Emotional Awareness
What is self-awareness?
Being able to recognize and understand your own thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Understanding why you react to different situations in a certain way.
Knowing your strengths and weaknesses.
What is the difference between self-regulation and self-care?
Self-regulation: Controlling your emotions and actions to achieve a desired goal.
Self-care: Taking time and effort to look after yourself in a healthy and positive way.
What is a budget?
A plan for managing your income and expenses.
The frequency of your class paychecks
Bi-weekly
True or False: No actual job = No work experience
False. You can still have work experience without having an actual job before.
Identifying your strengths and weaknesses allows you to focus on...
What is a trigger in terms of emotional awareness?
A situation or event that causes a strong emotional response.
Identify the difference between a need and a want. Provide 2 examples for both.
Need: Essential for survival (food, clothes, water, shelter, etc.)
Want: Optional desires (Brand name items, video games, etc.)
Fill in the blanks: Your _____ are always valid. Your _____ is not.
Feelings
Behavior
What is the goal of the resume?
To get you to your interview
Ways we express our emotions
Words, Actions, Non-verbal communication
Provide a positive AND negative consequence of getting angry.
Positive: You let off steam, you don't bottle up emotions, you get to say how you feel, etc.
Negative: You hurt yourself, you hurt others, you say things you don't mean, you do things you might regret, etc.
What is the main difference between a debit and a credit card?
Debit: Use your own funds
Credit: Borrow money from bank
What are the fundamental emotions?
Anger, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Joy
The belief that abilities and intelligence can change or improve through dedication or hard work.
Example: Seeing a low grade as a learning experience and an opportunity to do better.
Define what a bias is and provide one example.
Definition: Strong prejudice, or preference, for or against something or someone which can affect the way we think and act.
Example: Nike is the best brand. All the others are trash, I will never buy them.
Identify and define the two types of stress.
Eustress: Good stress, short-term, boosts you, happy emotions, good for health
Distress: Bad stress, long-lasting, drains you, negative emotions, bad for health
DOUBLE POINTS: Explain the difference between fixed and variable expenses.
Fixed expense: Price is the same all the time
Variable expense: Price fluctuates or varies
Describe the difference between acting out and talking things out.
Talking it out: Expressing how you feel in a calm way, listening to the other person, etc.
Acting out: Accusing or blaming the other person, making threats, aggressive behavior, etc.
When describing your work experience, always start each bullet point with a what?
Verbs/action words
Never start with "I"
Example: "Provided tutoring to elementary level children weekly." not "I tutored children every week."
Give 5 examples of personal values.
Respect, academic success, honesty, loyalty, kindness, responsibility, etc.
Turn this into an "I" Statement: "You broke your promise! You're a liar that can never be trusted!"
"I felt betrayed knowing that they found out about my situation. It hurts because I thought we had trust."
You make a monthly income of $1,500.00
Apply the 50/30/20 rule.
50% = $750
30% = $450
20% = $300
You sweep and turn in your phone for 5 days straight, but you leave your desk messy for 1 day and call another person a slur. How much money did you make for this whole week?
Sweep x 5 = 5(3) = +$15
Phone x 5 = 5(5) = +$25
Messy Desk x 1 = -$10
Inappropriate Behavior = -$15
Total income for the week = $15
Name the 6 important aspects of a resume.
Your name, contact information, work experience, skills, education, and references