Praise by Concordia University-St. Paul students/faculty for presentation of brief 18-slide version to students in 'Turning Points' class of probation students. Framed in the context of personal and career success incorporating Self-Determination Theory. In-class activities included students pointing out self-limiting career choices, using a drawn graph on whiteboard of Gottfredson’s Theory (male/female, prestige and education levels, plus tolerable effort). Encouraged recognition of cultural/societal influencers, especially exploring career decision-making as shaped by saliency factors of family of origin, community and related. Also, students interacted in naming and discussing each of the SWOT responses in an analysis. In a full-version of these slides, I’d break into Modules for 4 topics. Students would be introduced to Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) intervention targeting underlying beliefs and reframing distorted thinking and negative self-talk. PPT version includes hyperlinks for each image to anchor webpages. Hoping to add audio / visual script for accessibility to the presentation, as time permits in the future. Would plan to use Adobe Captivate, since HTML5 enables iPads to access.

1. Finding Success

19. The 4 Questions for
Challenging Self-
Limiting Beliefs
1. How do you KNOW
this belief is true?
2. What are the present
and future positive
benefits of holding
this belief?
3. What are the present
and future negative
consequences of
holding this belief?
4. What does this belief
say about you?
Others? The world?

20. Problem :
A = Activating event - Someone giggles while you are sharing your
thoughts in a meeting.
B = Belief about the event - Movie of "they are laughing at me"
(Personalizing)
C1 = Emotional Consequence - Anxiety and humiliation
C2 = Behavioral Consequence - Abruptly stop talking and shut
down without finishing your thoughts, everyone wonders what’s
wrong but you won’t tell them.
Solution :
A = Activating event - Someone giggles while you are sharing your
thoughts in a meeting
B = Belief about the event - Stop the Movie & Remind yourself...
“I wonder what they are thinking about… Maybe they are
remembering something funny”
C1 = Emotional Consequence - Curiosity and normal annoyance
C2 = Behavioral Consequence - Go on talking and finishing your
thoughts, not an issue.
http://www.internet-of-the-mind.com/cognitive_behavioral_therapy.html

38. You may be travelling down
one road or at a crossroads…

50. All images in this presentation were accessed
by utilizing Google Images and are used for
educational purposes only under
the Fair Use Law and the TEACH Act.
To my knowledge all images were
obtained and accessed legally.
Produced by
Jessica Ayub,
Career Services Graduate Intern
Concordia University, St. Paul
A Brief Version was Presented in the
‘Turning Points’ Course on January 31, 2013