PALs and the 7 Habits
Last week Monday the coolest seminar in the world was about to start. At that morning we just came from the beach fully relaxed. It was 12:15, and most of us weren’t ready; at 12:30, we all were (well mostly)…
Our seminar starts at 1 o’ clock. We were on our way there at 12:45, and my heart was kinda thumping out of excitement. What will I expect? What do I say? And those other things… My feelings were a subtle mixture of reluctancy and eagerness.
We finally arrived at the Marcelo Fernan Press Centre. This was where we had our seminar. To be honest, the place looked really cool. It was both simple and modern. It was 12:50, and the first floor was almost empty. We went upstairs, and the first thing I saw was a table and tita Marget. We signed the form then went to the room beside us.
Chuck, me, Abigail, and Hannah found our seats in the back to watch the seminar. Our charismatic speaker was none other than Joey Reyes! =P The firs thing we did was to introduce ourselves to five new people, and ask these:
- Your name
- Your school/work
- Your greatest dreams & what you wanna’ learn in the seminar.
And it was pretty fun! It’s always nice to meet someone new. =) Haha
Our first activity was where we formed "micro-groups." We choose five people we don’t know and form a group. These guys are the best people you’ll ever meet! One is an aspiring fashion designer (you can already tell by the clothes she’s wearing, and khaki’s a pretty cool color!), another is an aspiring doctor who plans to study — and have a scholarship — in Johns Hopkins University. Not only that, she’s planning to be a brain or heart surgeon! Another person in our group is a nice "perdy" person taking ballet. She wants to start a have five-star hotel. The last person, but not the least, is Miko! I already know him, but who cares? Haha He wants to start a ramen shop. ^^
Each of us in the micro-group had to find a positive aspect of another person’s. And here’s mine =D :
- lookin’ fine
- friendly
- sporty
- gentlemen
- intelligent
- sincere
- joyful
- very sweet
- caring
- awesome
- optimistic
- confident
- talented
- brave
- hot
- sexy
- and… "sexy mama!!!"
ROTFLMAO! I really cracked up at the last part. =P Not a bad set of words to be associated with, don’t you think? There are so many positive aspects of a person, but all we do is focus on their negative sides. Do you know what the average number negative comments we have to put up each day? It’s 2,000. Guess how many for the positive. It’s 20. We get 2,000 negative comments each day, and only 40 positive comments to make up for it. How do you think we’d feel? There’s a theory that, "People will keep up to the expectations you set." What I’ve learned is that we should change the ratio. =)
Can you guess what group of people who are:
- confident
- hardworking
- positive
- responsible
- imaginative
- determined
- honest
- patient
- trusting
- creative
- and smart?
The answer is… BABIES! Think about it. Many of us had these traits a child, but the rigors of life stole these from us. >=( This is our true self. But sometimes, we are programed to act otherwise. These programs shape our attitude towards life. And our attitude affects our behavior in life.
On the same evening, Joey told us to organize ourselves into four groups. Each of us had to classify ourselves into these groups:
- Dominant, Formal
- Dominant, Informal
- Flow With, Formal
- Flow With, Informal
The "dominant" person asserts himself. The "flow with" person goes with the flow and is very agreeable. The "formal" person is systematic and organized. The "informal" person isn’t systematic and unorganized. I classified myself int he "dominant, formal" group. All of us were given the choice to join any one of these groups. What’s surprising’s that all the groups were divided all into equal parts. The people in each group were asked to share their: Major likes, Major dislikes, Strengths, and Motivations. We were then asked whether we were "buyers" or "sellers." "Sellers" are people who propose ideas, and buyers are the opposite. Then we were asked whether we are "task" or "relationship" oriented. What’s surprising is that many of the people in the dominant-formal group had the same interests, motivations and other similarities with me! There really probably are four different general personalities in the world. And according to the speaker, it’s the leader who adjusts to these differences. =)
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