1. Self Esteem and Decision Making

2. Emotional Intelligence Hang on to your R.O.P.E.

3. R.O.P.E.  Resilience  Optimism  Perseverence In  Employment

4. Raw egg vs. Superball  Which are you?  What happens when you throw a raw egg at a wall? What happens when you try really hard to throw the raw egg at a wall?  What happens when you throw a superball at a wall? What happens when you try really hard to throw the superball at a wall?  Which are you?

5. RESILIENCE  SPRING BACK INTO SHAPE OR POSITION; ELASTIC  RECOVERING STRENGTH, SPRIITS

6. HELPLESSNESS  Without power to help oneself  Weak  Without help or protection  Inefficient

7. OPTIMISM  The belief that good ultimately prevails over evil  The tendency to take the most hopeful or cheerful view of matters

8. PESSIMISM  The belief that evil ultimately prevails over good  The tendency to expect the worst outcome in any circumstances

9. PERSEVERENCE  To continue doing something in spite of difficulty, opposition

10. LAPSE  A small error  A falling into a lower condition  Failure to meet requirements  To deviate from virtue  To become void because of failure to meet requirements

11. R.O.P.E.  How people explain success/failure to themselves  Optimism predicts academic success  Capacity to stand defeat  Keep going when things get frustrating  Can be learned  Power of positive thinking  Self efficacy: belief one has mastery over the events in one’s life and can meet challenges

12. Hang on to your R.O.P.E.  “There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience.” -Archibald McLeish, Poet

13. Resilience, Optimism, & Perseverance in Education  Optimism is the facilitator of all E.Q. competencies  Optimists –live longer –enjoy better health –accomplish more Hang on to your R.O.P.E.