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
Explain your reasoning.
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?
Give a secondary emotion for ONE OF THEM.
Anger, Sadness, Fear, Disgust, Joy
Secondary emotions will vary.
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 in order (top to bottom)
Your name, contact information, work experience, skills, education, and references