Question:
RBSE- Exercise
Phase 1: Creating the reflect best-self portrait
-Step 1: Identify potential respondents (already done)
-Step 2: Request reflected best-self stories 15-30 (already done)
-Step 3: Write own best self story (the writer can make it up themselves)
-Step 4: Analyze all best self stories
-Step 5: Compose the Reflected best self portrait
Phase 2: Bringing the reflected best self to life
-Step 1: Analyze context, list enablers and blockers
-Step 2: Create action plan A goal of 30 stories has been shown to be the optimal number with which to find patterns across those stories
Make a list of people you know
Family
Friends
Current job
Past jobs
Volunteering
Try to approach more people or obtain more stories
Next steps: Table 1
Read and reflect on each story
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Story author
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My positive behaviors
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Story theme and personal declaration
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Work colleague
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Enthusiasm, persistence
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I am persistent and can motivate others
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Friend
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Persistence, endurance
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I help people in trying times
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Boss
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Visioning, creation
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I can envision how things might look
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Next steps: Table 2
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Patterns/Themes
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Declarations
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Examples given
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Persistence
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I believe in working toward excellence and will work through any difficulties to produce the outcomes I seek.
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1. Motivated team to stay focused on excellence; 2. Worked side-by-side with Lila until flooded basement was cleaned
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Empowering
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I believein the potential of o thers to do great things. Iuse my words to support them.
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1. Helped teammates believe in their own potential for greatness. 2. Helped Lila keep her spirts up during household disaster.
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Next steps
Compose the Reflected Best-Self Portrait
The portrait should be an aggregated articulate of your personal and reflected best self which you can refer to and revise
It should synthesize the themes and declarations identified in your tables
Paper guidelines:
- no more than 10 pages not including appendix, double space, 12 font, times new roman, clear professional writing
- All best self stories in appendix
- Meet rubric requirements/outline
Requirements:
No more than 10 pages, double space, 12 font, times new roman