L I FE S K I L LS
First published by Best of Parenting Publishing 2020
Copyright © The Happy Confident Company Ltd. 2020 www.happyconfident.com Authors: Annabel Rosenhead and Nadim Saad The authors assert their moral right to be identified as the authors of this work.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.
ISBN: 9781916387065 Editor: Jo Chadwick Design and Illustration by Daniel Bobroff, Electric Design Studio Ltd
The Happy Confident Me Life Skills guide is written and published as a resource and guide intended to educate the reader of what they can do to improve their happiness and confidence. Although every effort has been made to ensure the contents of this guide are accurate, the information provided is not meant to take the place of professional psychiatric advice from professionals. Please consult your GP, social worker or the safeguarding officer at your child’s school if you are concerned about your child’s mental health or emotional wellbeing. The authors cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage suffered as a result of complete reliance on any of this guides contents or any errors or omissions herein.
CONTENTS PAGE TITLE
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What Are Life Skills? How To Use This Guide Knowing Yourself Feeling Your Feelings Positive Thinking Building Your Growth Mindset Making Mistakes Bouncing Back Boosting Your Confidence Being Mindful Kindness & Empathy Accepting Yourself What Have You Learnt What Next Acknowledgements
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WHAT ARE
LIFE SKILLS? ‘LIFE
SKILLS’ are the skills everyone needs to MAKE the most out of LIFE. Any skill that is useful in life can be considered a life skill. Tying your shoelaces, swimming, driving a car and using a computer are – for most people – USEFUL LIFE SKILLS.
Broadly speaking, the term ‘ LIFE SKILLS ’ is usually used for any of the skills needed to deal well and effectively with the CHALLENGES of life.
In this guide, we’ll be teaching you life skills that you won’t learn at school – the ones that will HELP you make the most of every day and LIVE a happier, more confident life. 4
Think about it…,you have so many feelings every day, don’t you? Well, a really important LIFE SKILL is to learn how to better IDENTIFY your feelings and better HANDLE those strong feelings that can sometimes be QUITE OVERWHELMING.
LIFE SKILLS HELP WITH SO MUCH! They will teach you how to know yourself better. They’ll help you feel appreciated, and appreciate others. You’ll find it easier to talk about tough and tricky things. You’ll find your confidence growing. You will see how you can learn from your mistakes. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY WILL HELP YOU LEARN AND GROW AND WILL MAKE YOU HAPPY… 5
HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE
This guide will introduce you to the
TOP TEN LIFE SKILLS
for a happier, more confident life.
And if you’re using this along with our Journal,
you’ll really start seeing POSITIVE and EXCITING changes in how you feel - and we know that for sure because lots of children have been telling us how much it’s HELPED them! Each chapter of this GUIDE will introduce you to a NEW SKILL, explain it, and then give you TWO GREAT ACTIVITIES to do that will HELP you put your new skill into practice straight away.
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If you’re a BOOKWORM, you might want to read it all in one go, but we RECOMMEND that you try and only read ONE CHAPTER A WEEK and do a bit of journaling on the side.
This way you can have loads of FUN practising your NEW SKILL for a week before you move on to the next one…
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“ YOU’LL NEVER CHANGE YOUR LIFE, UNTIL YOU CHANGE SOMETHING YOU DO DAILY .” John C Maxwell
LET’S GET STARTED!
KNOWING
YOURSELF
WHY KNOWING YOURSELF IS SO IMPORTANT Knowing yourself really well (also known as having strong “self-awareness”) is something that the World Health Organisation lists as one of the 10 most important life skills that humans need!
The BETTER we know ourselves, the more we can HELP ourselves and the HAPPIER we will be.
WE ARE EACH UNIQUE!! 9
LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF
Overall, your SELF-AWARENESS can have a real effect on how you FEEL and BEHAVE each day.
WHEN I DON’T KNOW MYSELF VERY WELL
WHEN I KNOW MYSELF
Quite often I feel unsure of myself or insecure.
I usually feel comfortable and confident about myself.
Sometimes I get confused about what I want to do.
I know what I love doing, so it’s easy to make exciting plans.
When I get stuck or upset, I can feel like that for ages and don’t know how to feel better.
I can help myself feel better when I get stuck or upset.
