MODEL 24

DEALING WITH YOUR PAST: HANG-UPS AND TRIUMPHS

Use this to identify how past events and experiences still influence you today.

Decision making is about the future. But what happened to you in the past affects how you think and act in the present. Effectively your accumulated beliefs, conditioning, feelings, ideas and personal constructs impact on the decisions you make in the present. More often than not these influences operate at an unconscious level. The process outlined below will help you to identify which factors continue to influence you. Once revealed you can deal with them.

HOW TO USE IT

  • Using the following headings prepare four lists of your hang-ups and triumphs: Family, Social, Education and Work. Draw a line down the ...

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