Labels
Po believes he is “too clumsy” to be the Dragon Warrior.
What is a label?
This describes choices leading either uphill or downhill.
What is the Reality Ride?
A behavior used to protect yourself from embarrassment or failure.
What is a defense mechanism?
This concept explains how focus affects actions.
What is the Motivation Formula?
Choosing effort even when things are hard.
What is Climbing Out?
This character believes they must earn worth by being perfect.
Who is Tigress?
Po sneaks into the Jade Palace instead of quitting.
What is an uphill choice?
Po avoids training because he’s afraid to fail.
What is avoidance?
Po focuses on food during training and works harder.
What is changing what you see?
Po continues training after failing repeatedly.
What is perseverance?
This label causes Tai Lung to believe he deserves power without earning it.
What is “the chosen one” label?
Tai Lung attacks others when he feels rejected.
What is a downhill choice?
Tai Lung blames others for not being chosen.
What is blaming?
Shifu motivates Po by changing the reward.
Shifu motivates Po by changing the reward.
Shifu learns from mistakes and adjusts.
What is growth mindset?
A label Po learns to replace by the end of the movie.
What is “I can’t do hard things”?
Shifu changes how he trains Po, leading to improvement.
What is switching tracks on the Reality Ride?
Tigress shuts people out emotionally.
What is isolation?
Po improves when he focuses on learning, not proving himself.
What is positive motivation?
Po accepts who he is instead of trying to be someone else.
What is self-acceptance?
Explain how labels affect choices using Po as an example.
What is labels influence behavior and motivation?
Explain how Tai Lung stays stuck on the downhill track.
What is refusing responsibility for choices?
Explain one defense mechanism and how it hurts growth.
What is protecting feelings instead of solving problems?
Explain See → Do → Get using Po’s training.
What is focus leads to effort which leads to success?
Explain how Po climbs out while Tai Lung does not.
What is choosing responsibility over entitlement?