MAKING EFFECTIVE CHOICES

Ivan Zy Lim DACE 4

Activity 1:

What is one thing that YOU wanted to do most?

Todays Learning Points:

Boundaries We are responsible for our choices Learn about the 5 Basic Needs Understand that you make your own choices based on the Basic Needs All behaviours are chosen

Ground rules are guidelines for individual and team

behaviours.
YOU decide what YOU want to firmly hold on to.

What are some of YOUR Goals?

Activity:
Qn: What decision did you make? Who is to blame if you made the WRONG decision?

Self Others We forgot that we We always blame made the choice in the others when we make first place! a wrong decision

MOST people blame others when they made a WRONG

decision But we are the ones who made the choice in the first place We are responsible for our So why do we make certain choices?

The reason behind our choices 5 Basic Needs

We behave to fulfil our Basic Needs

are:

But the methods chosen will be different for each individual

According to Dr William Glasser, the 5 Basic Needs

Survival Love and Belonging Power Freedom Fun

Handout 1 My Basic Needs

The Story of Ah Lang Character Ex-prisoner, now working as a mechanic with low income that needs to support his son. Very good at racing car and has promised not to compete in illegal car racing. Ah Lang has dreams of setting up his own shop for car maintenance.
Story Upon his release from prison, he managed to find

a job as a car mechanic. However, the pay was low and the working hours long. He was approached by his friend to take part in an illegal race. The prize money is $100,000.

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Should Ah Lang do it? Write your answer and why? Which Basic Need are you fulfilling?
Share your answers with the group

If Ah Langs son is ill and needs $100,000 for treatment, is

your answer the same?

Write your answer and why?

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We do things for different reasons

We do not need to fulfil all 5 Basic Needs at any point in

time We normally prioritise according to the situation

How we decide is UNIQUE to each individual