RADICAL
IDEAS:
Indecision is sensible and desirable
Clients should be taught to create unplanned
chance events
Skills
applied to create chance:
Curiosity:
exploring new learning opportunities
Persistence:
exerting effort despite setbacks
Optimism:
viewing new opportunities as possible and attainable
Flexibility:"
changing attitudes and circumstance
Risk-taking:
taking action in the face of uncertain outcomes
GO
OUT AND INVENT A CURIOSITY!
Engage your curiosity
Compose "How and Why" questions
Create guesses
Convert guesses into learning opportunities
Take action through exploration
Steps
in applying Planned Happenstance:
1. Normalize planned
happenstance in the client's history
Goal:
Make
clients aware of how their own actions contributed to unplanned events
Ask:
How
have unplanned events influenced your career?
How
did you enable each event to influence you?
How
do you feel about unplanned events in your future?
2. Expand upon curiosity
Goal:
Assist
client to transform curiosity into opportunities for learning and exploration
Ask:
How
is your curiosity excited?
How
have chance events contributed to your curiosity?
How
have you acted to heighten your curiosity?
How
could you explore the career implications of your curiosity?
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Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Uncertain
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1. |
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When a situation is
uncertain or even a little risky, I often go for it anyway. |
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2. |
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I usually take a
chance and see what happens, rather than "play it safe". |
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3. |
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It seems like I am
always interested in new things. |
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4. |
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When I encounter
adversity, I have the ability to find the positives. |
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5. |
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I can usually come
up with several possible solutions to a problem. |
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6. |
____ |
I find uncertain
situations to be adventuresome, rather than scary. |
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7. |
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I often find myself
talking to people about what they do for a living or what they would like to
do. |
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8. |
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I find it
interesting to learn about what people do for a living. |
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9. |
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Taking risks is not
part of my nature. |
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10. |
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I make good things
happen in my life. |
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11. |
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Even when others get
discouraged, I know I can find a way to solve the problem. |
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12. |
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I prefer to take
action in uncertain situations, rather than wait to see what happens. |
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13. |
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I can think of many
ways to get out of a tough situation.
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14. |
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I like to explore my
surroundings when in a new place.
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15. |
____ |
Obstacles can easily
slow me down or stop me from pursuing a goal. |
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16. |
____ |
I'm always
interested to hear new opinions or ideas. |
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17. |
____ |
I usually keep my
mind open for new possibilities and opportunities. |
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18. |
____ |
When difficulties arise
I usually see them as opportunities for growth. |
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19. |
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I am usually
motivated to solve most problems even though a solution might not be
immediately apparent. |
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20. |
____ |
When one thing after
another goes wrong, I feel like giving up. |
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21. |
____ |
Even though tough
situations arise, I believe things usually work out for the best. |
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22. |
____ |
I am usually able to
think up creative and effective alternatives to solve a problem. |
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23. |
____ |
I can think of many
ways to get the things in life that are important to me. |
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24. |
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I'm the type of
person who keeps trying even when the situation looks bleak. |
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25. |
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I do well with
uncertain or unpredictable circumstances, because I'm a flexible
thinker. Ulven, J. C. (2001).
The Openness to Vocational Opportunity Scale: An application of the planned
happenstance approach. Dissertation Abstracts International, 62 (10),
3364.
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