It’s difficult to talk about or understand how I feel.
I find easy to talk about and describe how I feel.
So, knowing and understanding yourself more will give you loads of useful things! Check out the Activity Pages for fun ways to find out even more about yourself.
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Grab some paper or a pad and write down all the things that make you‌YOU? Things that make me happy...
To relax I like to...
My favourite foods are...
I’m unique because...
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WEEKLY ACTIVITY What are you good at? HINTS: These can be big and small. from reading to dancing, scoring goals to school stuff (and everything in between). Grab a piece of paper or a notepad and write down as many as you can.
NEXT‌
Make a list about the things you're not so good at. Think about all the things you find TRICKY or TOUGH and get them out on paper.
It doesn't matter if it's school stuff, home stuff, hobbies or interests, this is all about getting to see a clearer picture of yourself on paper.
FAMILY ACTIVITY Why not try this out with the whole family and see what you all know about each other? Ask your parents, siblings (if you have any) to each tell you five things they appreciate about you, and then tell them what you appreciate about them. Write it all down, and see how much this tells you about yourself.
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FEELING YOUR FEELINGS
As you already know, in just one day we have LOADS of different feelings…and when we can identify them, it can really help us feel BETTER. SAD
ANNOYED
FRUSTRATED
Relaxed
“WHAT AM I FEELING?”
Some feelings are easy to recognise, when we’re happy we smile, we laugh, we feel SUPER-RELAXED or EXCITED. When we feel YUCKY, it can be harder to recognise what sort of yucky we’re feeling…hard to name that emotion or even talk about it.
Are we ANGRY, FRUSTRATED, SAD or UPSET? It takes LOADS OF PRACTICE to understand and tune in to our feelings and work out what they are. 13
WHY DOES IT MATTER ?
It helps when you understand EXACTLYwhat you’re feeling as it’s THE HARDER FEELINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT to be able to name and talk about! When you can understand and name them, you can then work out how to FEEL BETTER.
You will…
Understand what’s going on inside and then feel calmer. Find it easier to talk about your feelings, so friends and family can help you. Be able to work out what you need, to come out of the yucky feelings. If you get to know the things that usually make you feel SAD or ANGRY or WORRIED you won’t get taken by surprise, and you’ll know BETTER how to handle things.
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NOTICING & WRITING ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS
The COOL thing is that noticing your feelings and then writing and drawing about them is a BRILLIANT way to get to know what you are feeling. A useful hint to get to know what you feel, is to notice where you feel it in your body…because…that’s where we feel our feelings!
HAVE YOU EVER HAD
“ BUTTERFLIES” in your tummy when you’re nervous? Tight fists when you’re angry? A headache when you are worried or overwhelmed? Or maybe you’ve felt heavy all over when you’re sad? We all feel our feelings differently in our bodies…so where do you YOU feel yours? When you make a note of how you feel each day, it’s like turning a key…you’re unlocking knowledge about yourself, and then…you can find out how to feel BETTER ! 15
WEEKLY ACTIVITY Copy the diagram below (or make your own) on a piece of A4 paper, or in a notepad. Think about all the feeling you had today, and mark where you felt them on the diagram. Then over the next week or so, add your other feelings too.
FAMILY ACTIVITY At dinner or lunch, take it in turns around the table to share: Today I felt ‌because‌ You could write it down in a notepad or on a piece of paper.
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POSITIVE
THINKING We want you to be as and as as you can be.
Did you know that your THOUGHTS have a really big effect on what you FEEL?
AND that how you FEEL is also very connected to how you BEHAVE? What you
THINK
What you
FEEL 17
What you
DO!
There’s a lot going on in these human bodies and minds of yours, all the time!
Lots of thoughts and feelings …
To be more ,
and
you need to pay attention to how you THINK. When you TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR THINKING, you’ll enjoy better outcomes. Helpful, positive
THOUGHTS
Good
FEELINGS
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Making better
CHOICES
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POSITIVE
& NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
Positive thoughts are HELPFUL, negative thoughts are UNHELPFUL. feelings UNHELPFUL THOUGHTS tend to create …feeling sad, hopeless, wobbly or angry and frustrated. But HELPFUL thoughts tend to make us feel the opposite…
UNHELPFUL THOUGHTS
HELPFUL THOUGHTS
I’m not good at this.
