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

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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 Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld Review the recent past What‘s gone well for you recently? In the classroom With a client Personally What could have gone better? 6 min. group discussion 6 min. group discussion Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld Causes of less success What‘s stopping us from being the most successful we could possibly be? Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

„Limiting beliefs“ hold you back They prevent you from becoming the best you can be They cause you to miss out on opportunities Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

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. Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

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.“ Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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 Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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.“ Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

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 Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Visions and Goals and Success What does „success“ mean to you? Success is…. Success is… Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld Vision and Direction Describe your vision for the future via Notes jotted down, or A story, like a magazine article, or Draw a picture Think about the following questions: Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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? Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld Vision and Direction Consider these questions to sharpen your direction, and clarify your overall goals: Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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? Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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) Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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 Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld „Take your dream seriously. You are here to become the best you can be. You owe it to yourself.“ Susan Hayward – Begin It Now Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld What‘s important now? What do you need to have for your business? What will make you feel satisfied and successful? Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

‘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 Goal: To actively seek out different companies, language schools Value: variety of classes and students Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld Goal setting tip Small Practical Realistic With a deadline = GOAL An intention / wish / „nice to have“ Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld 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! Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld

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 Saturday 20 November 2010 Personal Development at BESIG Conference in Bielefeld