Self as a Gift

The goal of this lesson is to allow you to reflect on your gifts, talents, and callings as a way of tapping into your meaning and purpose.

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Learning Outcomes

Through engaging in this exercise, you will be able to: 

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    Develop a personalized understanding of purpose in the context of your life

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    Identify spaces and opportunities to lean into your purpose

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    Consider strategies for ongoing self-exploration and questioning that may help to center your purpose 

Important Information

4D Dimensions: Intellectual Growth, Well-being, Character, Careers and Lives of Purpose

Audience: Undergraduate & Graduate Students, Staff, Faculty

Resource Type: Self-guided Exercise, Class Lesson, Community Workshop

Supplies: A variety of gift-wrapping supplies (e.g., wrapping paper, gift box, bows, gift tags, tissue paper, variety of sizes of gift bags)

Time: 1.5 - 2 hours

Activity Information

  • Instructions

    See the full description of the lesson in the Appendix A handout. The lesson includes the following parts:

    1. Introduction
    2. Self as a Purposeful Gift Exercise
    3. Small Group Sharing of Purposeful Gift
    4. Reflection on Key Exercise Take-aways
    5. Closing

     

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Author(s)

Erin K. Willer, Ph.D. 

Director of Faculty Innovation, 4D Experience 

Professor, Communication Studies 

University of Denver