I’m not good at this YET.
I will never be able to do this.
If I practice...I’ll get better at doing this.
I’m not good enough.
I AM good enough.
I’m scared I will make a mistake.
If I make a mistake... I’ll learn from it.
Helpful thoughts make you feel
CONFIDENT, STRONGER, CALM & HAPPIER …like anything is possible! 19
WEEKLY ACTIVITY Make a list of some of the unhelpful thoughts you have, and then write down a more helpful way of thinking about them.
UNHELPFUL THOUGHTS I HAVE
A HELPFUL WAY TO THINK ABOUT THEM
FAMILY ACTIVITY This week, whenever someone close to you shares a negative thought, share with them how they can see the positive. You could write it down in a notebook or on a piece of paper.
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BUILDING YOUR
GROWTH MINDSET Do you know what a “GROWTH
MINDSET” is?
Y R E V IT’S
. . . L O CO
In the “olden days”, before scientists and doctors knew that much about our minds or brains, we all believed that when we were born, the things that we could do BRILLIANTLY were completely fixed for our whole lives. So…whether you were a maths whizz, good at french or incredible at art or football, that was just part of who you were.
But now, scientists have found out that THAT’S NOT TRUE and our brains can change and grow …depending on how we use them. So really, we have a lot of POWER…a SUPERPOWER even…the power to be good at ANYTHING that we want to!! 21
THE SCIENCE BIT Every time you think the same thing or do the same thing, a “NEURAL PATHWAY” is created in your brain. The more times you do it, or think it, the and
FASTER the pathway becomes.
When scientists take special photos, like x-rays, of brains they can actually see these pathways light up! What does that mean for you? When you learn and practice new things, you’ll get new pathways, and build stronger ones. As each pathway gets stronger, the things you’re doing will get easier and easier and you’ll get quicker and better at it! 22
WHY HAVING A GROWTH MINDSET IS
AMAZING!!
If you’re LEARNING something new and finding it difficult, it’s not because you ‘can’t’ do it, it‘s just that you haven’t practiced enough yet! This is really
EMPOWERING .
You can get better at anything you put your mind to.
GROWTH MINDSET
If you feel you’re not good at something just use the word ‘yet’ to keep your growth mindset, for example ‘I am not good at maths YET’.
L! E O R ' O OU O C
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YET is your SUPERPOWER word, use it often and just see how much more powerful you will feel. 23
WEEKLY ACTIVITY So, now you know all about a growth mindset, it's time to start a WISH LIST… Think about making this a really motivating list - so you could start each sentence with 'I'd love to be able to.... I'm going to try to.... I'm challenging myself to....' etc
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Grab a pad or a few sheets of paper and write your name, the date, and WISH LIST at the top. Think about all the things that you'd LOVE to do but haven't been able to do ...YET, and some of the things that you already do, and think you're not very good at, or you find tricky and tough. Make a list for the next week, the next month, the next year... the choice is yours. Once you've written it all down, spend some time looking over it and work out which of your challenges you want to start with (you may want to share your list with your family so they can support and help you).
Wish list done? Time to get started on training your
GROWTH MINDSET!
FAMILY ACTIVITY Why not ask your family what they think they aren't good at and then explain what you’ve learnt about 'growth mindset'. You could even challenge them to get better at one of the areas they’ve identified. 24
MAKING
MISTAKES Have you noticed that when you LEARN SOMETHING NEW, you nearly always have to “get it wrong” quite a few times before you get it right?
Like learning to do a handstand!
Remember learning about Growth Mindset? We actually HAVE to make mistakes…lots of them…on our way to learning something new.
IT’S HOW OUR BRAINS GROW!
REMEMBER…it’s normal to doubt ourselves
sometimes…but we don’t have to feel bad, because making mistakes is actually perfectly normal …
IN FACT IT’S ESSENTIAL. 25
WE’RE ALL GOOD ENOUGH AND WE CAN DO IT …JUST NOT YET. This is really important to remember on a day when you feel like you keep making mistakes and you might want to give up! You could feel stuck, frustrated and annoyed, BUT that’s really normal…it won’t last and you will feel better quicker when you remember that…
YOU CAN DO IT… YOU JUST NEED MORE PRACTICE!!
