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Step 2
• Discuss the results in the group using the following questions:
- Do they (dis)like the same situations?
- Why do they like certain situations?
- Why do they not like certain things?
Step 3
• Ask the group whether they can think of examples of changes in their own lives or heard of
others changing things in their life because they wanted to:
- Are there situations or treatments they want to change in their lives?
- Why do they want to change this?
- How do they think they can change them?
Step 4
• Give a summary of the discussion and stress the fact that things can be changed if you want but
that you should work on it.
Notes for the trainer
Just choose one exercise for the topic self awareness, either this one (Vote for change) or the next
one: What is best? The objectives and main conclusion of both exercises are the same.
During the exercise it is important that the participants learn to think about their own lives.
Especially about the routine in their life: is what they do every day really what they want to do in
their life? What do they really like and what do they not like and why? Try to get a discussion about
the routine in their lives and why this routine exists.
The participants should realize that things can be changed, although this is not always easy, and
that discussions are needed to express their feelings and to find out how things can be changed. It
is very easy to have a negative attitude towards things you do not like but if you want to change
something you should be strong, try to get support from others and fight for it.
Tip for counting votes
Tip for mixed groups
In case both men and women join the session, make a separate men and women group. You have
two voting rounds, one for women and one for men. Make separate lines from the voting slips of
men and women, so you will have 4 lines under each picture. In this way the results can be
compared easily.
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