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Life Skills - Positive Mindset

What we focus on and think about generally brings about the experiences we will have in our life. Therefore, if we predominantly have negative thinking or negative thought patterns, as a general rule, we tend to look for negative things in life and consequently we have negative experiences.

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Connect the learning

Link this lesson to any previous learning in PSHE about positive thinking or self esteem.

Learning Outcomes

Students understand that they can choose their thought patterns and processes and direct their minds to positive thinking Students learn about the difference between negative and positive questions and thinking Students learn how they can change a negative unhelpful question and thought process, to a positive one.

The Big Picture

Skills aren’t just about technical or practical things. There are some really important skills we can learn to make us feel more confident, positive and help us to achieve our goals in life. These lessons are in what we are going to call “life skills”.