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The first half of the workshop primarily focused upon, self motivation through self awareness along with deeper self analysis and self realization of understanding of one’s own worth and areas of improvement. Along with the same, more emphasis was laid upon taking up the self responsibility and ways to control and manage one’s anger and emotions, along with more rational and thoughtful approach to life.
To give a kick start to the workshop, a motivational video was played at the start to instil deeper realization of the need of hard work, patience, persistence along with resilience to be successful in life.
Thereafter the cadets were given a task where they had to depict themselves by correlating themselves with any form of nature and along with it also had to give a justification for the same. This task primarily promotes self introspection along with stronger self realization.
After the above, the cadets were told to choose their personality type from the following 5 broad categories of personalities i.e. courageous, extrovert, introvert, emotional, thoughtful. Accordingly individuals from each type of personality were made to do a task, so as to have a stronger realization of the peculiar traits of each type of personality and the related strengths along with areas of improvement.
Further the cadets were elaborated the various factors shaping one’s personality along with differentiation between personality and character, where it was realized that too have an enhanced personality, one needs to have a stronger character.
Thereafter another activity was done, which involved the participation of all the cadets, to illustrate the impact of difference of receiving and perceiving information, which primarily differentiates one’s attitude towards life and its situations.
Thereafter another activity was done, which involved the participation of all the cadets, to illustrate the impact of difference of receiving and perceiving information, which primarily differentiates one’s attitude towards life and its situations.
The cadets were then asked to narrate a few instances where they did something jokingly but it eventually turned out to be more aggressive form of teasing or bullying. To make this concept
more revealing the senior cadets were asked not to bully the younger cadets, but rather encourage them in their little initiatives and guide them throughout.
In the second half of the workshop after the lunch, the cadets were shown different videos emphasizing upon the aspect of not being addicted to technology and gadgets but rather working on ways to control their adolescent emotions and managing anger. The cadets were elaborated the concept of ‘Prioritizing’ and undertaking tasks based upon their intensity of urgency and importance.
Thereafter with the help of another video, the cadets were instilled the sensitivity towards the opposite gender and the need for both the genders to be respectful towards each other and to be all the more responsible towards the growth and progress of the opposite gender.
Lastly through different pictorial slides along with voluntary participation of the cadets to sing, dance or enact, the importance of being organized or better managed was conveyed to unleash one’s own potential and harness it all the more.
Thereafter the cadets were told to be more curious in lives and try to find out an answer to all the ‘WHY’s’, so as to have a more confidence and clarity in life. Lastly an open house interaction was facilitated, where the cadets expressed themselves for why this workshop was organized and why it was important for them.
Just before concluding the whole workshop a guided thinking session was facilitated, where the cadets had to listen along with instrumental music in the background, during which recapitulation of all the key concepts and prime learnings’ of the workshop was done.
Lastly, the male cadets and the female cadets were separately made to take a pledge to be responsible in their words and actions as a “Caring Son/ Daughter, Loving Brother/Sister, Affectionate Friend and a Responsible Citizen of India”.
