Today’s Agenda

1. Self-Actualization A cognitive therapy approach to enhance your performanceAhmed Salem M. Ed.salem2039@gmail.com Ideas in this presentation are taken from number of self-development books & materials, especially the following ones:

2. Today’s Agenda • Questions to stir your thoughts • What shapes our souls and form our personalities: - Defining moments - Pivotal people- Critical choices- Internal dialog • Locus of control • Stereotype • Labels

3. What prevents you from achieving what you want? • Why bother to know/learn about this? • Does the answer to the previous question have anything to do with your profession, and/or your life in general? Questions to stir thoughts

4. Defining moments • Pivotal people • Critical choices • Internal dialog • Stereotype • Locus of control • Labels What shapes our souls and form our personality

5. Defining Moments • What are they? • Why it is so important to know them and their impact on you? • How to reflect on them and why? • Strategies to follow for reducing their negative/positive impact on you • Q & A

6. Pivotal People • Who are they? • How to recognize them? • Why is it so important to recognize them? • Q & A

7. Critical Choices • What are they? • How to describe them? • Why you need to do so? • Q & A

8. Internal Dialog • What does Internal dialog? • How does it forms? • Why does it happen? • How to define them and how they impact your thinking? • The golden rule “what you do not work-in & work-out, gets played out” • Q & A

9. Stereotype • What does it mean in this context? • Why learn about stereotype? • How does stereotype impact you? • Q & A

10. Locus of control • What does it mean in this context? • Why learn about Locus of control ? • How does Locus of control impact you? • Q & A

11. Labels • What do labels mean? • How do they form? • Why is it crucial to define your labels? • Q & A