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THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS FAILURE If you ever think that you’ve ‘failed’…or made a mistake …it is actually just your…
FIRST ATTEMPT IN LEARNING
If you only ever did the easy things, you’d never get a stronger brain or be able to do new things…how boring! Loads of famous people have made HUGE mistakes, loads of times, before they got really good at what they are famous for…even Walt Disney, Lionel Messi and JK Rowling!!
SO, DON’T LET YOUR MISTAKES GET YOU DOWN…CELEBRATE THEM & KEEP GOING!! 27
WEEKLY ACTIVITY Draw out the below frames on a notepad and include any mistakes that you’ve made today, and then write down what you learnt from them. Whenever you make other mistakes this week, keep adding to your list.
MISTAKES I’VE MADE
WHAT I LEARNT
FAMILY ACTIVITY Ask your parents about the mistakes they made this week and what they learnt from them. You can discuss it at dinner or over the weekend! You could write it down in a notebook or on a piece of paper.
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BOUNCING ?
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BACK
Sometimes things are difficult to learn, and we make mistakes. When that happens, how do we PUSH THROUGH and KEEP GOING?! How do we remember about our growth mindset, and allow ourself to keep ?
When we hit a block, it can sometimes be hard to carry on. When we do find the OOMPH to keep going & keep practicing…we call it “ PERSEVERANCE.” And our ability to recover from difficult situations is called BOUNCING BACK!
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REMEMBER when you learned
to ride a bike, swim, skateboard or ice skate. Did you jump in, jump on, and whizz off like a pro? Most likely you BUMBLED and FUMBLED, SHOUTED, CRIED and GOT FRUSTRATED.
Do you sometimes just want to give up? THAT’S NORMAL! If you can swim, ride a bike or skateboard, you know that you got there because you were DETERMINED …you PERSEVERED.
You BOUNCED BACK from the difficult moments. And to be able to do that all the time, you need to remind yourself that in the end, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT!
BOUNCING BACK is also called being RESILIENT!! 30
The more RESILIENT you get, the BETTER you’ll feel. You’ll recover quicker from the things you find tough, and be able to keep practising until you can ENJOY it.
REMEMBER
You are good enough, and PERSEVERING &
BEING DETERMINED
to keep going when you feel stuck, will make you
FEEL REALLY PROUD OF YOURSELF. Little by little, you’ll get closer to BEING GOOD
AT WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT TO BE …
a cyclist, mathematician, footballer, artist, doctor or anything else!
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WEEKLY ACTIVITY Draw out the below frames on a notepad and write down the different challenges you encountered today (or yesterday) and how you overcame them. Whenever you encounter challenges this week, keep adding to your list.
CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED
HOW I OVERCAME THEM
FAMILY ACTIVITY Ask your family what difficult challenges they’ve had in life, and how they then overcame them. You could write it down in a notepad or on a piece of paper.
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BOOSTING YOUR CONFIDENCE
Being is all about believing in yourself and your abilities.
WHEN YOU’RE CONFIDENT, YOU: Feel comfortable being you Know you’re good enough Like yourself
AND IT’S EASIER TO MAKE GOOD FRIENDS. Some days, you might feel more confident than others. You may even be more confident about certain parts of yourself, and less so about others…like being…
KIND SPORTY
MUSICAL
A BOOKWORM DLY MATHS WHIZZ N E I R F A FUNNY 2 E=MC
How
do you usually feel? 33
When our confidence is low, we can feel UNHAPPY about everything! Another word for that is feeling ‘insecure’ and feeling… it’s a all wobbly, sad and a bit rubbish.
, But when we feel we feel the opposite…CALM, RELAXED, COMFORTABLE, STRONG and even PROUD OF OURSELVES…like there’s a sort of a light glowing in our tummies! We hope that learning these skills has already helped you feel more confident.
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HOW TO FEEL CONFIDENT MORE OF THE TIME
Like happiness, there are some magic ingredients to help grow your CONFIDENCE. Think about your excellent qualities every day…say them out loud or write them down. Be grateful every day for what you have. Learn to like and accept all of yourself. Feel proud of what you’ve done and celebrate your achievements. Be kind and encourage yourself. Ask for help when something is difficult. Remember your growth mindset…take on new challenges. Know it’s okay, and in fact essential, to make mistakes.
