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Step Up Your Courage: Grading Your Courage

Participants assess their current level of courage related to a specific challenge on a scale of 1 to 10, then identify small, achievable steps to reach the next level. This method promotes self-awareness and incremental progress.

20-20 min3-30 peopleMedium
When to Use

Use this method to help participants break down overwhelming goals into manageable steps and visualize their progress.

How It Works

Solves: Feeling stuck or overwhelmed by a challenge, difficulty identifying concrete steps for improvement, lack of motivation.

Step-by-Step Instructions
Follow these steps to facilitate this method
  1. 1

    Step 1: Set up a physical or virtual scale of numbers from 1 to 10 for each group. (5 mins)

  2. 2

    Step 2: Individually, participants reflect on where they stand on the scale regarding their courage in the situation identified in the previous activity. (5 mins)

  3. 3

    Step 3: Participants identify what they need to reach the next number on the scale, focusing on small, achievable steps. The interviewer assists with guiding questions. (10 mins)

Facilitator Tips
  • Encourage participants to focus on small, realistic steps.
  • Provide examples of actions that correspond to different levels on the scale.
Variations
  • Use a different scale or metric to assess courage.
  • Incorporate peer feedback to provide additional perspectives.
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