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Last Updated December 3, 2007
Personal Progress Idea: Gummy Bears
Thanks to Laurie Farmer for sharing the following idea with us:
Last Sunday, I shared a Personal Progress handout titled:
We are "BEARY" proud of your goals achieved in Personal Progress
I attached it a bag of gummy bears. The thought I included was from the book Do-It-Yourself Destiny by Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone on attitude and talked about a man that a general authority met that had a large tattoo on his body that read "Born Loser." He met this man in jail.
He then contrasted it with the story of a boy named Stephen that had a muscle degenerating disease and still achieved all these amazing things up until he died.
The thought focused on our attitudes and how we can look at our attitude in all aspects of our lives, especially Personal Progress. We can have the attitude "this
is a silly program" or have the attitude of "I am going to do it and
better myself!"
Thanks to Laurie Farmer for sharing the following idea with us:
I create a tag that says:
"Whistle while you work....on your Personal Progress"
I have a box of "Whistle Pops" to attach the tag to.
The thought is about leaders being goal setters with a story about boys driving without a map and a thought from President Lee that says:
“It is difficult to follow a leader who isn't going anywhere...so WHISTLE while you WORK on your personal progress and go somewhere, have a map and a destination.”
I do one value each month and run off Value Experience sheets each week. There are 6 sheets and then one project planning page. I briefly talk about the experiences I hand out for the week to get them excited about doing it. It makes it seem easier; just complete this sheet and you are done with one goal.
The thoughts I used in the past were from the November 2006 New Era. It was a great article on Personal Progress titled Five Reasons to Love Personal Progress. I did one section each week, like 3 paragraphs. You'll see that it makes sense where to break it up. It lasted for quite awhile and is great for Personal Progress.
Ever feel like your girls forget to follow thru and finish a goal? This little form can be handed out to the girls to write in the value and goal number and what they need to do to follow through to completion. Nice reminder to keep them on track!
One helpful sister shares her ward's plan for keeping the Young Women motivated and on track for their Personal Progress. The plan involves parties! FUN!
Poster for tracking personal progress towards "Standing as a Witness of God." Use it in the room where your Young Women meet or hand them out to the girls to track their progress individually.
Thanks to Laurie Farmer for sharing the following idea with us:
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Ever feel like your girls forget to follow thru and finish a goal? This little form can be handed out to the girls to write in the value and goal number and what they need to do to follow through to completion. Nice reminder to keep them on track!
One helpful sister shares her ward's plan for keeping the Young Women motivated and on track for their Personal Progress. The plan involves parties! FUN!
Cute handout idea to fit with an autumn theme and keep your Young Women moving along nicely on their Personal Progress.
