Mindset: 5 Steps To Get Your Head Right For The HSC.

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make it happen. Having a better perspective on results helps you realise that your results are not a reflection of who you are but information on how to get better.

1 Mindset: 5 Steps To Get Your Head Right For The HSC. Why Getting Your Head Right For The HSC is important Having a vision and purpose about what you want to experience and achieve will give you direction and energy to make it happen. Having a better perspective on results helps you realise that your results are not a reflection of who you are but information on how to get better. When you focus on continual improvement rather than pass or fail your performance naturally improves. Have you heard of the cultural message that your final Senior School results will determine your future? How has that impacted you and your school performance? 1

2 Step 1 Assess Where are you? Every journey has not only a destination but a starting point. This is Step 1. Assessing where you are at in the Senior School Journey. Do you get it and feel you understand what s required of you? Assess your attitude and work ethic and contribution to the life of the school. Check IN Complete the activity below Make an assessment where are you at when it comes to senior school? For each of the following rank yourself on a scale of 1 (poor) and 10 (excellent) Rank I have a definite, specific goal about what I want to achieve in my final results I m motivated and confident that I ll achieve my final exam goals I just turn up to school and whatever happens, happens I don t have a goal or a plan I cope easily with the disappointments that come with being a senior student I get disheartened easily and tend to procrastinate I get my assessments done but it is always a last minute rush I m organised and have a study plan The effort I put in is more important than the results I get I have lots of doubts, worries and concerns about my ability to do well I struggle lots with the work and my own self- doubt but am determined to find a way to make things better I ve had enough! I don t care about my results and the sooner the final exams are over the better I have healthy relationships with peers, teachers and parents/caregivers I have an idea of what my future direction is after the final exams 2

3 Step 2 Vision Where do you want to go? Create a compelling Vision for your final year and exams. Taking the time to write and plan our goals creates our destiny! We must have a big enough WHY to succeed we must have BIG reasons to drive us forward to do whatever it takes to achieve our goals. (Robbins) My top 4 important goals * * * * 3 compelling reasons I m committed to achieving each of these goals 1) 2) 3) 1) 2) 3) 1) 2) 3) 1) 2) 3) Step 3 Blocks What is preventing you from getting to where you want to go? OK, so you have a vision, goals, a direction for your final year exams and life after school. You have also fired up your inner motivation by identifying compelling reasons to achieve your goals. BUT 3

4 What s holding you back? It s time to break through the barriers preventing you from achieving your vision! If you are not successful right now it s bound to be your negative associations (thoughts, feelings, actions) towards one or all of the following that is holding you back: 1) Having the success / Being Successful 2) The process involved in becoming successful; and/or 3) Your own (perceived lack of) ability or deservedness to achieving it You need to break through these barriers in order to achieve the vision you have decided for yourself. Check IN Complete the task below Make a list of everything that is holding you back. Thoughts, feelings, beliefs, concerns, worries etc. Include everything you do not want to do but have to do to achieve the vision you want. Example: To do well in my final year and exams means I won t have a life! List the painful consequences and implications of not changing and breaking through these barriers to achieving the success you desire. Is that true? If I keep believing that I know I won t give it 100% because I want a life! Can I work hard and still have a life? 4

5 Step 4 Prepare What do you need to get to your destination? Identifying what resources we need is a critical step in any journey toward peak performance. This step in the process seems obvious and yet is the one that is most taken for granted and it can prove costly. Master NRL coach Wayne Bennett gives his teams a week off training during the year (many players go overseas). He understands clearly that to perform at our best we need to be refreshed, relaxed, happy and energetic. The words in bold are emotions and they are in bold because the role of emotions in learning and peak performance is underestimated. The research is very clear the people who can best manage their emotions are most likely to achieve their vision and achieve at peak performance levels. What do you do already to create energy, fun and excitement? Senior Students are often asked to be more motivated. However, it is impossible to be motivated and attack your studies and exams with enthusiasm and energy if you are tired and exhausted most of the time. What resources (things, people, hobbies, activities etc.) do you need to help propel your effectiveness in Senior School and the final exams? Step 5 Plan How are you going to get to your destination? Step 5 is all about planning. How are you going to go about creating your vision. Complete the task below as it will help you identify the behavioural markers necessary for you to achieve your vision. List 3 things that would indicate that you are heading in the right direction to achieve the goal (vision) you have set for yourself. 5

6 Action for you to take right NOW: To focus - identify which step you need the most and start there. 6

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