Motivational Exercises

Can people be helped? Can we ourselves be helped? In this day and
age some people may start to feel that help isn't possible. This
may be due to having been offered help and then betrayed or even
their own failure to help others they really wanted to help.

Let's look at it, have you ever helped anyone, in any way? Have
you given someone directions when they needed it? Or have you
helped someone carry something they couldn't have carried by
themselves? Do this exercise think of at least 5 things you've
done that helped another or others?

Ok, has anyone ever helped you in any way? Has anyone ever given
you a ride somewhere when you needed it? Has anyone ever given
you some good information or tips on some subject? Think of at
least 5 times someone has helped you in anyway.

Is Control Good or Bad?
Most people think of control as a bad thing. Yes, control by
force or trickery, is bad. But is control always horrible? If
you don't control a car it will most likely crash. Sometimes
when teaching someone something you use good control to show
then how to do it. You may say lift the bar above your head, ok,
lower it, ok. This is a form of good control used to help someone
learn something. It wouldn't involve force or trickery, and
would be in cooperation with the person you are working with.
Think of at least 5 times you observed control being a good
thing.

How Important is Communication?
Is it better to talk about things or not. Sometimes saying
something could get us into trouble, offend people, etc. But,
even if that was to happen the only way to fix it is to talk
more about it, until an understanding is reached. It has been
said that anything can be resolved with enough good
communication. Have you even had a good open honest talk with
someone? How did you feel afterwards? Most likely very good.
Think of at least 5 times you confided in another that ended
with a good result. Think of at least 5 times someone confided
in you that came to a good result.


As a last exercise, think of 10 ways you can use the above
3 points to improve your relationships, activities, etc.