Work in pairs or small groups

1. Think of 5 really positive things to say about someone else. You can either compliment your partner, your class member, your best friend, your family member, or someone else. Tell your partner / group member who you are complimenting.
2. When you have all complimented someone else, think of 3 really positive things about yourself. What are you good at? What do you like about yourself? What do you think you can do better than other people? What are you proud of about yourself? Be truly positive, do not say anything negative disguised as a positive.

Discuss:
Giving compliments

1. How did it make you feel to give compliments to someone else?
2. How did it make you feel to give compliments to yourself?'
3. How do you usually respond to compliments yourself?
4. What are the reasons why you wouldn't compliment someone truthfully? For example, you see someone who is very beautiful, why wouldn't you tell them that? Or someone you know is very good at something, but you never give them a compliment. Why?
5. Do you ever tell yourself "good job" or "well done", when you have done a good job, or done something really difficult? Do you ever say "good effort" when you do something difficultu and doesn't go as well as you had hoped?
6. Do you remember to congratulate yourself when you exceed* your own expectations*?

Self esteem

1. Do you think you have a good self-esteem*?
2. Is good self-esteem important? Why/why not?
3. How do you think a person could boost* their self-esteem?

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exceed = ylittää
expectations = odotukset
self-esteem = itsetunto
boost = tässä: parantaa