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Life Skills
Foundations Chapter one, Life Skills
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Procrastination | Putting off until tomorrow what you can do today. |
| Perfectionism | An unhealthy compulsion to do things perfectly. Success is not defined as doing everything perfectly. |
| Game Plan | The conscious act of planning your life instead of just letting things happen. |
| Mission Statement | Establishes the purposes and values by which an individual or institution lives and works. |
| Goal setting | The identification of long term and short term goals. |
| Short term Goals | Short-term goals are usually accomplished in one year or less. |
| Long Term Goals | Are usually accomplished in more than one year and are often measure in increments of five years or more. |
| Ethics | Principles of good character, proper conduct and moral judgement. The moral principles by which we live and work. |
| Diplomacy | Also known as tact- is the ability to deliver truthful, even sometimes critical or difficult messages in a kind way. |
| Mnemonic | Any memorization device that helps a person recall information. |
| Prioritize | To make a list of tasks that need to be done in order of most-to-least important. |
| Self-actualization | Fullfilling ones full potential |
| Game Plan | The concious act of planning your life, instead of just letting things happen. |
| Mind Mapping | A graphic representation of an idea or problem that helps organize one's thoughts. |
| Organization | A method used to store new information for short-term and long-term memory. |
| Repetition | Repeatedly saying, writing, or otherwise reviewing new information until it is learned. |