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Taking care of yourself is something that many of us have lost in this fast pace world we live in. An important way to get your life back is to take care of what I call “The Circle of You”. If you do not care for yourself, how can you care for others? We all have heard main component of loving yourself is taking care of your body. In caring for the body, you might assume that you only have to be concerned with your physical body; but in today’s world, we realize we are more than our physical bodies. The main areas that comprise “The Circle of You” are: mental, spiritual, social, emotional, physical, and vocational. Each area will be explored in detail because finding your own balance in each area is important. Also remembering that balance within each of the areas will change over time depending on your needs.

If you listen to the experts, positive self-esteem tells you that you feel good about yourself, your life and your accomplishments. What is self-esteem? If you have positive treatment, including when you make mistakes, you are likely to develop positive self-esteem. Self-esteem is not set in stone; it should grow and change as you do. Self-esteem is a state of mind and it can be changed. This presentation outlines a model to help remember the 10 strategies on this journey to increased self-esteem and to help you remember to view self-esteem as a life-long process.

One of the ways to look at your life is through a life road map. Sometime life feels like a road race and that you do not know how to get off this road or take a detour. Many different people and life experiences influence your road map of life past experiences combined with your personal strengths and weaknesses create your unique life shape. As you move along your road map of life one of the biggest items you will notice is that your life is always changing. You will find that your dreams change, opportunities change; children grow and have different needs, the journey changes. The major thing to remember is that Change is inevitable, change is freedom, change is life. The only consistent thing in life is change. The life map you create can help you to know the direction you want your life to, which can guide you to handle the changes or transitions in your life so that you are growing and learning the way you want.

Effective leaders know how to create positive relationships with those they lead, so that they will be more effective leaders. Our society today presents many opportunities to be a leader. The most effective leaders know they cannot do it alone and must create and cultivate positive relationships in order for their group to achieve its goal. Positive relationships make the task more enjoyable, while also making each member of the group feel valued and needed. A leader cannot lead by them self; they must have one or more people working with them to be called a leader. “You, the Leader Model” will be presented looking at the components of “You, The Leader”, “Team Building” with communication and trust, motivation, and collaboration as the main components, and finally “The Team”.