Balance: A sense of reflection in action

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Balance A sense of reflection in action

• By Megan Siemers
• Assistant Director For Programming
• Fordham University

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BaLaNCE vs. BALANCE

• Being a leader on campus may feel like one big
  juggling act

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BaLaNCE vs. BALANCE
What key elements resonate with student leaders
when discussing how to have a sense of balance ?
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Small Groups

• Break into small group of 3 to 4
• Identify resources at your specific institution
  where you feel the most support as a
  student/student leader
• Where do you feel you can be your most authentic
  self?

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Reflection in Action

• St. Ignatius Examen
• A daily reflective prayer can help develop
  self-awareness and awareness in the day to day
  journey of leadership
• From a version of the Examen, Written by Dennis
  Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn and Matthew Linn from
  their book
• Sleeping with Bread Holding what gives you life

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Reflection in Action

• For what moment today am I most grateful?
• For what moment am I least grateful?
• Or
• When did I feel most alive today?
• When did I most feel life draining out of me?
• Or
• What was todays high point?
• What was todays low point?

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How can ones values affect the behavior of
Leaders?

• Instrumental Values
• Short term goals

• Terminal Values
• Long term goals

• Are categorized as beliefs about the types of
  behavior that are appropriate for reaching goals
• For Example
• Honesty
• Responsibility
• Forgiveness

• Are categorized as beliefs about the kinds of
  goals or outcomes that are worth pursing in your
  life
• For Example
• Self respect
• Sense of accomplishment
• Inner harmony

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Self Commitment VS. Student Leader
Commitment

• What are you doing for yourself vs. what are you
  doing for others on a daily basis?

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Self Commitment vs. Student Leader
Commitment

• Write one new thing you learned about
• yourself today
• Write one goal you are going to commit to work on
  for the fall semester
• How do you plan to commit to your peers as a
  student leader and hold others accountable to
  structure balance in their everyday lives?

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Refection in Action

• What do students plan to.
• Discover about themselves while at NJSLC
• Develop personally while at NJSLC
• Deliver to their peers and institutions when they
  return from NJSLC