How well do you know yourself?

Answer the following questions in one thorough paragraph on this form

1. Where do you see yourself in September of next year? How do you plan to
get there?

I see myself attending a high achieving university to study either architecture

or business.

2. What kind of life do you want to have in the future- 5, 10, 20 years from now?

I see myself with a wife and children living in either London, Paris, or Milan.

3. What do you think you need to do to make that life a reality?

I need to continue to evolve myself into someone who will be able to have the skill
set to thrive in a society that is changes and improving increasingly fast.

4. Why do you think this is what you need to do?

I think this way because the direction of virtually all consumer services are moving
in a stream-lined digital manner.

5. What skills, talents, or strengths do you think you have that will help you
develop this kind of life?

I am incredibly self driven and competitive in all parts of my life.

6. What skills, talents, or strengths do you think you need to develop to create
this kind of life?

I need to develop skills that I have not had the ability to learn yet such as learning
how to develop business relationships.

Now watch the YouTube video in class:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=474&v=29tJAgc54RA

1. What is your personal capital? What are your strengths, skills, passion,
purpose your problem-solving ability?

2. What is your intellectual capital? What is your expertise in one or two

subjects or skills? (These do not have to be exclusively academic subjects)

3. How can you gain social and financial capital to accomplish the goals you’ve
established for yourself or to create the kind of life you want to have?

4. If you could do what you do best every day, what would that be?
Character Strengths Test
Read the following two articles for a rationale behind taking the Character Strengths
test:
https://www.michellemcquaid.com/via-survey-character-strengths/
http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/ryan-niemiec/2010052611161

a. Go to the following site and take the VIA Character Strengths test for
YOUTH!t:
www.viacharacter.org

b. DOWNLOAD YOUR RESULTS - SAVE DOCUMENT IN YOUR GOOGLE FOLDER.