DID YOU KNOW
There are whole books written about confidence even for adults. You’re seriously ahead of the game, reading and learning all about it now! 35
WEEKLY ACTIVITY Time to make a list of all the things you feel PROUD of in your life!
BIG things, SMALL things, EVERYDAY things, or once in a lifetime…
…let's get them all out and on to paper. You might be proud that you have great friends who can trust you with their secrets… Perhaps you found something really tough at school but worked really hard to understand it? Maybe you had a fear that you overcame? You can keep adding to the list whenever you do something you're PROUD of. When you take notice of the things that you do that make you FEEL GOOD about yourself, it helps BOOST YOUR CONFIDENCE even more.
FAMILY ACTIVITY Ask your parents (and siblings) what things they have done in their lives that they are proudest of. You could write it down in a notebook or on a piece of paper.
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BEING
MINDFUL To keep your body healthy you EAT WELL, get some EXERCISE , brush your teeth, and get enough SLEEP.
But what about your mind?
Did you know that you need to keep your mind HEALTHY too? After all, it’s in charge of everything you think, and how you FEEL ! A healthy mind has POSITIVE, HELPFUL thoughts so we can FEEL GOOD more of the time.
One way to keep your mind healthy is to be “MINDFUL”. This means focusing your mind on NOW …not thinking about yesterday or . tomorrow, just this
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When our brains are too BUSY we can get all stuck because of so many thoughts around.
Sometimes these thoughts are UNHELPFUL , like if we’re ANXIOUS about something that hasn’t even happened yet, or are feeling
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about something that we did yesterday.
It can be really unhelpful, annoying and make you feel BAD. It can stop you from concentrating, or enjoying what you are doing, and sometimes stop you falling sleep.
HAS THAT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?
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TURNING DOWN THE VOLUME
Wouldn’t it be great if we could switch our minds off or turn down the volume when it’s too busy with unhelpful stuff? MY MIND - CONTROL UNIT
MIND VOLUME CALM LEVEL
MIND OFF ON
SPEED CONTROL
Well, guess what…you CAN switch your mind into being calmer, slower and “MINDFUL”.
BEING MINDFUL By learning to relax and to breathe slowly, you can practise meditating. This helps keep your brain healthy and you can CHOOSE the thoughts that you have. This will help you to make more out of each day, and to think more clearly. Learning to meditate & be mindful just takes a bit of practice.
Relax Breathe slowly and focus on your breathing And slowly quieten down your head In just a few minutes, you can slow your brain down, relax and choose what it is you want to think about.
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WEEKLY ACTIVITY Spend 3 minutes doing ‘box breathing’. Don't forget, it's all about breathing regularly to a count or 'beat'
STEPS:
Find a comfortable, peaceful space Try and get totally relaxed, ensure your shoulders are relaxed, your neck, your legs and arms Close your eyes Inhale slowly counting 1, 2, 3, 4 Hold your breath to a count of 4 And exhale slowly counting 1, 2, 3, 4 Try to hold your breath on the exhale to a count of 4 Do this for 3 minutes (you might want to set a timer) Write down in a notebook how you feel after this exercise.
Practice is really important, so challenge yourself to do this every day for a week and each day make a note of how you feel.
FAMILY ACTIVITY
Why not challenge your family to do this with you each day? And at the end of the week, you can all share how you felt each day during the session. You could write it down in a notebook or on a piece of paper.
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KINDNESS & EMPATHY
IS IT IMPORTANT TO BE KIND? I’m guessing your parents have taught you that it is…do you know why? And do you agree?
Well, it is incredibly important because when we are KIND, we make other people !
SO, WHAT IS KINDNESS? In the dictionary it says it’s being FRIENDLY, GENEROUS and CONSIDERATE…ways we make
someone else feel good by how we behave. And as well as actions - it is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch - anything that lifts another person. So…we know that being KIND makes other people feel good.
KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS!! 41
? !? DID YOU KNOW… ! ?!
Research shows that even if you only do one act of kindness a day, you will feel:
That’s because being kind floods your brain and body with happy hormones* that make us feel CALMER, LOVING and LOVED.
