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Activity title: What brings you happiness?

This activity can develop a positive and friendly atmosphere and
cultivates active listening. Participants will be able to express themselves
Objectives and and find common experiences, values and targets with others, while
Learning they try to better understand what they feel listening to others’ stories.
Outcome
Active listening and empathy are essential skills for ensuring a
successful path either to personal or professional success.
Preparation & Find a free space and sit all together. Have papers and colored pencils or
Materials crayons.
Recommended 30 minutes
Time
Sit all together in a circle, break into partners and decide who will be
partner A and partner B. Partner A starts to describe something that
brings him/her happiness and joy, maximum for 5 minutes. In case
Instructions he/she finds hard to describe something, partner B encourages him/her to
continue. After that, it is the turn of partner B to do the same. Everyone
makes a drawing of how they felt when they listen to their partner. After
that, each pair share the drawing with everyone.
Participants are not asked to draw what they heard, but the feeling that
Tips & they had while listening to the stories of others and what may mean to
Recommendations
them.

Project 2019-1-BG01-KA204_062299
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