INFORME SOBRE MATRICULACIÓN

After ECI

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

“ME AT MY BEST”

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Towards the start of the year you will have been asked to start some simple habits, to look at
your energy and to think about what you want to achieve whilst you are here. Now it is time to
look at yourself and think “who am I when I am at my best?”

This worksheet is designed to get you to ask yourself questions, to reflect and think about your
core values. Take your time with it. Read it and think about it before answering. The more you
put into it the more you will get out of it.

It is important that you take anything you find as an opportunity for growth, to be curious but
not to beat yourself up about any perceived weaknesses. As you get to know yourself you will
find understanding, perspective and choice, options to create empowering decisions.

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 STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
Take some time to write down those qualities you consider to be assets and those which you
consider to be liabilities. Do not judge yourself. It is a chance for self-reflection. Many people
find the weaknesses list easier to complete than the strengths. It is not arrogant to recognise
where you have strengths and it will help you to further understand yourself.

There may be aspects that appear in both lists such as hard working where it can be a strength
and a weakness.

For example, some of my strengths are determination, communication, and sense of humour.
Some of my weaknesses are being oversensitive, disorganisation and indulgence.

LIABILITIES

ASSETS

Now you have identified your strengths and weaknesses…where do they show up in your life?

Take 5 assets and 5 liabilities and identify an example of where they show up in your life.

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e.g.

Determined When I start a new project I have the drive and determination to see
it through and always give it everything I have

Oversensitive I often take criticism personally and then think about it for days
afterwards, even when something is not my fault or not that important.

1.DETERMINED

2. HARDWORKING

3. PERFECCIONIST

4. WELL ORGANIZED

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Now you have identified your strengths and weaknesses and how they show up. What
reflections do you have on how your assets and liabilities have had an impact on your
life to date?

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 CORE
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VALUE
In this context your core values are your moral compass. They are what help you make
decisions and live in alignment with your authentic self. Often you can identify them by
what DOES or DOESN’T feel right in your gut. When you are living according to your
core values, life seems easier.

Take your time to reflect on the following questions…..

Who are the people you admire the most and what are the traits that you admire in
those people (they don’t have to be people you know personally).

e.g. My tutor – I admire her positivity, her enthusiasm and her generosity

Person 1 Person 2 Person 3

1 MY MUM 1 MY DAD 1

2 for the way she does her 2 his positivity 2

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Next consider these two questions and take some time to contemplate them –

When do you feel most happy, fulfilled, proud and energised? This can be current
actions behaviours or activities, or they might be from your past

I feel most happy when I spend time with my family and friends.

I feel energised when I sleep

I feel proud when I get good grades

When I have a good mark in an examen

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 When I sleep and eat

When do you feel most in the flow? These are the times where the inner critic, that
little voice in your head that doubts you shuts up for a while, time goes by fast and
things feel effortless. You might identify current activities that put you in flow, or
things you have done in the past.

Summer with friends

When it’s summer, when we don’t have school.

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Based on the traits that you admire in others and the times when you are in flow,
happy, energised and fulfilled, fill out the following I am statement about some of your
core values.

Example – I am determined, fun and understanding. I feel most alive when I am in

nature, working with people or relaxing with my family.

I am ….

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TASK – Programme your phone so that you have a daily alarm that reminds you who
you are at your best. When it goes off ask yourself – Can I bring out more of the traits
in myself at work, at home and in my free time?

Affirmations

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We all have something called confirmation bias where we find evidence to back up our
beliefs in the world. It is very important to choose the stories we tell ourselves. One
way you can counteract negative thoughts is to use affirmations.

An affirmation is a short statement that you repeat to yourself over and over. The
more you repeat it the more it manifests in your life. What do you need to believe
about yourself to consistently live in accordance with your core values?

Find 5 affirmations that are right for you and then work them into your life, alarms on
phones, messages on fridges, bookmarks, written on mirrors, post it notes. Be creative.
The important thing is that you are receiving these messages to yourself repeatedly.

For example

“I am a dedicated husband and father”

“I am able to deal with anything life throws at me”
“I am able to help other people through my life example”

The When Life Works List

Think back to your energy audit and reflect on what behaviours, actions and habits
energize us and leave us feeling good.

Example – My When Life Works list would include training, family time, healthy
nutritious food, reading, hiking, quality time with friends, meditation, journaling, being
creative, listening to good music, playing sport etc.

What does your list look like? List 15 items.

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What Causes me to Drift?

Now you know what your “When Life Works” list looks like you need to identify the
habits, behaviours, people, and activities that cause us to drift away from that. What
takes up your time, gives you negative energy and causes you to drift away from your
core values?

For me that includes social media, lack of sleep, stress, alcohol, negative people etc.

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How Could you Better Handle these Drifts?

Give yourself some time and space to have a good honest think about the lists you
have done so far. Pick 5 of the “drift” triggers that you would like to work on and think
of a strategy you could come up with to limit or eliminate them. Be creative and
remember why you are trying to eliminate them

e.g.

DRIFT = Social Media

STRATEGY = Delete apps off phone and use laptop only, use a restrictive app to block
alerts outside of certain windows, programme non digital time into your daily routine.

DRIFT STRATEGY
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Daily Deposits

Hopefully by now you are starting to get a good understanding of who you are at your
best. We have spoken about mini wins and daily habits. It is helpful to have a habit
tracker so you can keep track of those daily deposits you make that help to keep you
on track.

You now need to identify those simple daily habits that you can do that really make a
big difference to ensuring you are at your best. The beginning and end of the day are
often when we have most time to ourselves and most control over our time. What can
you commit to including in your life every day that will help keep you at your best?

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This is a great exercise to practise building habits over time, to see how the small
habits build into big changes and to see how tracking keeps you motivated.

Example

AM – Training or Yoga/ 500ml water/ vitamin supplements

PM – Journaling/ Stretching/ Reading

AM DAILY DEPOSITS PM DAILY DEPOSITS

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30 Daily Deposits
For the next 30 days the challenge is to really put all of what we have covered so far
into practise.

Identify your AM and PM daily deposits, your morning and evening routines.

Identify and block off 5 mins to read aloud your affirmations

Every time you complete the above, give yourself a tick in the tracking sheet below

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Journaling Prompts

If you wish to take what you have learnt a little bit further and, as a way to get you into
using your journal to connect with your thoughts and ideas, have a go at the following
questions. Do not filter your writing or make it look good. Try to connect your head
with your heart and write what comes up rather than what you think you “should
write” ….

1. When I live in alignment with my core values, I am capable of?

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2. The things that take me away from my core values are?

3. The advice my ten-year-old self would give me at this point tin my life would be?

4. The advice my ninety-year-old self would give me at this point in my life would be?

5. Rather than punish myself when I lose my way or drift I could?

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6. The things I can do to cultivate confidence and certainty in myself are…...?

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