Exploring Values, Attitude, And Motivation

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Exploring Values, Attitude,and Motivation


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Dept. Workforce Services 2

Idea #1 Values, attitudes and motivation

are personal characteristics and

thought patterns that influenceability to become self-reliant orself-sufficient.


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Why Is It Important toUnderstand Values, Attitude and

Motivation?They influence ability to reach

goals

They effect self esteem (and viseversa)


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Values Ideals

Customs

Institutions Respect

Excellence

Usefulness Esteem

Cleanliness

Freedom

Education Cruelty

Crime

Blasphemy


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Attitude Manner, disposition, feelingTendency or orientation of mind

Positive attitude Negative attitude

Group attitudes

Position or posture of the bodyThreatening attitude Relaxed attitude


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Motivation Causes a person to act in a certain

way

Incentive

Goal or object of a persons actions


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Mission Statement What is a mission statement?

Who usually has a missionstatement?

Do you know any missionstatements?

Can individuals or families havemission statements?



Idea #2 Identifying, clarifying and acting on

values is one key to effective life

management and includes a step-by-step process.



Identify, Clarify, Act on

Values Identify & prioritize guiding principles

Identify & prioritize values

Write a mission statement Identify & resolve conflicts between values

and behaviors

Publicly affirm values

Use values to guide decisions & goals



Values Dost thou love

life? Then do not

squander time.For that is thething life is madeof.

Benjamin Franklin



Resolving Value Conflicts Postpone some things for later

Sequence activities

Trade off with spouse or significantother

Develop a new support system



Publicly Affirm Values Tell other people what you believe or value

When you choose, choose the thing you say youvalue

Stand up for what you believe in

Plan and schedule time to do things you value

Choose a job that supports your values

Set goals to demonstrate your values


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Idea #3 Attitude may be the single most

influential factor in determining life

satisfaction (happiness).


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Positive Attitude Do you have to have a positive

attitude before you can behave in

positive ways?

Do you have to have positive

experiences before you candevelop a positive attitude?


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Positive Attitude Attitude and behavior are part of a

self-fulfilling cycle.You can change your attitude and

your behavior will change

You can change your behavior and

your attitude will change


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Idea #4 Definitions of success are personal,

and impact my attitude.

Understanding what motivates meis the first step in defining successfor myself.


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Self Esteem Achievement

Recognition

Power

Possessions

ControlWhy do you work? How is it

connected to self esteem?


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Self-actualizationThe very best we can be

Moving outside self to look at world

Contributing to society,environment, religion, creativity,etc.

Dedicated to a cause, movementor belief


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How do you define

success? My definition of success is


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Idea #5 Identifying distorted thinking styles

and automatic thoughts can help

improve my attitude, ensurebehavior consistent with prizedvalues, and provide insights into

the factors that motivate me tosuccess.


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All or Nothing Everything is black or white,

nothing in between

Perfect or total failure Small mistakes become total

failure


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Over-generalization A single negative event becomes a

never-ending pattern of defeat

Always and never are oftenused


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Mental Filter Single negative detail obscures the

whole event

Even overall positives becomeoverwhelmed by negatives


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Discounting the Positive Positive experiences are rejected

because they dont count

Takes the job out of life, becausethe positive never matters

Leaves a person feeling

inadequate and un-rewarded


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Jumping to Conclusions Interpreting things negatively when

there are no facts to support it

Mind reading concluding whatsomeone really meant withoutchecking it out

Fortune telling predicting thatthings will turn out badly withoutproof or evidence


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Magnification Exaggerates importance of

problems and shortcomings

Minimizes importance of desirablequalities or events

Also called the binocular trick


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Emotional Reasoning Assuming that negative emotions

reflect the way things really are


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Victim Statements Should, must, have to, ought

to used to justify

hopes/expectations Assumes you must use policing to

motivate or make myself behave Shoulds directed at self lead to guilt

and frustration Shoulds directed at others lead to

anger and frustration


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Labeling Extreme form of all-or-nothing thinking Assumes that a person is what a person

does, even if they do it once Label becomes part of my character, so

nothing can be done about it Leads to feelings of hostility and

hopelessness


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Personalization and Blame Person feels responsible for an

event that isnt in that persons

control Blames self for things that go

wrong, even when its not my fault

Assigns responsibility, motives, orcontrol to other people when itdoesnt totally belong to them


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Idea #6 Personal choice or control and

accountability are critical to

achieving self-identified successgoals.


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Happiness Results From Belief that your destiny is in your

own hands

Orientation away from oneselftoward the rest of the world

Having an open mind Willingness to be open to new

solutions.


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Happiness Is

Not Having What You Want

But Wanting What You Have


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Life Is Like a PatchworkQuilt

If you borrow your definition

in life from somewhere else,youll never be able to get itall to fit together.


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Choice & Control I chose to do what I am doing

No one forced me into it

I am satisfied because of mychoices

I am well-adjusted with my choice

I can change my choice when Iwant to


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My Choice

A Slave Is Compelled to Go

the First MileA Free Man Chooses to Go the

Second Mile


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Explanatory StylesYour habitual way of explaining

bad events

Is a habit of thoughtYour style stems directly from

whether you think you are valuable

and deserving or worthless andhopeless


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Explanatory Style Permanence

Pervasiveness

Personalization


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Permanence People who give us easily believe

that the causes of bad events are

permanent People who resist helplessness

believe the causes of bad events

are temporary


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Pervasiveness Universal explanations for failure

Give up on everything

Specific explanations for failure Give up in that one part of their lives March stalwartly on in the others

Permanent & universal causes for

misfortune Helplessness Despair Collapse under pressure


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Personalization Blame self for failure

Internal style

Low self-esteem

Blame external events Do not lose self-esteem

Like themselvesTake responsibility for own actions

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