The Art of Being
Brilliant
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Rudston Primary:
A brilliant school, full of brilliant
children with brilliant parents
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The Art of Being
Brilliant
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Where does our story
begin?
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So what is it?
•A simple and easy approach to
embedding positivity and resilience.
•It’s a way of developing emotional
intelligence.
•It teaches people HOW to think.
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upper level (positive)
‘mood hoovers’
lower level (negative)
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2%
2 % ers
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Mood Hoovers
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1. Choose to
be positive
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Trigger
Feeling
Behaviour
Outcome
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Hippo time
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2. Take personal
responsibility
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Life’s a sausage machine…
(think about what you put in, to get
what you want out)
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So....what could go in
your sausage machine to
help you be you at your
best?
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•Smiling more
•Patience
•Finding the positive
•Resilience
•Having more fun
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3.
Random Acts of
Kindness
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Let’s watch a video on YouTube
showing Random Acts of Kindness
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4.Understand
your impact
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Let’s watch the video...
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Let happiness leak out
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the
4-minute rule...
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5. Resilience
(Bouncebackability)
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•The bin bag splits and the contents fall all
over the floor.
•You put diesel in the car when it takes
petrol.
•You have a bump in your car.
•A project goes wrong at work.
•The dish washer breaks.
•Your football team lose a match.
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6. Play to your
strengths
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What are you
good at?
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“People aren’t interested
in your weaknesses and
you certainly shouldn’t
be”
Richard Branson
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7. HUGGs
(Huge Unbelievably Great Goals)
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BHAG
HUGG
nearly there
half way
next step
do now, form habits
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How to be brilliant
1. Choose to be positive
2. Take personal responsibility
(think : sausage machine)
3. Do random acts of kindness
4. Understand your impact
(remember the 4 minute rule)
5. Have resilience
6. Play to your strengths
7. Set some HUGGs (huge goals)
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So, let’s have a recap!
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So....what’s going in your
sausage machine tonight?
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www.artofbrilliance.co.uk
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