The document discusses the importance of changing perspective and language to facilitate personal growth and implement positive changes in life. It emphasizes reframing thoughts, recognizing self-limiting beliefs, and using positive affirmations as tools for motivation. Practical strategies include documenting goals and taking incremental steps towards achieving them.

1. Positive Steps Laura F itzsimons 200 9

2. Agenda Changing your Perspective Current Thinking & Language Resisting Change Making the Change Taking Those Positive Steps

3. Changing your Perspective Re-framing Looking at things differently Taking a step back & re-framing Benefits Different perspective See the ‘whole’ picture Evaluate & assess differently

4. Changing your Perspective For you: Discuss a recent situation where reframing would have changed your perspective Feedback

5. Changing your Perspective “ The future depends on what we do in the present” Mahatma Ghandi

6. Current Thinking & Language States/Moods How do you view yourself/the world? How productive are you? What do you lose out on?

7. Current Thinking & Language Change your State/Mood Good state – record how you feel, think, act and talk ‘ Save’ this picture ‘ Recall’ it later – bed/chilling How do you feel?

8. Current Thinking & Language States/Moods Awareness of your less productive states/moods Stop! Recall your ‘saved’ productive state/mood Result

9. Current Thinking & Language Your Language Effect on others/you What we do with Language: Delete (what we don’t want to hear) Distort (change what we hear) Generalise (make things general vs. specific - always, never)

10. Current Thinking & Language Positive Language - Instead of: ‘ I can’t’ use ‘ What I can do is …’ ‘ That’s not possible’ use ‘What is possible is ..’ ‘ It’s not my fault’ use ‘Let me see what I can do’

11. Resisting Change Self- Limiting Beliefs Limitations Conscious or Unconscious Colour our perception Determine our actions or inactions

12. Resisting Change Recognise Them Challenge Them Identify your Self-Empowering Beliefs Coaching Work Through Them

13. Resisting Change “ If you think you can do a thing or can’t do a thing, then you are right” Henry Ford

14. Making the Change Positive Affirmations What do you do well? What challenges have you overcome? What have you learned to do? What compliments have you been given? Note & Replay

15. Making the Change “ It’s hard to fail but it’s worse never to have tried to succeed” Theodore Roosevelt

16. Making the Change Not Motivated - Feeling Gloomy Can’t Not able Don’t know how Not good enough Inspire Yourself

17. Making the Change Re-charge your battery Feed your inspiration Extraverted - pictures, people, gatherings Intraverted – quite time, reflection, alone

18. Making the Change

19. Making the Change Inspiring yourself: List 3 things/people/places/quotes that inspire you Feedback

20. Taking Those Positive Steps “ Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit. ” Napoleon Hill

21. Taking Those Positive Steps Plan your Future - Document: Your goals, dreams, aspirations Work out ‘Baby Steps’ to Achievement Tick the Box & Move on Repeat X 10,000

22. Summary Changing your Perspective - Reframe Change your Thinking & Language Work through and Implement Change Take ‘Baby’ Positive Steps

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24. Positive Steps Merry Christmas & a Happy New year