SWOON

End of the document Like SWOT or PEST, SWOON is a self awareness tool.

Strength
Kind
loyal
funny
intelligent

Get some A4 size paper and draw up this grid in a landscape format

Strength: what are the good points of you? maybe you are romantic or very compassionate. Put yourself under a microscope and write down the every single strengths you have ,however small or underdeveloped.

When you have exhausted the strength column-and we hope you have had to use more paper, because you are an excellent product, fill in the next columns that your grid looks like this

Strength	Weakness	Opportunity	Obstacles	Needs
Kind	obstinate
loyal	dither
funny	habits
intelligent	pedantic

Weakness:

Initially you might find it easier to fill up this column, but once you focus on the weakness, it will highlight the strengths you have missed so add them into appropriate column. Another way to adding the strengths columns is to look to the flip side of the weakness

Opportunity: there are opportunities in most situations; it mainly depends on how you look at them. If any opportunity pop into your head –and they will if you open your mind and follow your instinct for this exercises –and if quick as a flash you immediately think “ oh no that’s not suitable” ask your self why .You will come with all sorts of  excuses (disguised as a reason) why this should be so but if you pull every “ reason” apart you will usually find that it’s a miserable little excuse at its heart, if you want to live your life lurching from excuse to excuse ,feel free, but you are not really doing your best for yourself, this is what you are suppose to find out by doing this exercise.

Obstacle: We are not saying that there are no such things as obstacles, we are saying is that some obstacles really miserable little excuses, which can be kicked off. Another obstacle really are that things that get into the way and which are too big and too scary to kick aside, so go around them. just make that distinction-is it a real obstacle or is it a miserable little excuse ,either can be overcome with imagination and determination

Needs: behavioral scientists Maslow and Herzberg have identified a variety of psychological needs that drive our behaviors such as needs for esteem , affection, respect ,belonging. Where you need to shine? Awareness of your psychological needs can increase your motivation by helping you understand and seek out the reward that you really desire , such as a sense of accomplishment additional responsibility praise or an opportunity

By Jane Wharam