WORD ON WORK - WEEK 3
Quotes of The Day
TODAY'S RESOURCES
Super Charged Life
"You can't control the Wind, but you can adjust the sails!"
Remember our boat we discussed week 1? Well today we are going to start sailing our high seas! This all starts with knowing ourselves.
The key to happiness in any career is to find an organisation that shares your values and a job that allows you to use your strengths. In your job search, it is easy to forget that you, as the candidate, are interviewing the company as much they are interviewing you. It’s like dating – will this relationship be a good fit long-term?
Is quality of life more important to you than a large paycheck? Do you hate teamwork? Do you love networking or dislike sitting in an office? Do you want to do different things every day?
Luckily there are many tools and resources designed to help you answer these questions. In Word On Work, We are going to look at some of these. (You can google these and the more exercises you do, the more you start to get to know yourself.
Let's begin.
Is quality of life more important to you than a large paycheck? Do you hate teamwork? Do you love networking or dislike sitting in an office? Do you want to do different things every day?
Luckily there are many tools and resources designed to help you answer these questions. In Word On Work, We are going to look at some of these. (You can google these and the more exercises you do, the more you start to get to know yourself.
Let's begin.
ASSESSMENT TASKS
Wheel of Life |
As a starting point for creating balance, happiness and success in your life, the Wheel of Life is the perfect tool to begin your journey. Using this tool, you will be able to reflect and gain some insight into the balance of your life and how satisfied you are in life’s different areas. Following on from this self-reflection, you can utilise this exercise to further delve into why your wheel of life looks the way it does, what you would like your wheel of life to look like, and further into how to make this happen.
This Wheel of Life Exercise is not to be confused with the Buddhist Wheel of Life. The Wheel of Life used in Buddhism focuses more on an awareness of your mental state. In our Wheel of Life that is commonly used in coaching and goal-setting, it’s purpose is to identify how you’re currently spending your time and how satisfied you are in the different categories of your life. ![]()
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Mind Maps:
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Follow the instructions in the document above to really explore the benefit of Mind Mapping.
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VIA Strengths Assessment
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VIA (Values In Action) is a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing the science and practice of character strengths. They provide the free VIA Survey to identify what is best in you-- your character strengths. The VIA Survey has been translated into 20 languages and has been taken by over 2.6 million people from all over the world.
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Strengths and Weaknesses (Challenges)
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When we know what are strengths are, we can focus on those and expand how we use them and when we know what our weaknesses or challenges are, we can turn those into strengths as well.
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S.T.E.P. U.P. Action Plan |
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REFLECTION
TO THINK ABOUT (AND FOCUS ON) THIS WEEK
Today I would like you to write down your values and how you are going to use them more this week. I also want you to note what your 3 greatest strengths are are and how you are going to find ways to increase your time and energy in those areas.
What have you learnt about yourself from these activities?
Remember it is important to keep your reflections/journal/note taking up to date.
What have you learnt about yourself from these activities?
Remember it is important to keep your reflections/journal/note taking up to date.