1.  Chapter 2

2. CHAPTER 2  You will need…  Sheet of paper  To define the Key Terms from your book or the PowerPoint as you follow along in this chapter

3. Setting Lifestyle Goals  Lifestyle Goals – the way you want to spend your time, energy, and resources in the future.  Take out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions on page 30  What do you want to accomplish in life?  Do you want to raise a family?  Where would you like to live – in a house or in an apartment? In a city or in the country?  How would you like to spend your free time?  Do you want a high income or just enough money to be comfortable?

4. Setting Lifestyle Goals  Write down what you’d like to accomplish by these certain age milestones  Ages…  21  30  40  50  65 (Retirement age)

5. What Are Your Values?  Become aware of what you value  Values – the principles that you want to live by and the beliefs that really matter to you.  Think about what you find TRULY important  Art  Helping others  Fixing things  Money

6. Six General Values  1) Responsibility  2) Relationships  3) Compassion  4) Courage  5) Achievement  6) Recognition  Take a minute and write down what you find truly important, and list what jobs might suit that value

7. What Are Your Interests?  Write down 10 of your favorite things to do.  Think of activities you like to do with friends or quietly by yourself  At school, at home, at work, or outdoors  By looking at these interests, decide what you would prefer to work with.  Data  People  Things

8. Review Work  On your sheet of paper, make sure you defined the following key terms  Lifestyle Goals  Values  Data  When finished, do the Key Concept Checkpoint, 1-4 on page 34

9. NEXT SECTION – 2.3 Are Your Goals Realistic?  Aptitudes and Abilities  Aptitude: Your potential for learning a specific skill  Ability: Is a skill you have already developed  Make a list of your aptitudes and abilities.  Come up with at least 8 aptitudes or abilities

10. Your Personality and Learning Styles  Personality: Combination of your attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics  Self-Concept: The way you see yourself  Learning Styles: The different ways that people naturally think and learn  Read the list of eight styles of learning and answer the following.  Which ones apply to you?  Which one do you think is your main style of learning?  What are your top 4 styles of learning?

11. Path to Your Career REVIEW  1. VALUES AND INTERESTS: What you value and enjoy  2. APTITUDES AND ABILITIES: Skills that come naturally to you  3. PERSONALITY AND LEARNING STYLES: Where do you feel the most comfortable and what brings out the best in you.

12. Determining Your Personality Type  Meyers-Briggs  Will take later  Make sure you defined the Key Terms in Section 2.3  Key Concept Review: 1-3 page 40