Strategies for Self-Change
Gather information t better assess and make decisions about your behavior.
What is Learning the Facts?
Beliefs about what is most important in life.
What are Values?
Flushed face, increased heart rate, clenched jaw, and muscle twitches.
What are Body Clues?
Stay away from people, places and things that encourage irresponsible behaviors.
What is Avoiding Slippery Places?
Pinpointing one thing which you want and intend to pursue.
What is Specific?
Increase your awareness and depth for feeling about the changes you wish to make.
What is Exploring Your Feelings?
Friends, Family, Teachers, Media and Culture.
What are Sources of Values?
Unresolved anger.
What is Resentment?
Learn how to replace negative thoughts, feeling and behaviors with positive ones.
What is preplacing negatives with positives?
Making you a better person and the world a better place.
What is Rewarding?
By changing your behavior, you may change others.
What is Consider the Effects on Others?
People who are open and forthcoming with their thoughts and information that affect other people.
What is Honest?
The feeling you get when you are not interested in anything.
What is Boredom?
Commitment grows from believing you can change, recognizing the importance of change and being willing to take action.
What is Making a Commitment?
Having the physical capabilities, skills, motivation and resources.
What is Achievable?
Build relationships with people who support your efforts to change.
What is Asking for Help?
The practice of respecting the opinions, beliefs and behaviors of others.
What is Tolerant?
The belief that something is not the way you want it to be?
Examine ways your life will be better when you don't engage in behaviors that can lead to negative consequences.
What is Looking Within?
A set idea of when it will happen or how long it will take.
What is Measurable?
Look for people and places in your community that support positive life change.
What is Getting Involved?
The regard for the feelings, wishes, rights and traditions of others.
What is Respectful?
The use of tools to identify and create change behavior.
What is a Self Control Plan?
Do something special for yourself when you achieve a positive goal.
What is Rewarding Yourself?
The ability to understand when you have accomplished your goal, by sharing it with others.
What is Trackable?