MRT SKILLS – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
There are fourteen MRT skills. What are they? Which core competency does each skill target? ✔ Ans - 1. Goal Setting: Self-Regulation
2. Hunt the Good Stuff: Optimism
3. ATC: Self-Awareness
4. Energy Management: Self-Regulation 5. Avoid Thinking Traps: Mental Agility
6. Detect Icebergs: Self-Awareness
7. Problem Solving: Mental Agility
8. Put it in perspective: Optimism
9. Mental Games: Self-Regulation
10. Real time Resilience: Mental Agility
11. Identify Character Strengths in Self and Others: Character Strengths
12. Character Strengths: Challenges and LDRSHP: Character Strengths
13. Assertive Communication: Connection
14.. Effective Praise and Active Constructive Reporting: Connection
What is the primary competency target of goal setting? ✔ Ans - o Helps to build self-regulation.
What are the key principles of goal setting? ✔ Ans - o Effective means to grow and thrive, especially following adversity. o Effective strategy to facilitate the achievement of dream goals as well as enhanced performance.
What is goal setting? ✔ Ans - A process to deliberately energize, direct and
sustain behavior to ensure progress.
What are the benefits of goal setting? ✔ Ans - 1. Activate behavior
2. Direct behavior
3. Adjust behavior
4. Sustain behavior
Goal setting is a 7 step process. Name them. ✔ Ans - 1. Define your goal. [END STATE]
2. Know where you are right now. [ENERGIZE]
3. Decide what you need to develop. [PRIORITIES] 4. Make a plan for steady improvement. ["SMART" steps]
5. Pursue regular action. ["WIN": What's Important Now?]
6. Commit yourself completely. [MAINTAIN MOTIVATION]
7. Continually monitor your progress. [IPR: In progress review]
Goal setting has two phases. Steps 1-4 are considered the _____ phase. Steps 5-
7 are considered the _____ phase. ✔ Ans - 1. Plan
2. Action
What does the acronym "SMART" stand for? When is it used? ✔ Ans - S: smart
M: measurable
A: action-focused
R: realistic T: time bound o It is used when establishing action statements.
What does identifying priorities(step 3) in the goal setting process do? ✔ Ans - o Focuses your efforts on the areas that will move you towards your goal. o Bridges the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
What is the purpose of action statements(step 4 of goal setting)? ✔ Ans - Action statements tell you what work you need to do to achieve your goal.
What are power statements? ✔ Ans - o Provide the confidence and energy to complete your action statements. o Statements made for motivation.
Power statements should be P3: ✔ Ans - o Purposeful
o Productive
o Possibility
What does internal motivation help with? ✔ Ans - It influences how you live your life and the choices you make on a daily basis.
Step 6 of the goal setting process, encourages us maintain motivation. How? ✔ Ans - Create a strategy that will keep your goal in the forefront of your mind daily.
There are fourteen MRT skills. What are they? Which core competency does each skill target? ✔ Ans - 1. Goal Setting: Self-Regulation
2. Hunt the Good Stuff: Optimism
3. ATC: Self-Awareness
4. Energy Management: Self-Regulation 5. Avoid Thinking Traps: Mental Agility
6. Detect Icebergs: Self-Awareness
7. Problem Solving: Mental Agility
8. Put it in perspective: Optimism
9. Mental Games: Self-Regulation
10. Real time Resilience: Mental Agility
11. Identify Character Strengths in Self and Others: Character Strengths
12. Character Strengths: Challenges and LDRSHP: Character Strengths
13. Assertive Communication: Connection
14.. Effective Praise and Active Constructive Reporting: Connection
What is the primary competency target of goal setting? ✔ Ans - o Helps to build self-regulation.
What are the key principles of goal setting? ✔ Ans - o Effective means to grow and thrive, especially following adversity. o Effective strategy to facilitate the achievement of dream goals as well as enhanced performance.
What is goal setting? ✔ Ans - A process to deliberately energize, direct and
sustain behavior to ensure progress.
What are the benefits of goal setting? ✔ Ans - 1. Activate behavior
2. Direct behavior
3. Adjust behavior
4. Sustain behavior
Goal setting is a 7 step process. Name them. ✔ Ans - 1. Define your goal. [END STATE]
2. Know where you are right now. [ENERGIZE]
3. Decide what you need to develop. [PRIORITIES] 4. Make a plan for steady improvement. ["SMART" steps]
5. Pursue regular action. ["WIN": What's Important Now?]
6. Commit yourself completely. [MAINTAIN MOTIVATION]
7. Continually monitor your progress. [IPR: In progress review]
Goal setting has two phases. Steps 1-4 are considered the _____ phase. Steps 5-
7 are considered the _____ phase. ✔ Ans - 1. Plan
2. Action
What does the acronym "SMART" stand for? When is it used? ✔ Ans - S: smart
M: measurable
A: action-focused
R: realistic T: time bound o It is used when establishing action statements.
What does identifying priorities(step 3) in the goal setting process do? ✔ Ans - o Focuses your efforts on the areas that will move you towards your goal. o Bridges the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
What is the purpose of action statements(step 4 of goal setting)? ✔ Ans - Action statements tell you what work you need to do to achieve your goal.
What are power statements? ✔ Ans - o Provide the confidence and energy to complete your action statements. o Statements made for motivation.
Power statements should be P3: ✔ Ans - o Purposeful
o Productive
o Possibility
What does internal motivation help with? ✔ Ans - It influences how you live your life and the choices you make on a daily basis.
Step 6 of the goal setting process, encourages us maintain motivation. How? ✔ Ans - Create a strategy that will keep your goal in the forefront of your mind daily.
