Learning objective/rationale: To help participants improve their soft skills, to motivate them by highlighting their external and internal sources of energy and self-esteem.
Description of the method/nr. of persons of the group for which the method is suitable: This activity is suggested to be conducted by participants with v.i.. Every participant works alone and writes down around 7 internal (e.g. my persistence, my smile, my body, etc.) and 7 external (parent, weather, home, etc.) resources of energy and motivation. After finishing the writing procedure, participants come into pairs and discuss their findings, discovering similarities and differences between each other and most of all answering the question “why does this motivate me and how?”. All participants gather in a circle and discuss their findings individually and in pairs. Following this activity, participants will have around 15 minutes for a short discussion, evaluating the activity. The discussion will be related to the questions below and other questions that participants may ask.
Materials needed: Papers and pens, Braille devices and materials.
Time: 60 minutes
Questions for discussion/ debriefing: Will I adapt this knowledge to my personal day life motivational program? How do I motivate myself? By using more internal or more external sources of energy? Why?
Source: VIVA Erasmus+ project