Character Strong Unit 4: Lesson 2 The leaders law of influence – Practice

Essential Trait = Selflessness Read = X (if you read the whole dare) TRACK YOUR WORK Essential Trait = Selflessness Read = X (if you read the whole dare) Complete = X (if you did) Incomplete = X (if you did not) Comment = How did it go or why didn’t you do it?

TODAY YOU WILL… Reflect daily on your own character and identify ways you could improve it. Identify The Leaders Law of Influence in action while watching a real life scenario. Show understanding of The Leaders Law of Influence by explaining a minimum of six outcomes that could result from one intentional action.

With every person’s life we touch, there is the possibility for mutual change. With every person’s life we touch, there is the possibility that the whole world will change.

What specific examples of influence did you notice in the video? Does everyone think the same way as the construction worker? Why or why not? What do you think of the line, “It might not be probable, but it is possible”? Why is it important that we live in the possible and not always in the probable? Have you seen examples of a chain reaction of kindness that lead to a boomerang effect in your own life? Explain. Kindness boomerang

DID YOU…. Notice that while the boy was helping the older lady across the street, his friends were following him in the background and watching everything that he did? Notice that even though the younger lady who was helped by the older lady who crossed the street did not smile, she still kept the chain of kindness going, which shows that no act of kindness is ever wasted? See that the hot dog vendor standing in front of the man who was sitting outside the music store, probably for a while, jumped in with kindness only when the man first bought an extra hot dog for him? Understand why the girl bought flowers for the older lady that was sitting in the outdoor restaurant? Answer: Because she was looking over sadly at the table that had some young girls interacting with their Mom and/or Grandma. Notice why the old lady who received the flowers gave the $100 tip for the waitress? Answer: The waitress was being yelled at by her manager in the background.

CHAOS

CHAOS: Class DEBRIEF How does the activity connect to what you have been learning so far about leadership? What does this activity tell us about the influence that all of us have each day? Explain. What has the greatest influence on your life daily? Is it people, media, technology, etc.?

The LEADERS law of influence How do we see influence within these two commercials and what is its impact on those involved, including us? What was the different angle on The Leaders Law of Influence that these two short commercials showed? Why is it important that we understand this additional angle of influence in our own lives and actions?

The Leaders Law of Influence Outcomes Sheet