| Keywords: | Ideals; Role Models; Values; Identity |
| Objectives: | Reflecting on what or who you would like to be – what strengths you would like to have. Reflecting on personal goals and values. Uniting the group and stimulating teamwork. |
| Target group: | For all types of groups and for individuals, even in a therapeutic context. |
| Duration: | 1- 3 minutes per participant |
| Methodology step-by-step: | 1. Ask the participants to take the name of their favorite friend/family member/ tv show character/colleague… and to play the role of this person; to assume their identity. 2. Ask them to reflect on what they like about this person and what qualities of theirs they wish to have. Explain that it enables them to turn into new people and embody new abilities and potential. This “new” person can learn better and function more effectively. 3. Participants should tell the group briefly who they chose to be and why. NOTE: Instead of asking the participants to choose a name, they can choose an animal that they admire and ‘become’ that animal. Participants can be asked, in the case of a group in which the participants know each other, to adopt the name of a colleague and to assume their strengths and virtues. In this case, it is a very empowering exercise for the participant whose name is “borrowed” because they can see how their colleagues perceive them and this recognition reaffirms their personal strengths. |
| Resources needed: | None |
| Challenges: | None |