It’s all about Perception

1. It’s all about Perception

2. What do you see? What does your neighbor notice? Do you see the same things?

3. Are the horizontal lines parallel or do they slope?

5. Paradigm: • Definition: also a perception; the way you see something, your point of view, frame of reference, or belief. Our paradigms are often off the mark, and as a result, they create limitations. Paradigms are like glasses. When you have incomplete paradigms about yourself or life in general, it’s like wearing the wrong prescription. • Consider: Are your paradigms of yourself helping or hindering you? • Paradigms of others: Seeing things from a different point of view can help us understand why other people act the way they do.

6. Think deeply about your own daily life; which of these paradigms seems best to fit you? • Friend-Centered • Stuff-Centered • Boyfriend/Girlfriend-Centered • School-Centered • Parent-Centered • Sports-Centered • Hero-Centered • Enemy-Centered • Self-Centered • Write privately about this for five-seven minutes • Then, look through pp. 19-23 to clarify why and how you define yourself. Is that a positive aspect of your life and your perception?

7. We want to be PRINCIPLE CENTERED • Brainstorm: what do you think this means? How does change and influence our approaches to life, others, school, LINK? • We want to talk about being principle-centered next week. • For HW: Please read pp. 24-45 for next week. Come to class with a few (5-7) sticky noted places that are areas of interest, “ah ha’s,” concerns: “is this really feasible?” or connections: “this is how I see this benefiting me” or “this would be useful for us as leaders to demonstrate, show our freshmen.”

8. Reviewing 7 Habits: Personal Bank Account • Review 7 Habits pages 24-45 •  What ideas, statements, claims were made that resonated with you and why? • How do you see these ideas applying to yourself as an individual, student, child, leader? • Segue to pp. 34-35: Personal Bank Account • Discuss the deposit and withdrawal system. Today’s about us giving you opportunities to deposit into your own bank account and thereby depositing into someone else’s. • PBA Deposits: • Keep promises to yourself • Do small acts of kindness (service) • Be gentle with yourself • Be honest • Renew yourself • Tap into your talents

9. Drops in a bucket • Being gentle with ourselves and others • We can drop into others buckets and we can definitely drop into our own buckets by using positive self talk!

10. Community Service Project Overview • Now, we have an opportunity to deposit into our bank accounts by completing Small Acts of Service/Kindness • With whom will you serve? • What type of service do you want to perform? • Timelines? • Check out dosomething.com

11. Personality Puzzle • In order to “tap into our talents” we’ll complete a personality puzzle to understand what our strengths and weaknesses are • On handout

12. 9/18 Homework • HW  • Read 1st Habit (pp. 47-72) and practice the “Baby Steps” • Come to class next week with some reactions—this can be part of contact hours! • Complete “Relationship Bank Account” worksheet in order to practice some of the lessons. • If needed, finish “Personality Puzzle” •  Contact Time/Announcements  • Homecoming tee shirts will be sold starting today through Wednesday Sept. 24th • Homecoming t- shirts: work lunch and visit classrooms • T-shirt decorating party: Wednesday, Sept. 24th after school until 3:45; we expect all of you are there! • Need to sign-up for: • Advertising, classroom visits, poster for tee-shirt table, decorating, call freshmen to invite OR make a locker tag! • Idea: make a locker tag with all the homecoming week events listed. • Expectation: Attend one homecoming activity with at least two of your freshmen • Commish to lead warm-up next week