Outline For Becoming Your Personal Best
I. Understand the Basic Principals of Life
A. Design
1. How am I put together?
2. What are my strengths?
3. What are my weaknesses?
4. What are the “unchangeables” (genetic predispositions)
5. Develop self-acceptance and the habit of liking yourself
B. Authority
1. What is the correct response to those in charge (no one is exempt; everyone has a boss
2. How do I work as team to achieve the objectives set by person in authority?
3. How do I set goals in alignment with objectives of my employer?
Growing Up In A Dysfunctional Family
Children growing up in a dysfunctional family have been known to adopt one or more of six basic roles:
• “The Good Child” – a child who assumes the parental role.
• “The Problem Child” – the child who is blamed for most problems * in spite of often being the only emotionally stable one in the family.
• “The Caretaker” – the one who takes responsibility for the emotional well-being of the family.
• “The Lost Child” – the inconspicuous, quiet one, whose needs are often ignored or hidden.
• “The Mascot” – uses comedy to divert attention away from the increasingly dysfunctional family system.
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“The Mastermind” – the opportunist who capitalizes on the other family members’ faults in order to get whatever he/she wants.
