IATEFL BESIG 2010 Annual Conference talk by Michelle Hunter

1. What‘s your vision
for the future?
Personal & Career Development
at the IATEFL BESIG Conference
November 2010

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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

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Review the recent past
 What‘s gone well for you recently?
In the classroom
With a client
Personally
 What could have gone better?
In the classroom
With a client
6 min.
group
discussion
6 min.
group
discussion

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Causes of less success
 What‘s stopping us from
being the most successful
we could possibly be?

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„Limiting beliefs“ hold you back
 They prevent you from
becoming the best you
can be
 They cause you to
miss out on
opportunities

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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.

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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.“

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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

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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.“

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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

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Visions and Goals and Success
What does „success“ mean to you?
 Success is….
 Success is…
 Success is…

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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:

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 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?

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Vision and Direction
Consider these questions to sharpen
your direction, and clarify your overall
goals:

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 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?

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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)

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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

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„Take your dream
seriously. You
are here to
become the best
you can be. You
owe it to
yourself.“
Susan Hayward – Begin It
Now

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What‘s important now?
What do you need to have for your
business?
What will make you feel satisfied and
successful?

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‘Must have’ values can become
goals
Value: more time to
spend with my family
Goal: To accept courses
within certain timeframes
which free up my
evenings/mornings
Value: variety of classes
and students
Goal: To actively seek out
different companies,
language schools

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Goal setting tip
Small
Practical
Realistic
With a deadline = GOAL
An intention /
wish / „nice to
have“

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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!

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Thank you for participating!
Thank you to the Springboard Consultancy
for the personal & career development
material.
For more information:
www.springboardconsultancy.co.uk
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