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The exercise: I call it "The day of needs" (or something like that)
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The intention of this exercise is
 
The intention of this exercise is
 
1. to bring some fun and relaxed learning
 
1. to bring some fun and relaxed learning
 
2. to make people realize that the motivation of our actions is grounded in our needs. With everything we are doing we try to fulfill a need.
 
2. to make people realize that the motivation of our actions is grounded in our needs. With everything we are doing we try to fulfill a need.
 
So, the exercise: I call it "The day of needs" (or something like that)
 
  
 
Let the group imagine, that you all represent ONE person, going through a day.
 
Let the group imagine, that you all represent ONE person, going through a day.

Revision as of 11:59, 26 January 2006

The exercise: I call it "The day of needs" (or something like that)

The intention of this exercise is 1. to bring some fun and relaxed learning 2. to make people realize that the motivation of our actions is grounded in our needs. With everything we are doing we try to fulfill a need.

Let the group imagine, that you all represent ONE person, going through a day.

Every person says in turn one thing that she/he does in the day. You follow the time of the day.

Example: I begin: "It is 6 am and I get up, going to the toilette and fulfilling my need for evacuation."

Next person: "Oh, then I enter the kitchen and am starting to make a coffee, because... for me it´s a kind of ritual, starting the day with a coffee. So I fulfill my need for celebration and ritual."

Next person: " Now I go to the bathroom. I have an extensive shower, brush my teeth and do this kind of body care, because...well, I have a need for physical wellbeing?

and so on. Each person contributes an activity during the day.

You can do this game with small and large groups, with beginners and advanced.

Isabell Peters from cold and sunny North Germany