Slideshow from a presentation I gave at a PTA conference at PS 11 in Brooklyn.

1. The Choice Map
&
Attention

2. The Choice Map
A tool for increasing our

3. The Choice Map
A tool for increasing our options

4. Attention
Meet your 3 types of attention

5. Tools & Options
When we think we’re out of options,
we need to use tools.

6. Tools For Psychological Growth
Mostly
Self-talk-based: Inner conversations
Often involve transforming judgments and
feelings of helplessness into
hope, goals, and action steps.

7. The Choice Map

9. Some Examples
“Anything that impacts us at any moment.”
Shout ‘em out.

10. Great Examples!

11. Some Examples
“Anything that impacts us at any moment.”
- Keys,

12. Some Examples
“Anything that impacts us at any moment.”
- Keys,
- Dinner,

13. Some Examples
“Anything that impacts us at any moment.”
- Keys,
- Dinner,
- Work emails/conversations,

14. Some Examples
“Anything that impacts us at any moment.”
- Keys,
- Dinner,
- Work emails/conversations,
- Family

15. Some Examples
“Anything that impacts us at any moment.”
- Keys,
- Dinner,
- Work emails/conversations,
- Family ! ! !

16. The Judger Path
Problem-focused, “threat lens”

18. The Judger Path
Past Present

20. The Judger Path
End of a thought process. Decreases options.

22. The Judger Path
Getting stuck in the Judger Pit

24. The Learner Path
Curiosity-driven, “challenge lens”

26. The Learner Path
Present Future

27. The Learner Path
Beginning of a thought process. Increases Options.

29. Brief Brain-Changing Exercise
Find your favorite questions. Circle them.

30. Brief Brain-Changing Exercise
Find your favorite questions. Circle them.
Pick 1 or 2. Say out loud to a partner 5 times.

31. Choose Vs. React
Often it’s react first,
choose second.

32. And then sometimes it’s react first, second, and
third, and then choose in retrospect.
Choose Vs. React

33. When that happens we can judge ourselves for it.
(Judger Path about the Judger Path)
2nd Order Judger Path

34. We prime ourselves for choice
When We Choose

35. Identify when we go down the Judger path
How To Put Into Action

36. Identify when we go down the Judger path
Remember that we have a choice
How To Put Into Action

37. We must be able to observe our own experiences
and our reactions to them.
How To Put Into Action

38. Mindfulness
I.e. Neutral self-observation
How To Put Into Action

39. 1) Close eyes, 2 deep breaths.
2) Observe thoughts for 2 minutes.
3) Try to stay in the flowing motion itself, not in
any particular stop along the way.
Brief Brain-Changing Exercise

40. Attention
Meet your 3 types of attention

41. Attention’s 3 Types
Undirected (DMN)
Directed (Task Positive)
Directed x Undirected???

42. Attention’s 3 Types
Undirected (DMN)
Directed (Task Positive)
Mindfulness: observing
attention as it shifts naturally

43. Attention’s 3 Types
Undirected (DMN)
Mind-wandering

44. Attention’s 3 Types
Undirected (DMN)
Mind-wandering
Reflective, unconsciously
directed

45. Attention’s 3 Types
Undirected (DMN)
Mind-wandering
Reflective, unconsciously
directed
Essential to insights & creativity

46. Attention’s 3 Types
Directed (Task Positive)
Focused

47. Attention’s 3 Types
Directed (Task Positive)
Focused
Ignoring distractions

48. Attention’s 3 Types
Directed (Task Positive)
Focused
Ignoring distractions
“Attention Span”

49. Attention’s 3 Types
Mindfulness: observing
attention as it shifts naturally
Observing mind-wandering

50. Attention’s 3 Types
Mindfulness: observing
attention as it shifts naturally
Observing mind-wandering
Thoughts, feelings, sensations

51. Attention’s 3 Types
Mindfulness: observing
attention as it shifts naturally
Observing mind-wandering
Thoughts, feelings, sensations
“What do I notice?”

52. 1) Close eyes, 2 deep breaths.
2) Observe thoughts, feelings, sensations
3) Guided by “What do I notice right now?”
Brief Brain-Changing Exercise

53. 1) Tools are for creating more options
2) Choice Map
3) Most valuable skill: observation
4) We can practice anytime, anywhere, for 2
mins
Key Take-Aways

54. “We have all that we need,
we just need to use all that we have.”
- Emiliya Zhivotovskaya
Bottom Line

55. Citations
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