes

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“Self-reflection is so healthy. Journaling works for me - when I record the details of what I'm going through, whether it's a relationship issue or negative thoughts, I can look back and see how far I've come. It makes me proud to see my progress and how I got through a bad situation.”

Kelly Rowland

Source: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/k/kellyrowla587993.html#obSE8BtksULCJvfy.99

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Self-reflection is basically answering questions about yourself and how you personally feel about things.

You can reflect about things that are happening right now, have happened in the past or are going to happen in the future.

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Self-reflection about things that have already happened allows you to look with hindsight.

Hindsight is the recognition of the realities, possibilities, or requirements of a situation, event, decision etc., after it happens.Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/

How do you think reflecting about things that have

happened can be helpful?

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Personal Journals

• One tool you can use to self-reflect is a personal journal.

• A personal journal is private.

• Only you write in your journal and read your journal.

• You can put whatever you want in a journal.

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If you write a journal you can go back to what you wrote later to see how your feelings and thoughts evolved. This can help you develop problem solving skills to deal with new challenges and stressors.

You usually are not stressed when you are doing something you are familiar with. However, the first time you do something it can be very stressful. An example might be the first time you come to an upgrading program or the first day on the job. If you have written about stressful experiences in your journal you can revisit how you felt and how this changed as you became more familiar and comfortable with the situation.

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Activity: Personal Journal Entry

Possible Topics:

• What I am doing today and how I feel

• How I feel about a current event

• What makes me happy

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Personal Blogs

• Some people like to share their self-reflections with others.

• A common way to do this is by writing a personal blog on the Internet.

A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of discrete entries or posts that are typically displayed in reverse chronological order. This means the most recent post appears first. Source: Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

People who write blogs are called bloggers.

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Activity: Read a Blog Post

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Tips

• You can practice self-reflection just about anywhere. You should make self-reflection a part of your daily habit even if it is only for a few minutes.

• Try self-reflecting in different ways. You can write a journal, think while you are exercising, or write out a list of accomplishments.

• Being relaxed can help you self-reflect. Try some deep breathing exercises or even meditation.

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Self-Assessment• The ability to self-assess is a valuable skill to develop.

• Self-assessment is a building block for setting goals and making positive changes.

• Self-assessment can help you decide if you are doing alright. It doesn't have to be about change. It can be about affirming what you are already doing.

What do you think self-assessment means?

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Just as you can self-reflect on many different aspects of your life, you can also self-assess those aspects.

Self-assessment is usually done using some type of tool or process.

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There are many different types of self-assessment tools. For example:

• Tools to help you see how organized you are.

• Tools to help you decide what type of career you would like to do.

• Tools to help you decide if you are ready for important next steps in life like having a baby.

• Tools to see if you are managing your finances well.

• Tools to help you assess your skills in different areas.

Can you think of any others?

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Activity: Brainstorm areas of your life where you think a self-assessment tool

would be helpful.

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Internet Assessment Tools• There are a wide

variety of self-assessment tools that you can find for free on the Internet

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Activity: Essential Skills Self-Assessments

• Complete the Continuous Learning Self-Assessment from Employment and Social Development Canada: http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/les/tools/assessment/continuous_learning_self_assessment.shtml

• Complete the Working with Others Self-Assessment from Employment and Social Development Canada: http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/les/tools/assessment/wwo_self_assessment.shtml

• Complete the Thinking Self-Assessment from Employment and Social Development Canada: http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/les/tools/assessment/Thinking_Self-Assessment.shtml

• Share your results with the rest of the group.

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Activity: Mind Tools Self-Assessments

Take the How Productive are You self-assessment on the Mind Tools site. When you are finished share your results with the rest of the group.

http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/productivity-quiz.htm

Find another self-assessment you would like to take on the Mind Tools site and share those results with the group as well.

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Activity: Heart and Stroke Risk Assessment

• Complete the Heart and Stroke Risk Assessment online: https://ehealth.heartandstroke.ca/?LID=1&pgSrc=risk&ref=http://www.heartandstroke.com/site/c.ikIQLcMWJtE/b.8032427/k.98D1/Video_Stories.htm&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

• This is an optional activity.

Remember you should always check with a doctor

if you think something is wrong!

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Activity: Write a Personal Journal Entry

• Self-assessments can give you valuable information for many different aspects of your life but you have to act on the results if you want to make a change.

• Based on what you have learned doing the different self-assessments in this session, what are some of the changes you are going to make? Write a personal journal entry about this. If you feel comfortable, you can share your changes or the things you are going to do with the rest of the group.

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This Power Point was created by Laubach Literacy Ontario.    The resources can be downloaded free of charge at www.laubach-on.ca.

This Employment Ontario project was funded by the Ontario Government. 2015 

All website links were accurate at the time of original distribution-March 2015.  All of the images and clip art used in this Power Point are from Clipart.com and Microsoft Office.com.