Tools/Techniques

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Gimme Five

Here’s the truth: every problem has some potential solutions.  There are at least five (usually many more) options you have with each issue/problem you face.  We start feeling sad or anxious when we feel trapped and without options but the truth is we always have some options.  On a piece of paper, come up with five options and write them down.  Be creative, think big, ignore the rules: what are five different things you could do if you had no fear of failure?  Gimme five of them and feel the doors to a potential solution open.

Problem Example: "I have a job that I hate"

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Option 5:

Quit now and tell them all where they can go!

Talk to the boss about other jobs in the company for which I might be better suited.

Start talking to friends about other jobs they know about in which I might be interested.

Stay in this job and take extra on-the-job learning opportunities to develop skills I can then use to find another job.

Stay in this job and just put up with it.

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The CBT Toolbox

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