3. day 3 (personal responsibility & proactivity)

�Personal Responsibility &

Proactivity

Copyright © African Leadership Academy, 2011

Beat My Match

Rules for Beat My Match

• Game played with partner, four in a pod

• All 52 cards are dealt out to entire pod

• Each game has 14 rounds (one for each card in

players’ hands)

• Players will all put down one card at the same time

• Once all cards are down in a round, each team will

subtract the low card from the high card

• The highest difference wins the round• Example:

• Team 1 plays a 10 and a 4, they have 6

• Team 2 plays a 5 and a 2, they have 3

• Who wins?

Rules for Beat My Match

• All Face Cards and Aces are equal to 10

The Catch

• Teammates cannot communicate in any way

• Teammates must put down a card of the same

color to be eligible • Hearts and Diamonds together

• Spades and Clubs together

• Winning team takes all of the cards played in

that round and wins a point for each

Scenario 1

Team 1

Team 2

Scenario 2

Team 1

Team 2

New Rules

• Team 1 can communicate silently

• Team 2 cannot look at each other

New Rules

• Team 1 may discuss strategy and the play for

each round

• Team 2 will automatically forfeit a round if

caught communicating

Reflect.

•How did you act when the rules changed in

your favor? What was the change from

beginning to end?

•What did you notice in your opponents’

behavior? How did they act/react from start

to finish?

Discuss.

• What is self-awareness?

• How does Covey define it?

• What is determinism?

• How do we tend to use it?

• Who is Victor Frankl? What was his

predicament, and how did he respond?

• Why is he proof that conditioning can be

overcome?

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90%

how you react to it.”~Charles R. Swindoll

EL Journey Wheel

Proactivity Experiment

• Take 25 minutes to exercise their “R&I” and

act proactively

• You must do something—it can be personal,

interpersonal, or campus-related

• You must be back at the end of 25 minutes

• You may partner up

Discuss Proactivity Experiment

• Find a partner who did something very different

with his/her experiment than you did with yours

• Discuss the following:• What were the benefits of your actions and who

benefitted?

• Was your act of proactivity something that had long-

lasting effects?

Proactivity

• Circle of Influence—the things you can control;

ways of being (being happy, being resilient, being

proactive)

• Circle of Concern—the things outside of control,

but still of importance because they impact us

(parents financial problems, bad SAT score, school

policies)

Circle of

Influence

Circle of ConcernExternal factors that

affect us, but are outside

of our control.•Parents’ finances

•Hard SAT Q’s

•Weather

•School policies

Circle of Influence

Internal reactions which

we choose in response to

the things that impact us.• Attitude

• Outlook

• Language

• Personal actions

Self AwarenessOwning and controlling

feelings, behaviors,

thoughts, and language

Imagination

Creating new solutions,

thinking creatively,

challenging preconceived

notions, breaking the mold

Stimulus ResponseFreedom

to Choose

Conscience

Choosing to do the right

thing, regardless of the

external pressures; matters

of morality

Personal WillTaking action or

initiative; acting rather than

being acted upon

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90%

how you react to it.”~Charles R. Swindoll

Homework:

1. Reflect (20 mins suggested)

• What if you were more proactive in

life?

• How might you expand your Circle

of Influence?

• Why is all of this important to

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