Defining Your External Factors



Defining Your External Factors – Who Am I?

According to Dr. Phil McGraw, you can trace who you've become in this life to three types of external factors: ten defining moments, seven critical choices, and five pivotal people.

But first, it's important to understand the following terms:

Ten Defining Moments: In every person's life, there have been moments, both positive and negative, that have defined and redefined who you are. Those events entered your consciousness with such power that they changed the very core of who and what you thought you were. A part of you was changed by those events, and caused you to define yourself, to some degree by your experience of that event.

Some examples may be, but are not limited to:

• Birth of a Sibling

• Injury

• Surgery

• Marriage

• Divorce

• Accident

• School Event

• Success

• Failure

• Celebration

• Death

• Meeting someone

• Argument

• Trying to do something but failing

• Winning

• Losing

• Extreme Luck

• Blessings

• Wish comes true

Seven Critical Choices: There are a surprisingly small number of choices that rise to the level of life-changing ones. Critical choices are those that have changed your life, positively or negatively, and are major factors in determining who and what you will become. They are the choices that have affected your life up to today, and have set you on a path.

Five Pivotal People: These are the people who have left indelible impressions on your concept of self, and therefore, the life you live. They may be family members, friends or co-workers, and their influences can be either positive or negative. They are people who can determine whether you live consistently with your authentic self, or instead live a counterfeit life controlled by a fictional self that has crowded out who you really are.

External Factors Timeline Assignment

In this assignment you are going to select five (5) external factors (defining moments, critical choices or pivotal people) that have made you become the person you are today. You can select from all three external factors or just one. It doesn’t matter how you split up your five external factors.

For example: I might choose 1 defining moment, 3 pivotal people and 1 critical choice to make up a total of 5 external factors that have shaped me to be the person I am today and the person I will become.

Use the template to help organize your thoughts. Then, write a good copy to submit to Mrs. Brown. You can be as creative as you’d like! If you want to scrapbook your external factors you can use Pinterest, PowerPoint or Prezi. Additionally options are to write it out in a creative way, or just use plain paper, it’s up to you! Be sure to use the checklist below to include all of the necessary requirements (

Checklist for External Factors:

o 5 (or more) external factors have been selected

o Template has been filled out PROPERLY and COMPLETELY

o Good copy has been created with COMPLETE sentences and PROPER grammar!

o You will submit the following: Rubric, Template and Good Copy!

|Defining Moment |Critical Choices |Pivotal People |

|Date (or just year) defining moment happened |Date (or just year) of the critical choice |Date (or just year) that pivotal person came into|

|Detailed description of defining moment |Detailed description of the critical choice |your life |

|A symbol that would represent that defining |Why was it a critical choice in your life? |Detailed description of that pivotal person |

|moment: a picture, a song, a poem, a quote, |A symbol that would represent that critical |(their relationship to you, why they’re important|

|anything that reminds you of that time. AND an |moment: a picture, a song, a poem, a quote, |in your life, what do you admire about that |

|explanation of that symbol |anything that reminds you of that time. AND an |person? etc.) |

|How does this moment define who you are now and |explanation of that symbol |A symbol that would represent that pivotal |

|who you’ll become? |What would have happened if you made a different |person: a picture, a song, a poem, a quote, |

| |choice? How has this defined who you are now and |anything that reminds you of that person. AND an |

| |who you’ll become? |explanation of that symbol |

| | |How have they defined who you are now and who |

| | |you’ll become? |

THIS IS DUE:___________________________________________________

RUBRIC

| |Level 1 |Level 2 |Level 3 |Level 4 |

|Knowledge and Understanding |-description of each external |-description of each external |-description of each external |-description of each external |

|-External Factor description |factor shows limited |factor is somewhat precise and|factor is precise and shows an|factor is precise and |

| |preciseness and efficiency |efficient |efficient use of words |appealing and shows an |

| | | | |efficient use of words |

|Thinking/Inquiry |-timeline shows little variety|-timeline shows some variety |-timeline shows a variety of |-timeline shows great variety |

|-external factor and symbol |of suitable evidence for each |of suitable evidence for each |suitable evidence for each |of suitable evidence for each |

|selection |external factor and symbol |external factor and symbol |external factor and symbol |external factor and symbol |

|Communication |-timeline shows completion of |-timeline shows completion of |-timeline shows completion of |-timeline shows completion of |

|-required elements |few required elements |most required elements |all required elements |all required elements beyond |

| | | | |expectations. |

|Application |-some areas are not complete |-some areas are not complete |-All areas are complete with |-All areas are complete with |

|-completeness of assignment |or are completed with limited |or are completed with some |good effort. |great effort. |

| |effort. |effort. | | |

External Factors Template:

|External Factor |Date |Description (Point Form) |Who you are and will become (point form) |Symbol |

|SAMPLE: |Since Birth |Great cook! |How to be a better person |A garden because |

|Pivotal People | |Resilient- her own history |Showed the “bigger picture” in life |she loves to |

|My grandmother (Oma) | |Understanding and blunt |Lead me down right path |garden-it’s a place|

| | |Guidance and support |Always helps out-emotional support |of serenity and |

| | |Money and time management | |peace for me! |

| | |Has so much knowledge to offer about life and my | | |

| | |family | | |

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