Personal Development
½ day Saturday Workshop
PART 2. HOW TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE AND IMPROVE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE
We believe that the key principles in unlocking potential are self-awareness and the recognition of one’s worth and belief in self, which serve to build self-esteem and confidence, promote assertive communication, improve performance, facilitate the achievement of goals and be instrumental to living an enriched and fulfilled life.
BECOME ASSERTIVE AND IMPROVE YOUR SELF-ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE
“Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honourable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself ”
Marcus Tullius Cicero.
During this course we will look at and explore the following topics:
How do we communicate?
What is Assertive behaviour?
How does Assertive behaviour differ from Aggressive or Passive behaviour?
What makes us behave in a particular way?
Our Rights as human beings
Identifying your principal way of behaving
If we want to behave more assertively what do we need to do?
Assertive Techniques and Skills – what skills do you need to improve upon?
Guidelines to Confrontational Skills
Applying what we have learned to real-life situations
Saying “NO” and not feeling guilty
How to deal with Criticism
Why do we find it hard to say good things about ourselves?
Our Inner Critic – learning how to combat it
Self-Worth – identifying our Positive Qualities and our Achievements
Self-Acceptance and Trust in Self
The importance of adopting a Positive Attitude and focusing on the Positive
Looking at potential stumbling blocks that get in the way of a Positive Attitude
Creative Visualisations and how they can help us to achieve our goals and aspirations
Using Affirmations to challenge our inner critics, change negative thinking and to encourage and motivate us towards our goals and aspirations
Exploring our uniqueness and celebrating it
Happiness – what is it?
How to nurture, retain and look after our Self-Esteem and Confidence