1. CHAPTER 2: GETTING TO KNOW YOURSELF
Decision Making, Setting Goals, Being Realistic

2. Ch 2.1: Decision Making Today’s Objectives:
Identify the 7-step decision-making process
Follow an effective strategy for choosing a career

3. Ch 2.1: Decision Making 7 Steps of Decision Making
1. Define your needs or wants
2. Analyze your resources
3. Identify your choices
4. Gather information
5. Evaluate your choices
6. Make a decision
7. Plan how to reach your goal

4. Ch 2.2: Setting Lifestyle Goals
Day 2 Bell Ringer: Who do you admire?
List 5 people and explain what about them makes you admire them.
Do any of their lifestyles reflect things you want your lifestyle to be like some day?

5. Ch 2.2: Setting Lifestyle Goals
Values - principles that you want to live by and the beliefs that are important to you.
6 Values
Responsibility - fulfilling obligation
Relationships - family/friends are important
Compassion - caring deeply for people
Courage - conquering fear or despair
Achievement - desire to succeed
Recognition - strive for appreciation & respect

6. Ch 2.2: Setting Lifestyle Goals
Interests - things you enjoy doing
List your 10 favorite activities & rank them
Genealogy Guitar
Teaching Listening to Music
Cooking Traveling
Learning Italian Helping others
Games w/Friends Reading
Which of your activities are done alone? With others?

7. Ch 2.2: Setting Lifestyle Goals
Working With Data, People & Things
What careers can you think of fit into each category?
Which overlap into more than one?

8. Ch 2.3: Realistic Goals
Aptitude - potential for learning a certain skill
Ability - Skill you already have developed
Personality - Combination of your attitudes, behaviors & characteristics
Self-concept - The way you see yourself

9. Ch 2.3: Realistic Goals
Learning Styles - Different ways that people naturally think and learn
Look in your book pg. 38.
Which learning style fits you best?