Social Emotional Learning 6

- Hello, cadre. - Hey, cadre. Jill and Mary here with Girls Mentorship, we teach teen and tween girls how to be the best, brightest, and most competent versions of themselves. Maybe you're thinking, I am not a teen girl. Do I need to hear this message? And the answer is yes. As part of teaching social emotional learning, we emphasize being a human first before all other titles or responsibilities. Keeping these practices in mind can have a ripple effect that extends far beyond you. The impact of it affects your leadership, the leadership of others, as well as the community at large.

- We've previously touched on why people are so drawn to us and our energy and that it's a true superpower of ours. But honestly, that wasn't always the case. It's something we've worked on refining for years. And now we're taking what we know from our own personal experiences, coupling it with the work we do with the girls and their families and sharing the why behind our love of social emotional learning. Now, we practice SEL because it allows us to flex our social skills muscles. If you want stronger arms, you're not gonna go to the gym and do squats, right?

Well, the same concept applies when it comes to building your character. Iron truly sharpens iron. And the more we're able to practice developing our skills, the more we're going to be able to respond with compassion and empathy for not only ourselves, but for others as well. For those who haven't seen our other videos on social emotional learning, please, please, please, go back and watch them. We promise you that they're worth your time. We know this to be true because as a result of adopting these seemingly simple concepts, our lives have been transformed.

And we know that they can help change your life into a more fulfilling one as well. Today, we wanna talk about the final component that makes up social emotional learning. Responsible decision-making. That made me wanna say it's the final countdown. So, responsible decision-making is the ability to make thoughtful and constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions. In that sentence, I would really like to emphasize the word thoughtful. This includes how to communicate clearly, listen actively, problem solve, navigate conflict, provide leadership skills when necessary and seek or offer help when needed.

Have you heard of the saying, become 1% better every day? Imagine if you were able to demonstrate curiosity and open-mindedness when it came to your leadership and relationships. What happens if you practice having more integrity, being more open and honest or treating people more fairly at work or even in your marriage? What happens if you actually kept the promises you made to yourself? How can you identify solutions for your problems without living in a story that you cultivated to make yourself feel better about the situation?

And instead, you are able to recognize how critical thinking skills could be useful both inside and outside of the home and workplace. Responsible decision-making is essentially taking personal responsibility in all areas of your life, which we wanna acknowledge is not easy. And not to get all existential on you here, but a huge lesson that we have both learned is that doing what's easy often makes your life hard, whereas doing what's hard often makes your life easier. So with that, we like to say, how can you own your peace in all situations?

Meaning before pointing the finger towards anyone else, how can you look at yourself and ask, what could I have done differently? Because look at where that thumb is pointing y'all. That's right, right back at you. Our challenge for you today is pause. Pause and listen before you act and make a decision. Pause will help prevent you from over-committing, reacting in an unfavorable way that makes things worse for you on the back end. And it will help you ask more clarifying questions in order to fully understand what's being asked of you.

We promise you practicing this skill will help you regulate your emotions and feelings to make better decisions for yourself and those around you. Remember friends, all of this is a practice. You don't need to add anything else to your plate besides looking at what you're doing now and aiming to do it better. Social emotional learning is the mindset of being a human first and always, always, always, being open to learning something new. Now go out and be 1% better every single day. You got this, we'll see you on the next video.