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Tools Overview

1. PRIORITISING AREAS OF VALUE

L2L topic:

Prioritising

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness

Summary:

This activity shall help participants prioritise goals and what is most important in their life. The Philosophy Professor thought experiment, in particular, can be a great way to think about one's needs and wishes and how to prioritise these.

2. MY CHARACTER STRENGTHS

L2L topic:

Strengths

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness

Summary:

This activity will help mentees identify and explore their personal Character Strengths, gaining insight into and knowledge about one’s character strengths enhances the possibility of reinforcing these. Knowledge and awareness of personal Character Strengths are both motivating and useful when trying to create lasting improvements in life. An additional assessment of one’s Character Strengths can be used for comparing and reflecting upon. This can strengthen a positive narrative and outlook on the opportunities in life.

3. MY STRENGTH SPOTTING INTERVIEWS

L2L topic:

Strengths

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness

Summary:

This activity will help mentees explore their personal strengths and other resources and competencies by identifying strengths in themselves and in others based on their real-life experiences and situations. By doing this, mentees should gain insight into and knowledge about one’s strengths and resources enhances the possibility of reinforcing these. Knowledge and awareness of one's strengths and learning how to recognise them are both motivating and useful when trying to create lasting improvements in life.

4. THE WHEEL OF LIFE SATISFACTION

L2L topic:

My life values

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness

Summary:

This activity aims at motivating and inspiring the participants to think and reflect on their present situation in several areas of life and their satisfaction with these. Based on these reflections, the participants should prioritise one or two areas in their life to work on and improve by identifying and understanding the driving force of their values and motivations and setting specific goals and focus points for their future lives. A clear view of which areas in life need attention and change makes the accomplishment of the change wanted, and seeking it, more accessible.

5. VISIONS AND DREAMS

L2L topic:

Learning strategies overview

Dimensions covered:

Goal setting & planning

Summary:

This activity shall motivate the participants to reflect on all the previous exercises and on all their visions and dreams after having thought about the qualities they’re most proud of and their strengths, skills, and capabilities in a holistic way. The fulfilment matrix shall provide them with a general overview.

6. ACTION PLAN

L2L topic:

Plan steps & strategies

Dimensions covered:

Goal setting & planning

Summary:

To motivate and help the mentees to take action in reaching their goals by formulating a plan of action based on the learning and knowledge of strengths, values, skills, networks/ supporting persons, etc. gained throughout the programme. This way of anchoring one’s goals motivates and enables the participants to focus on their resources and ability to reach them in their everyday life.

7. WONDERWALL

L2L topic:

Creation of hope/motivation

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness / Goal setting & planning

Summary:

The goal of this activity is to help mentees to visualise their goals. This creates an inner motivation to strive for these goals and promotes positive thinking which will help them stay on track. Knowing you are working on reaching your life goals is a strong motivator. Numerous studies have shown that mental practice (through visualisation) can effectively improve skills as real practice. When we visualise an action, the same brain regions are stimulated as when we perform it, and the same neural networks are created.

8. CONTACTS TREE

L2L topic:

Supporting networks

Dimensions covered:

Initiative & ownership

Summary:

This activity focuses on networking. By reconnecting with possible contacts and referees, mentees may create networks with people and organisations who may be able to help them in their inclusion in the host country.

9. RANDOM IMAGES

L2L topic:

Curiosity

Dimensions covered:

Initiative & ownership

Summary:

This warm-up exercise is an introductory game to understand how creativity works and how anyone can be creative. It is used to measure one of the basic creative skills: Fluency (the ability to produce many ideas).

10. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

L2L topic:

Curiosity

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness

Summary:

This short and simple warm-up activity focuses on motivating the participants to reflect upon how different perspectives affect how we read reality. Based on these reflections, the participants should understand and own the active role they are able to play in the learning process.

11. MIND MAP

L2L topic:

Further development

Dimensions covered:

Initiative & ownership

Summary:

A mind map is a good way to express the complexity of integrating into society, learning the language, and achieving upskilling dreams by drawing on their situation, ideas, and skills.

12. “DREAM” JOB VS. “NEVER IN MY LIFE” JOB

L2L topic:

Finding hope and motivation

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness / Goal setting & planning

Summary:

The goal is for the participants to think about their dream for the future. For this exercise, mentees can dream big. There are no obstacles that might stand in the way of achieving their goal. At the same time, they will also think about what kind of job they would not want to do or will not be able to do in the future. Mentees often have a narrow or unrealistic view of their skills. This tool may help them broaden their view on what goal is reachable and make them conscious of their situation. The tool is often an eye-opener for mentees and a fun exercise to get to know each other better.

13. THE POWER OF THOUGHTS DIAMOND

L2L topic:

Overcome Internal pressure, limiting beliefs, insecurity & working on self-identity

Dimensions covered:

Self-awareness

Summary:

This activity helps the mentees increase their personal insights by becoming more aware of how their thoughts, emotions, and sensations related to certain behaviors or actions. This will help them take responsibility for their own lives and increase their personal agency, and to be able to complete tasks and projects that help them to achieve their goals. It also develops emotional self-regulation, flexible thinking, resilience, and optimism.

14. THE NETWORK GENERATOR

L2L topic:

Selecting my network

Dimensions covered:

Initiative & ownership / Engagement & management

Summary:

To help mentees achieve their learning goals by learning to locate the help available to them in their surroundings. The network generator helps to sort and select the people that she needs to either find ways to bring closer to her or from whom to create distance in order to stay motivated in her learning.

Project: 2020-1-SE01-KA204-077915
This project has been funded with the support of the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union. The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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