Mary Beth Hazeldine/Building Your Self Esteem and Assertiveness Skills

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Building Your Self Esteem and Assertiveness Skills


Description
Ayn Rand once said, “The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.” This course will give you some techniques that can dramatically change how you feel about yourself and how you approach the world.

Objectives
In this course, you will explore what self-esteem is and where low self-esteem comes from. You will also learn ways to build your self-esteem, get what you want, and make others feel better about themselves.

Contents

Building Your Self Esteem and Assertiveness Skills

Session 1: Course Overview

Course Overview
Learning Objectives
Pre-Assignment, Part 1
Pre-Assignment, Part 2
Pre-Assignment, Part 3
Pre-Course Assessment

Session 2: What Is Self-Esteem?

What Is Self-Esteem?
Defining Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem and Confidence
Origins of Low Self-Esteem
Conditioned Behavior
Changing the Conditioning
Putting Things in Perspective

Session 3: Improving Self-Esteem

Improving Self-Esteem
Stop Spreading Negative Messages
Generalizations
Negative and Negating Comments
Changing Your Language
Throw out Perfectionism
Creating Healthy Patterns

Session 4: Building Self-Esteem

Building Self-Esteem
Building Confidence in Others
Putting Others at Ease
Presenting Yourself Well
Creating Positive Impressions
Our Thoughts on Creating Impressions
Choosing Your Actions

Session 5: Increasing Our Self-Esteem

Increasing Our Self-Esteem
Assessing Internal Factors
Building Up and Tearing Down
Our Thoughts on Building and Tearing
Where Am I?

Session 6: Esteemed Confidence

Esteemed Confidence
Techniques that Work
Pretend You Are Confident
Technique 1
When Your Positive Self-Talk Doesn't Listen
Technique 2
When You Meet People, Look Them in the Eye
Technique 3
Dance
Technique 4
Know Your Stuff
Technique 5
Rehearsal is the Best Confidence Builder
Technique 6
Every Day, Remind Yourself That You Have Done Some Things Well
Technique 7
Read Inspiring Biographies and Autobiographies
Technique 8
Be Thankful
Technique 9
Push Yourself to Accomplish Short-Term Goals
Technique 10
Do Something for Yourself Every Week
Technique 11

Session 7: The Power of Thought

The Power of Thought
Identifying the Situations
Negative Thoughts
Controlling Your Thoughts
Flip it Around
Tyrone's Thinking
Discussion Questions
Discussing Tyrone's Thoughts
Avoiding Traps
Removing the Distortions

Session 8: Ask for What You Want

Ask for What You Want
What Do You Want?
Ask Assertively and Effectively
Your Heart's Desire
Marlene's Story
Discussion Question

Session 9: Create What You Want

Create What You Want
Identifying Dreams and Setting Goals
SPIRIT Goals
My Own Goal Setting

Session 10: A Personal Action Plan

A Personal Action Plan
Starting Point
Where I Want to Go
How I Will Get There

Summary

Summary
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Course Completion