*The scientific name of these FEEL-GOOD hormones are SEROTONIN and OXYTOCIN
When people see someone being helpful and kind, they’re also flooded with the same happy hormones, they feel GOOD, so are likely to be KIND TO OTHERS too! 42
DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE FEELING?
This is called EMPATHY, and it’s also linked to kindness. When you practice EMPATHY it helps you work out which acts of kindness might be the best ones for the important people in your life.
Empathy is all about LISTENING when your friends talk to you and…
IMAGINING HOW THEY MIGHT BE FEELING.
It also helps us understand how we might be affecting other people with our behaviour…what we do, or how we talk to them. Will it make them SAD or ? Acts of KINDNESS can spread across your community, your town, a city or even the world!
IT ALL STARTS WITH ONE PERSON, AND THAT PERSON CAN BE YOU! 43
WEEKLY ACTIVITY How many acts of KINDNESS can you think of?
Write down on a notepad at least 5 different acts of KINDNESS that you could do to make people around you HAPPIER. And then choose one to do tomorrow! HINT: Things that help other people or make them smile…
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FAMILY ACTIVITY Choose one kind thing to do for each member of your family this week. And enjoy the acts of kindness that you receive from them! You could write it down in a notepad or on a piece of paper.
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ACCEPTING YOURSELF
So far, you have read and learnt all about KNOWING YOURSELF and BOOSTING YOUR CONFIDENCE…and we hope you’re starting to feel PROUD of yourself, and more !
NOW, WE WANT TO SHARE A SECRET… RE ! YOSUO' COOL
Did you know that right now, exactly as you are, without doing ANYTHING at all, you are actually …JUST RIGHT.
THAT’S RIGHT… YOU ARE “PERFECTLY IMPERFECT” 45
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE “THE BEST” AT ANYTHING OR EVEN HAVE YET FOUND A SPECIAL THING YOU LOVE DOING… GROWTH MINDSET
Yes, you can CHOOSE to LEARN more, to PRACTICE new things…to be more KIND…and to PERSEVERE . These things will definitely make your life more FUN and INTERESTING… …but whatever you are practicing, however many things you are, or aren’t yet feeling confident about…
you are ALREADY GOOD ENOUGH just as you are. 46
BETTER or WORSE… NO MORE or LESS IMPORTANT You are NO
than any of your friends.
…OR IN FACT THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD!
We are all EQUALLY special. And this is
EXTRA-SPECIALLY important to remember.
We are each completely unique. With our own LIKES, DISLIKES, QUALITIES, PASSIONS, SIMILARITIES and DIFFERENCES. And that is just fine.
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WHAT HAVE
YOU LEARNT?
Congratulations on learning new life skills!!! We hope it’s been FUN, and that you’ve found them useful.
Why not make a list of the things that you’ve ENJOYED the most or found out about YOURSELF since you’ve been learning all these NEW SKILLS?
CHALLENGE TIME
And what about CHALLENGING yourself to think about NEW THINGS you might want to take up, or the things you might want to start doing more of in YOUR LIFE … 48
WHAT NEXT?
L I FE S K I L LS If you did, you should check out our FUN ACTIVITIES online, and also our ONLINE COURSES. And if you haven’t started daily journaling yet…
THE TIME IS NOW
You and your grown up can visit
WWW.HAPPYCONFIDENT.COM
and see all the other exciting products we’ve created to help kids (and their families) live a life.
and
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We’d like to thank our incredible and passionate team, who are all part of the Happy Confident Company’s extended family, for all the hard work and effort taken to make this guide a product we are so very proud of. Special thanks to Dan Bobroff & son Louis, Jo Chadwick & kids Tommy, Jack and Max and of course Annabel’s daughter Lulah and Nadim’s daughters Noor, Yasmine & Yara. And thank you to all of their friends from school and the children attending our HAPPY CONFIDENT ME school workshops & clubs who have also given us their brilliant feedback along the way. Here’s to a future with more
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Forever grateful,
Annabel and Nadim
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kids.
“YOU are the
HERO of your L I F E S K IL L
S
own story,
YOU can
create the life that you
want to live.” The Happy Confident Company