3. Don’t be a football of others opinion

Objective: To establish the point of “Don’t be a football of others opinions”

Requirements: No props required.

Total time for the exercise: 10 minutes

Trainer notes:

Tell participants to find a partner each

Of the pair, 1 person is A and 1 person is B

Say,

Partner A has to talk to partner B about some neutral topic

(something that does not concern either of the two, eg weather, some story etc)

Give 30-40 seconds

Now say,

Partner A has to criticize Partner B. (Make sure that the criticism is superficial, eg concerning the clothing of partner B etc)

Give 30-40 seconds

Now say,

Partner A had to Praise Partner B

Give 30-40 seconds

Debrief

Ask,

How did you feel in round 1 (feelings)

Expect to hear

● nothing really

How did you feel in round 2 (feelings)

Expect to hear

● Felt a little bad at being criticized

● Felt upset

● Felt angry

How did you feel in round 3 (feelings)

Expect to hear

● Nice

● Happy

● Cheerful

● Good about yourself

How is this relevant to what happens in our life (Findings)

Establish the point that in less than 5 minutes, our mind went from feeling nothing to bad to good, just because of what our partner said to us.

Similarly in life we become a football of peoples opinions

Go on to explain the course point as necessary.

4. Accept People and situations as they are

Objective: To establish the course point of accept people and situations as they are.

Requirements: No props required.

Total time for the exercise: 10 to 15 minutes

Trainer notes:

Tell participants to find a partner each

Of the pair, 1 person is A and 1 person is B

Say,

Partner A has to talk to partner B about something that is very dear to his/her heart (like a dear friend, a hobby etc).

Partner B should not listen to Partner A. He should be disinterested, not pay attention, look away etc.

Give 30-40 seconds.

Now say,

Partner A continue talking to partner B about something that is very dear to his/her heart (like a dear friend, a hobby etc).

Partner B has to oppose everything that Partner A says

Give 30-40 seconds

Now say,

Partner A has to talk to partner B about something that is very dear to his/her heart (like a dear friend, a hobby etc).

In this round Partner B has to agree to what Partner A says and continue the conversation using the words YES AND

Both partners have to thus build a conversation using YES AND

Give 30-40 seconds

Debrief

Ask

What Happened in round 1, 2, 3 (facts)

Expect to hear

Round 1

● did not reach a conclusive conversation

● no cohesion

Round 2

● Increase in noise

● Disharmony

Round 3

● There was actually a conversation

Ask A,

How did you feel in round 1(feelings)

Expect to hear

● Bad

● Demotivated

Ask B,

Expect to hear

● Did not feel so good to ignore A

Ask A

How did you feel in round 2 (feelings)

Expect to hear

● Very bad

● Angry

● Felt upset that B was opposing everything I said

Ask B

Expect to hear

● Did not really enjoy opposing A continuously

Ask A

How did you feel in round 3 (feelings)

Expect to hear

● Very Good

Ask B

Expect to hear

● Very Good

How is this relevant to what happens in our life (Findings)

Establish the point that in less than 5 minutes, partner was saying and responded accordingly. We actually had a conversation and both partners felt good at the end of the round as opposed to the earlier two rounds.

Go on to explain the course point as necessary.