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Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
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Complete this worksheet in class as we progress through the lesson. Review this worksheet
after class to make any adjustments and additions.
YOUR PAST PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Aside from school related activities such as studying for classes, list the things you have
done in the last 12 months to work on your own personal development.
3 List the health habits that you would like to develop in order to be healthier.
4 How do you plan to lessen your unhealthy habits and increase your healthy habits? How
will you add these to your schedule?
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
2 How and when do you plan to acquire these skills? How will you add these to your
schedule?
3 What books would you like to read? Research and list at least 3 books that you help in
your mental development.
Being Likable
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
BEING LIKABLE REFLECTION WORKSHEET
Name: Today’s Date:
Complete this worksheet in class after we complete our conversation activity. Review this
worksheet after class to make any adjustments and additions.
YOUR CONVERSATION WITH OTHER GROUP MEMBERS
1 Did you enjoy the conversation with other group members who you may not have
previously known? Why or why not?
2 Were you able to identify other people’s interests and ask follow up questions? If so,
please give an example or two.
3 Do you still remember the other members’ names? If so, please list them below.
4 How did you feel when making eye contact? Comfortable or uncomfortable? Why do you
think this is so?
5 Did you smile most of the time during the conversation? If so, was it easy to smile? Were
others smiling, too?
6 Did you learn anything interesting or surprising about the other group members? If so,
what did you learn?
Networking
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
NETWORK BUILDING WORKSHEET
Name: Today’s Date:
List potential part-time jobs that may be related to your major or area of study.
What can you learn from your boss? What questions could you ask?
List the clubs offered at your university that you may be interested in and where you can
possibly meet new people and build relationships.
Does your university have any clubs dedicated to networking? If not, would you be
interested in creating a networking club?
Where can you go to find the requirements and procedures to create a university club?
Can you name any professors outside your university around the world you would like to
ask questions?
1 POTENTIAL MENTOR #1
Person’s Name
What do you like about this person? What qualities do you admire?
List any resources where you can learn more about them. These may include books,
blogs, social media, etc.
List three questions that you would like to ask them regarding advice, your major,
industry, or their lives.
#1
#2
#3
2 POTENTIAL MENTOR #2
Person’s Name
What do you like about this person? What qualities do you admire?
List any resources where you can learn more about them. These may include books,
blogs, social media, etc.
List three questions that you would like to ask them regarding advice, your major,
industry, or their lives.
#1
#2
#3
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
3 POTENTIAL MENTOR #3
Person’s Name
What do you like about this person? What qualities do you admire?
List any resources where you can learn more about them. These may include books,
blogs, social media, etc.
List three questions that you would like to ask them regarding advice, your major,
industry, or their lives.
#1
#2
#3
The Right People
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
THE RIGHT PEOPLE WORKSHEET
Name: Today’s Date:
1 Refer back to your Goal Setting Worksheet. List again a few of your top short-term and
long-term goals.
2 Now brainstorm and list the types of people who have accomplished those goals. Who
are they? What are their job titles? What types of personalities do they have? List
anything that comes to mind. Feel free to research the internet for more details.
3 What qualities, skills, and characteristics listed above do you need to acquire? What kind
of person do you need to become?
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
4 What specific actions can you take in order to realize what is listed above?
5 Where do the people listed above in #2 spend their time? What organizations do they belong to?
What type of events do they attend? Where do they hang out online and offline?
6 Which of these organizations, events, and places can you involve yourself in? Which ones
interest you most?
Embracing
Failure
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
FAILURE TOSS ACTIVITY WORKSHEET
FAILURES WISDOMS
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
FAILURE TOSS REFLECTION WORKSHEET
Name: Today’s Date:
After completing the Failure Toss Activity, take a moment to think about how your choices.
Then answer the questions below.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1 What choice did you make? Did you keep or throw away your failures? Did you keep or
throw away your wisdoms?
3 What lesson do you think you may have learned from this exercise? Your answer may be
very different from others’. This may be unique to you.
Happiness
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
HAPPINESS CHECKLIST
Name: Today’s Date:
Fill out this checklist as we cover the thoughts and actions that are scientifically proven to help
raise your happiness baseline.
THOUGHTS
1 GRATITUDE
List five things that you are grateful for.
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Check your answer below. “I usually feel grateful for these five things listed above.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
2 FORGIVENESS
Is there anyone you are holding a grudge against? Is there someone you have not yet forgiven?
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Check your answer below. “I usually forgive people quickly who have upset me in some way.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
4 GOALS
Check your answer below. “I am actively working on accomplishing my list of goals.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
5 MEDITATION
Check your answer below. “I regularly take time to quietly relax and clear my mind.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
ACTIONS
6 EXERCISE
List up to three physical activities that you might enjoy which can be regarded as exercise.
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Check your answer below. “I engage in exercise that increases my heart rate on a regular basis.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
7 SLEEP
Check your answer below. “I regularly get a minimum of 7 hours sleep per night.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
8 FRIENDSHIPS
Check your answer below. “I regularly spend time with friends who make me feel good.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
9 LAUGHTER
Check your answer below. “I regularly laugh so hard it hurts.”
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
Complete these questions after finishing the Happiness Partner Activity you participated in.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1 What strengths did you have in common with your partner?
2 What areas did you have similar answers for on the Happiness Checklist?
4 Describe what you specifically did during your activity and how much time you spent
doing it.
5 Honestly, what did you think about this experience? How did you feel afterwards?
Resourcefulness
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
RESOURCEFULNESS ACTIVITY REFLECTION WORKSHEET
Name: Today’s Date:
After completing the Marshmallow Spaghetti Tower Challenge, take a moment to think about
how your group worked on the project and how you specifically participated. Then answer the
questions below.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
1 Do you feel that your group worked well together?
3 Did you openly ask questions and give input to your group, or were you mostly observing
and quietly following directions?
4 Did you use any strategies or tricks from other groups? If so, explain.
5 Did any technique surprise you in how resourceful it was? If so, explain.
Complete this worksheet in class as you proceed through the lesson. Review this worksheet
after class to make any adjustments and additions.
CONSIDER YOUR AMBITIONS
1 In ten years, what do you want to be known for?
2 List any skills you currently have and are currently working on obtaining.
4 Using the answers in the above three sections, what information can you use to complete
the following personal branding statement?
“I use my natural ability to ________________________________________ and my
skills in _________________________________________to help others
_________________________________________ in the ____________________ industry.”
Essential Life Skills Course Instructor: Cal Hyslop
2 List the social networking sites you currently use. Which one do you think would be the
best choice for you to start broadcasting your personal brand on?
3 What content could you post on these sites that would create value for other members?
What could you ‘educate’ others about?
4 What specifically do you plan to do in order to ‘clean up’ your SNS accounts?