what's your vision for the future

What‘s your vision for the future?

Personal & Career Development at the IATEFL BESIG Conference November 2010

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

2Saturday 20 November 2010

Where are you now?

Completely content, satisfied, no need to change anything

Somewhat dissatisfied, frustrated, want to do something but don‘t know what

Utterly fed-up, ready to throw in the towel



Review the recent past

What‘s gone well for you recently? In the classroomWith a clientPersonally

What could have gone better? In the classroomWith a client

6 min. group discussion

6 min. group discussion



Causes of less success

What‘s stopping us from

being the most successful

we could possibly be?



„Limiting beliefs“ hold you back

They prevent you from becoming the best you can be

They cause you to miss out on opportunities



Acquire my own clients? I can‘t do that!

Pay for a new laptop? I‘ll never be able to afford it.

Develop my own courses? You have to have special

qualifications.

Talk to the CEO? She‘d never look twice at me.



Some typical limiting beliefs

„Your elders are your betters.“ „If you don‘t study hard, you‘ll get nowhere

in life.“ „Make sure you always look smart.“ „Don‘t do that. Something bad might

happen.“



Positive statements

Gather a set of limiting beliefs

Replace each with a positive reformulation

6 mins in small groups

e.g. I‘m no good at public speaking

I speak well in public when I prepare and rehearse



Managing you

„I make my own decisions and couldn‘t imagine anyone else doing that because I am in control of my own destiny. And if anything happens, or if a mistake is ever made, it‘s because it‘s something I chose to do.“



Managing you and making choices

There are choices:

Over what you think and how you think it

Over your feelings and how you deal with them

Over your behaviour



Visions and Goals and Success

What does „success“ mean to you?

Success is…. Success is… Success is…



Vision and Direction

Describe your vision for the future via

1. Notes jotted down, or

2. A story, like a magazine article, or

3. Draw a picture

Think about the following questions:



Where are you? Which country, town? What sort of place, building? What does it look like? Formal, informal? What are you doing? Who‘s with you? What‘s satisfying/fulfilling about the activitiy? What‘s the atmosphere? Fun? Why? What are you especially good at? How do you feel about that?



Vision and Direction

Consider these questions to sharpen

your direction, and clarify your overall

goals:



What makes you really angry? What do you get really excited about? If you died today, what would you regret

not having achieved? What ambitions do you have that remain

unfulfilled? Are you spending the time of your life as

you would wish? If not, what do you want to do about it?



The time of your life

Work = time spent on your (un)paid employment

Home = time spent on maintaining home & family

Leisure = time spent on yourself doing what you enjoy („me“ time)



The dream / reality gap

The gap between what we dream and our reality can seem insurmountable.

Don‘t let it put you off – you have more freedom than you think



„Take your dream seriously. You are here to become the best you can be. You owe it to yourself.“

Susan Hayward – Begin It Now



What‘s important now?

What do you need to have for your business?

What will make you feel satisfied and successful?



‘Must have’ values can become goals

Value: more time to spend with my family

Goal: To accept courseswithin certain timeframes

which free up my evenings/mornings

Value: variety of classes and students

Goal: To actively seek out different companies, language schools



Goal setting tip

SmallPracticalRealistic

With a deadline = GOAL

An intention / wish / „nice to have“



Call to action

Identify what I could do better in my job Reset my limiting beliefs to positive beliefs Adapt unhelpful behaviours Dare to dream! Clarify what‘s important to me Write down goals – with a deadline!



Thank you for participating!

Thank you to the Springboard Consultancy for the personal & career development material.

For more information:

www.springboardconsultancy.co.uk

www.keeptraining.de

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