Adult Personality Development in Excellence

Adult PersonalityAdult Personality
Development inDevelopment in
ExcellenceExcellence
History:History: The 8-Keys of Excellence is a
model created by Supercamp to help youth
develop character-building skills. This model
was originally developed by Dr. Victor
Battistich and is currently used in some
schools. It is a curriculum a whole way of life.
Purpose:Purpose: In this presentation, I’ve simply
taken the keys and added value to show how
it can be adopted by the adult learners when
you present with real-life experiences. It’s
interesting to see how adding reflective
thinking to this group of character traits;
adults can relate to the content, how it
affects their lives, and they can start to heal
from some traumas.
Reflection ImpactReflection Impact: I have discovered
these are the same skills needed for adults to
help rebuild, empower, shape and influence
their lives. By adopting these adult character-
building traits it is a guide to help embrace a
better way of living.
Deborah A. PorterDeborah A. Porter
Adult Career Services Administrator
Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology
daporter@wobblee.com
Created June 26, 2015

What is Personality?What is Personality?
Personality arises from within and makes us
who we are.
Personality refers to individual differences
in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling
and behaving.
Your personality is entirely up to you. It is in
the actions you take and the decisions you
make. Either you are a patient person, or not;
a responsible person or not. The only way to
change your personality is to take active steps
to become the person you want to be.
Some personality traits are positive while
other traits are negative. We all have both
traits engrained in us.
What is Development?What is Development?
This is the process in which someone or
something grows or changes and becomes
more advanced.
Growth and DevelopmentGrowth and Development is used to
describe the success or lack of success in
reaching personal goals.

"As students grow in
character, they grow in
their capacity and
commitment to do their
best work, do the right
thing and lead lives of
purpose. Character
education done early and
well, puts students
toward successful life
outcomes.“
– Dr. Victor Battistich
http://www.8keys.org/8keys_d
efined.aspx
Presented by: Deborah A. Porter - email:

Affirmations
Positive affirmations are statements you say to yourself to cancel out negative thoughts
and beliefs. When we make a conscious effort to change our lives, positive affirmations feed
us invigorating positive energy. They help us to let go of harmful and hurtful beliefs that feed
our awareness.
Over time they change the way we perceive ourselves and that in turn changes other
people's perception of us. Thereby creating positive change that helps lift our spirits, gives us
a positive attitude and the chance to move in a new direction.
These positive statements can be repeated several times throughout the day. By taking the
time to vocalize the affirmations, the positive changes you wish to manifest, will shift the
energy in and around you.
Create your own affirmation that you want to define your life. Now
start defining your character, who are you.

There are 8 Keys:
1.Integrity
2.Failure Leads to
Success
3.Speak with Good
Purpose
4.This is it – Live in the
Now
5.Commitment
6.Ownership
7.Flexibility
8.Balance

Key 1:Key 1:
IntegrityIntegrity
Match your
Behavior with
your Values
Living in integrity
means that everything
we say and everything
we do are true
reflections of what we
value, what’s
important to us.
We are sincere andWe are sincere and
true to ourselves—wetrue to ourselves—we
don’t say or think onedon’t say or think one
thing and do another.thing and do another.

Key #2:Key #2:
Failure Leads toFailure Leads to
SuccessSuccess
Learn from your
Mistakes
The only real failureThe only real failure
is not learning fromis not learning from
our mistakes.our mistakes.
The key to success isThe key to success is
to look carefully atto look carefully at
what went wrong,what went wrong,
change what we didchange what we did
the first time, and trythe first time, and try
again by applyingagain by applying
what we learned.what we learned.

Key #3:Key #3:
Speak with aSpeak with a
Good PurposeGood Purpose
Speak HonestlySpeak Honestly
and Kindlyand Kindly
Words are powerful!
They have the power to
uplift and enlighten or
put down and depress.
Always considering theAlways considering the
intention of our words.intention of our words.
It’s about
communicating directly,
clearly, honestly, and
with a positive purpose.

When you try to control everything you enjoy nothing.When you try to control everything you enjoy nothing.
Just live for this moment and enjoy “it”.Just live for this moment and enjoy “it”.

Key #4Key #4
This is it!This is it!
(Live in the Now)(Live in the Now)
Making the Most of
Every Moment.
Keeping Your
Attention on the
Positive.
When we live in the
NOW we have power!
Whenever our thoughtsWhenever our thoughts
are occupied withare occupied with
something other thansomething other than
what we’re doing, wewhat we’re doing, we
miss what’s going onmiss what’s going on
around us in the momentaround us in the moment
… while we’re waiting for… while we’re waiting for
the next moment tothe next moment to
arrive the presentarrive the present
moment slips away.moment slips away.

Key #5:Key #5:
CommitmentCommitment
Take positive actions
and follow your
vision. Make your
dreams come true.
At each step along the
way, our commitment
inspires us to take
positive action and
overcome obstacles, and
pushes us on until we
“make it happen.”
A commitment is notA commitment is not
made lightly—it’s aboutmade lightly—it’s about
making a decision somaking a decision so
strong that there is nostrong that there is no
going back.going back.

Key #6:Key #6:
OwnershipOwnership
Take
Responsibility for
your Actions.
Be responsible for your
thoughts, feelings, words, and
actions. “Own” the choices
you make and the results that
follow.
We may not be able to controlWe may not be able to control
everything that happens ineverything that happens in
our lives but we can controlour lives but we can control
how we respond to whathow we respond to what
happens.happens. By taking ownershipBy taking ownership
of our actions we create aof our actions we create a
huge shift in our life.huge shift in our life.

To be more flexible we need to be more openTo be more flexible we need to be more open
to doing things differently.to doing things differently.

Key #7:Key #7:
FlexibilityFlexibility
Be willing to do
things differently.
Flexibility is about
recognizing all kinds of habits
or patterns or activities in our
life that aren’t working and
changing them, and even
changing them again until we
find the one that works!
Flexibility is the willingness toFlexibility is the willingness to
try something different whentry something different when
we realize that what we’rewe realize that what we’re
doing isn’t working.doing isn’t working.

Respect boundaries and understand whatRespect boundaries and understand what
really matters to be happy.really matters to be happy.

Key #8:Key #8:
BalanceBalance
Live your Best Life
Balance is about considering
everything that’s meaningful
and important to us when we
make choices about how we
spend our time and energy.
Inner happiness andInner happiness and
fulfillment come when yourfulfillment come when your
mind, body, and emotionsmind, body, and emotions
are nurtured by the choicesare nurtured by the choices
you make.you make.

““We do not learn from experience … we learnWe do not learn from experience … we learn
from reflecting on experience.”from reflecting on experience.” John DeweyJohn Dewey

Reflection Activity
Step 1:
Now, create your own affirmation statement that you would like to apply to your
life.
Step 2: Write 3 detailed essays:
Select one of the Keys and ask how that key could influence your future (where
you would like to move too).
Select one key and state how that key can influence your present (the here and
now)
Select one key and state how if it were used how it could have helped you to
change something in your life (pick an instance where if you knew about the key it
would have impacted your life). Explain in details.

Deborah A. PorterDeborah A. Porter
Take Back the Controls of Your Life.Take Back the Controls of Your Life.
It’s Your Live and You Own It!It’s Your Live and You Own It!
Email: daporter@wobblee.com

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