Focus
Name one strategy you used to stay focused
Shut the door. No background noise
How do you know you are getting angry and need to take a break
"blood boiling"
When estimating your time in it a good idea to build in ____ time to your estimation
More
How should we view mistakes
As learning opportunities
Give an example of planning out a multi-step task
planning a trip:
- where to go
- where to stay
-sights to see
It is determining what is more important than something else
Mental health: Why it is important to break down larger tasks
To feel less stressed
When you need to focus is it easier to focus when:
- you have a goal on how much an assignment you want to complete
- you set a time limit to focus (i.e. 10 minutes)
goal for an assignment
In order to help "catch ourselves" before we get to mad we can look at our ____ or our ____
triggers; body cues
When trying to decide what time you have to get ready for an event you should work ______ from the beginning in order to do so.
Give an example
Backwards
working backwards from after work to figure out what time I need to be home to get ready for dinner
What is a perfectionistic mindset
I want to do things perfectly
Give an example of an organizational strategy you use to organize your materials
Google drive and folders for my files
What is one other way
By how long it will take
Productivity wise: Why it is important to break down larger tasks
So you can get it done within the time limit
Use this example to answer the question below:
As soon as I get to work I check my email.
It is easier to start on a task if you build it into your ____.
Give me an example of your own.
routine
Name 3 triggers that make you irritable/ lose emotional control
tired
hungry
people talking over me
Why is it important to be able to accurately predict how long something is going to take you to complete?
How does perfectionism impact our ability to
1) start our work
2) finish our work?
1) start: might not start because we don't want to fail
2) might not finish because it is not good enough
How do you motivate yourself to get your work done?
Past and future
past: Last time I didn't do this I got a bad grade
future: if I do it now it is done
If you are confused on an assignment name 2 things you can do
1) ask something
2) look at past problems
An "action step" or a "short term assignment" is something that can get done in how long?
One day/ sitting
Name a strategy you can use to stay focused/ relaxed for each of your 5 sense
Bonus 100 points if you know the 6th sense!
Smell: Lavender
Sight: nature
Touch: fidget
Hearing: calming music
Taste: Crunchy
Movement: ball chair
Why is perspective-taking so important when it comes to emotional control
You won't assume that someone is "out to get you."
FAST FORWARD!
You have to be at work at 10am. Your morning routine takes 30 minutes to complete and your drive is 15 minutes. What is the latest time you can get up?
9:15am
cognitive flexibility is the ability to come up with ____ solutions to a problem
Different/ multiple
If you write something down to get it out of your head (the parking lot method) it takes it off your ____ and you are better able to ____ on what you are doing
Mind
Focus
What if you are on campus and you can't find your way to class. Name 2 things you can do
find a map
ask someone
When making an action step the step needs to be concrete/ measurable. If you have 100 pages of reading to do. Give me a measurable action step
read 20 pages
You are having a really hard time getting motivated. In order to muster up motivation think about the future and _____ you are doing this task.
Give an example
Why
I am doing this assignment so the teachers will be happy with me and I feel proud
When you are super mad/ out of control what is the only thing you can really is _____
Why is this?
Bonus: If you can do the brain example to demonstrate extra 100 points!
take a break. To allow your brain to calm down
Give an example of when/ why was that?:
- you had good time management
-you had bad time management
good: getting to work on time
bad:leaving for an appointment just in enough time and getting there late bc of traffic
When something unexpected happens and it makes you mad or upset what are 2 strategies you can use to "go with the flow"
inner coach (it's a small deal)
deep breaths
What are 3 ways you can remember to do something and example
Hint:
visual
hearing
writing
visual: put something where you can see it- materials for work by the door
hearing: set an alarm- AM
writing: write it down- write down a "to do" list for my paperwork
You have so much homework. You feel overwhelmed because you don't know how to get it all done.
First- you should break it into ____ type of assignments and secondly you should put it on a _____ so you can see when you will complete it
action steps (short term assignment)
calendar
Which is a concrete action step:
Do the intro paragraph of my essay
Work on my essay until I am tired
Intro paragraph