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Exercises, Coaching, Motivation, Self-esteem
:::: 67 Ratings :::: Monday, June 16, 2014
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Purpose
This is a simple yet powerful exercise that helps delegates discover something positive in every experience. The structure of the exercise is actually quite simple yet the power resides in asking a simple question that leads to positive thinking as opposed to asking questions that lead to self-blame and reduction of self-esteem.
Objective
Identify positive outcomes from a negative experience.
Setup
- Divide the delegates to pairs. If you have an odd number of delegates use a group of 3.
- Ask a volunteer in each group to tell a story of something bad that happened to them recently or years ago. Consider the following:
- It can be work-related or personal.
- It should take a maximum of 5 minutes to share.
- It should be something that people can easily share and talk about without feeling uncomfortable.
- The partner who told the story should now state what good came out of the experience. Each person’s partner should then help the other person in exploring these positive results.
- Allocate 5 minutes for this part.
- Swap roles and repeat the exercise by first explaining a negative experience and then looking for positive outcomes.
- After 10 minutes for the second round, bring everyone back together.
- Ask delegates to state what they thought of looking for positive results and discuss accordingly. Note that they don’t have to share their experience with everyone as this can take a considerable amount of time and might also be uncomfortable for some to be scrutinised by a lot of people. Instead, your aim is to get them confirm their ability in identifying positive outcomes in a negative experience, however negative it might have been.
- Follow with a general discussion.
Timing
Explaining the Exercise: 2 minutes
Activity: (5 min sharing negative + 5 min sharing positive) * 2 rounds = 20 minutes
Group Feedback: 10 minutes
Discussion
How easy was it to come up with the positive outcomes? Were you surprised to identify these positive outcomes? How do you feel about your negative experience now?
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Rate = 2.45 out of 5 :::: 67 Ratings.