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LEARNING JOURNAL: Foundational Principles Understanding Key Concepts Teaching Teach the following concepts from Foundational Principles to someone in your life. For each, write a paragraph description of what each concept means, how you taught it, and who you taught. 1. Maturity Continuum, including dependence, independence, and interdependence I was able to teach this to my boyfriend by simply explaining what this means and using the spiral staircase as an example. Maturity continuum is personal growth and how it slowly moves up like a spiral. Everyone starts out dependent which in unavoidable because we all start as babies who need to depend on our caretaker to survive. Being dependent is relying on someone else for something. For example if I take my car to the auto shop to get an oil change done then I am dependent on the maintenance technician to get the job done correctly because I am unable to do it myself. You then gradually move up to being independent as you get stronger physically and mentally. You will slowly be able to do more things on your own with no help. Most people are independent individuals because we do a lot of thing on our own. For example, we are independent when we make ourselves something to eat. Most of us know how to cook in one way or another whether its gourmet or it’s a simple pb & j sandwich. We are being independent when we are doing this with no help. After that comes interdependence which is using yourself with others. It’s essentially coexisting with others and connecting with others. For example, our relationships can be interdependent in so many ways. A lot of the time couples choose to split up household chores. Maybe the husband will take out the trash and the wife will cook dinner. They both have to do their part to make sure the house is put together. If one of the people in the relationship doesn’t do their part then the house work doesn’t get fully completed. Both parties rely on each other to do their part in the relationship. 2. Paradigms and Paradigm Shifts I also taught this to my boyfriend at the same time and in the same way that I taught him about the maturity continuum. The way I understand this is paradigms are basically a set way of doing things or a set of rules. The word shift means to change which makes the term paradigm shift mean changed to rules. Paradigm shift is just changing the way things are done or changing the rules that are followed. A good example of this is when we found out that I am pregnant. The way we normally do things in a relationship or separately will change once the baby is born. We will have a paradigm shift when the baby is born because when we bring in the new baby there will be some adjustments to a few things such as our sleep schedule, what we do with our free time, and how frequently we go out. Principles and Values 3. What are the fundamental differences between principles and values? Include examples in your explanation to illustrate the difference between principles and values. A principal is more external and is considered to be rules that aren’t changeable. An example of this could be simply “do no harm to others”. Values are more so internal based on rules you set for yourself in a way however these can change over time. An example of this could be “honesty”.

LEARNING JOURNAL: Foundational Principles P/PC Balance – The Goose and the Golden Egg **Go to WATCH: Your P/PC Balance in this module and watch the video before you answer these questions. 4. Identify a specific role in your life and explain what results (or golden eggs) you are responsible to produce in this role. Soon I am going to become a mother (in about 4 weeks) and I am responsible to produce a happy, healthy, safe, and loved baby. This will be something that will be continuous and happen for the rest of my life. 5. Now, if you are the person responsible for these results. What resources do you need to produce these results? (Remember RESOURCES can be tangible like money or supplies, and they can be intangible like time or energy.) Having a baby requires a lot of resources but I feel like the most important is going to be love, patience, understanding, grace, money, and time. I will need all of these things to keep my baby happy, healthy, and safe. 6. How do you take care of yourself to ensure you can do what you need to do? What are you doing to maintain and protect the resources you need? I believe that if the mother is happy and healthy she will be able to help the baby to be happy and healthy. I know I will need to ensure that my mental and physical health remain important and I need to stay on top of and not neglect. If I am feeling good then I will be able to be the best mother I can be. I will also need to ensure to get as much sleep as I can, so napping when baby naps will ensure I can have the energy to adequately care for her. Emotional Bank Account 7. What are the Six Major Deposits that Dr. Covey identifies in this section of the book? Which deposit do you think is most important in building a relationship? The six major deposits are understanding the other person, attending to the small things, keeping commitments, clarifying the expectations, show personal integrity, and having a sincere apology when you make a withdrawal. All of these deposits are important to develop a good relationship with someone that both people feel good about the relationship and where it stands. I feel like clarifying expectations may be one of the most important in building a relationship because to me this also goes hand in hand with having good communication which I find the most important. Being able to fully understand expectations will ensure that there wont be any misunderstandings in the future. Not only does this require good communication but it also requires trust from both parties which is essential in forming good relationships. 8. In your opinion, what type of a withdrawal could damage a relationship and erode trust? I think lack of integrity could be a withdrawal that can severely damage a relationship. When your lacking integrity you are lacking honesty, and this will result in not being very trust worthy and people don’t want to have relations with someone who is like this. It could be small white lies or big lies either way they add up and cause someone to not see much value in that person.

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