Module1 Building Personal Confidence & Self

Awareness

At the end of this module learners will have:

1.1 Identified their hopes and fears

1.2 Researched how to build upon entrepreneurial skills

1.3 Created an action plan and set achievable goals

Hopes and Fears

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xg8ehkuPbQ

(Video to be added and similar video sourced for Spain, Poland & Germany)

Coping with fears

Entrepreneurial skills

• The current downturn in the economy has turned a lot of people who have lost jobs into entrepreneurs – some because a layoff forced them to figure out how to leverage useful skills into a way to make a living; others experienced it as the push they needed to launch a business they had planned to look into at some point in the future.

Key qualities

• Self-confidence

• Self-determination

• Being a self-starter

• Judgement

• Commitment

• Perseverance • Initiative

Lessons learned as an entrepreneur video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfU4JhbMAhg

(Video to be added and similar video sourced for Spain, Poland & Germany)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3p4QGIrHbg&feature=related

(Video to be added and similar video sourced for Spain, Poland & Germany)

Coping with fears

Goal setting

• Whenever you achieve something worthwhile you have probably either consciously or subconsciously realised a goal. Goals are useful as they keep you focused on your specific purpose. They can act as reminders, incentives or as steps that can assist you in doing the things you want to do.

At the end of this module learners will have:

1.1 Identified their hopes and fears

1.2 Researched how to build upon entrepreneurial skills

1.3 Created an action plan and set achievable goals