PROVING THEM WRONG!

PROVING THEM WRONG!

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• HAS ANYBODY EVER BEEN LABELED A TROUBLE MAKER?• WHAT IS A LABEL?• HOW DO WE EARN A LABEL?• PLEASE GIVE AN EXAMPLE

• HAS ANYBODY EVER TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULDN’T DO SOMETHING?• PLEASE GIVE AN EXAMPLE• HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU

FEEL?

“HOW MUCH OF YOUR LIFE DO YOU CONTROL, AND HOW MUCH OF YOUR LIFE CONTROLS YOU?”• What does this statement mean to you?

• Only we have the power to determine our outcomes in life.

• Nobody’s words should be able to determine who we will become.

• We must avoid the “Self Fulfilled Prophesy”• What is the heck is that?

“DON’T WISH IT WAS EASIER, WISH YOU WERE BETTER”

• What does this statement mean to you?• We need to be willing to overcome any

obstacle, no matter how big or difficult, in order to succeed in life.

• Provide an example of a time you overcame an obstacle• What did you learn from that experience?• Would you have learned if you never had to

encounter that obstacle?

HAS ANYBODY EVER FELT LIKE GIVING UP BECAUSE OF A SITUATION THAT FELT HOPELESS?

• Examples?• Test• Homework• Fighting at home• Getting yelled at from parent/guardian• Getting in trouble all the time at school• Getting in trouble for something you didn’t do

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WHAT DOES THIS VIDEO SAY ABOUT OUR POTENTIAL TO SUCCEED?• No matter how many times we fail, there is always hope to succeed. • Many times the people who succeed the most, are those who have

failed the most in their past.• How could this be?

• Perhaps because with every failure comes a learning experience

• Has anyone every learned from a mistake?

IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO OVERCOME A NEGATIVE LABEL.

• No matter how far down the road you’ve gone, it is never too late to change your life

• How do we think we can overcome a negative label?• Through our actions!• Through our words• Making good choices • Making amends to people we have harmed in the past

WHAT ARE SOME BENEFITS OF OVERCOMING A NEGATIVE LABEL?

• Staying out of trouble• Avoiding blame for something

we didn’t do• Feeling good about ourselves• Having a successful adulthood

•TED TALK: BREAKING •THE LABEL

REMEMBER!It is never too late to break free from the mistakes of our past, and show people we have the potential to “Be Greater Than Average”