Modu le 1 Building Personal Confidence & Self Awareness

1. Module1 Building Personal Confidence & Self Awareness

2. At the end of this module learners will have: • 1.1 Identified their hopes and fears • 1.2 Researched how to build upon entrepreneurial skills • 1.3Created an action plan and set achievable goals

3. Hopes and Fears

4. Copingwithfears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xg8ehkuPbQ (Video to be added and similar video sourced for Spain, Poland & Germany)

5. Entrepreneurialskills • The current downturn in the economy has turned a lot of people who have lost jobs into entrepreneurs – some because a layoff forced them to figure out how to leverage useful skills into a way to make a living; others experienced it as the push they needed to launch a business they had planned to look into at some point in the future.

6. Key qualities • Self-confidence • Self-determination • Being a self-starter • Judgement • Commitment • Perseverance • Initiative

7. Lessons learned as an entrepreneur video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfU4JhbMAhg (Video to be added and similar video sourced for Spain, Poland & Germany)

8. Copingwithfears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3p4QGIrHbg&feature=related (Video to be added and similar video sourced for Spain, Poland & Germany)

9. Goalsetting • Whenever you achieve something worthwhile you have probably either consciously or subconsciously realised a goal. Goals are useful as they keep you focused on your specific purpose. They can act as reminders, incentives or as steps that can assist you in doing the things you want to do.

10. At the end of this module learners will have: • 1.1 Identified their hopes and fears • 1.2 Researched how to build upon entrepreneurial skills • 1.3Created an action plan and set achievable goals