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The Personal Bank Account. Start with the individual in the mirror. The Personal Bank Account. How you feel about yourself is similar to a Personal Bank Account - can make deposits into and take withdrawals out of this account. You live by principles
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The Personal Bank Account Start with the individual in the mirror
The Personal Bank Account • How you feel about yourself is similar to a Personal Bank Account - can make deposits into and take withdrawals out of this account • You live by principles • You work to build your skills and talents • You have the self confidence to let others know your opinions and good ideas • Do small acts of kindness • Be honest • Renew yourself • You don’t stand up for yourself when you know you are right • You make degrading comments about yourself • You use drugs and alcohol • Break personal promises • Keep to yourself • Beat yourself up • Be dishonest • Be mean or cruel to others • Neglect your talents
Possible Symptoms HEALTHY PBA POOR PBA • You stand up for yourself and resist peer pressure. • You’re not overly concerned about being popular • You see life as a generally positive experience • You trust yourself • You are goal driven • You are happy for the successes of others • You cave into peer pressure easily • You wrestle with feelings of depression and inferiority • You’re overly concerned about what others think of you • You act arrogant to help hide insecurities • You self-destruct by getting heavily into drugs and alcohol. • You get jealous easily
This Unit Let’s Try... • For this unit, we’re going to track our PBA... • Each day during this unit, if you walk into the class feeling “rich” then put a marble in the bowl. If you’re feeling low that day, take a marble out and put it back in the box.