12 Jun Identify Your Beliefs Beliefs are different from principles and values. According to Kouzes and Posner (2012), beliefs represent our self-understanding about what we think is important an
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Identify Your Beliefs
Beliefs are different from principles and values. According to Kouzes and Posner (2012), beliefs represent our self-understanding about what we think is important and how we think of ourselves in relation to the outer world.
Click here to download a worksheet. Complete the worksheet and answer the following questions:
- What are some of your beliefs?
- How were your beliefs confirmed in the real world, and how did some prove unreliable?
- How would this insight influence your leadership style?
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Course Worksheet: Your Top 10 Beliefs Everyone holds a number of beliefs. They encompass all subjects, irrespective of how much you actually know or can prove. Beliefs aren’t necessarily about the truth; they are simply ideas about people, places, and things—all phenomena—you hold to be so. List ten of your beliefs about yourself, your world, and human nature by completing the statement, I believe . . . a. ____________________________________________________________________ b. ____________________________________________________________________ c. ____________________________________________________________________ d. ____________________________________________________________________ e. ____________________________________________________________________ f. ____________________________________________________________________ g. ____________________________________________________________________ h. ____________________________________________________________________ i. _____________________________________________________________________ j. _____________________________________________________________________ How do your beliefs influence your behavior? Think of the choices you make, the people you interact with, your likes and dislikes in activities, friends, career choice, preferred political party, music, or other domains of life. Is what you like or don’t like connected to any of the beliefs you mentioned above?
