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COMPREHENSIVESOLDIER & FAMILY FITNESS

ENHANCING PERFORMANCEBUILDING RESILIENCE

Hunt the Good Stuffby

SFC Lance Steidl

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MRT

Task: Learn that deep beliefs may be operating when an emotion or reaction seems out of proportion to what you’re thinking in the heat of the moment.

Conditions: Within a classroom/small group environment and 90 minute timeframe.

Standards: Understand that self-awareness is a primary target of Post Deployment training


Mission and Vision

Mission: Implements the Comprehensive Soldier

Fitness Program, identifies and trains Master

Resiliency Trainers (MRTs) and commences annual

resiliency sustainment training in order to enhance

overall performance, improve unit level readiness,

and sustain a balanced, healthy, campaign capable,

expeditionary army

End state: Will improve unit readiness and performance

by implementing the Resiliency Training program. The end

state will see a more balanced, healthy and capable

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MRT Skills, Unit Two:Hunt the Good Stuff


MRT Skills

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What is HTGS?

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Hunt the Good Stuff helps to build Optimism.

Hunt the Good Stuff builds positive emotion, such as gratitude.

Hunt the Good Stuff: B.L.U.F.


3.Optimism-Being optimistic, in the typical sense of the word, ultimately means one expects the best possible outcome from any given situation. This is usually referred to in psychology as dispositional optimism.

A.Optimism- is a mental attitude or world view that interprets situations and events as being best (optimized), meaning that in some way for factors that may not be fully comprehended, the present moment is in an optimum state. The concept is typically extended to include the attitude of hope for future conditions unfolding as optimal as well

B.Gratitude- thankfulness, gratefulness, or appreciation is a feeling or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive.

Optimism/Gratitude Definitions


Builds positive emotion, optimism, gratitude (studied by Robert Emmons)

Counteracts the Negativity Bias Leads to:

– Better health, better sleep, feeling calm– Lower depression and greater life satisfaction– More optimal performance– Better relationships

Hunt the Good StuffBased on work by Martin Seligman and colleagues


Defination- The Negativity bias (also known as the negativity

effect) refers to the notion that, even when of equal intensity,

things of a more negative nature (e.g. unpleasant thoughts,

emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a

greater effect on one’s psychological state and processes than do

neutral or positive things. In other words, something very positive

will generally have less of an impact on a person’s behavior and

cognition than something equally emotional but negative. The

negativity bias has been investigated within many different

domains, including the formation of impressions and general

evaluations; attention, learning, and memory; and decision-

making and risk considerations

Negativity Bias


Record three good things each day. Next to each positive event that you list, write a reflection (at least one sentence) about one or more of the following topics:– Why this good thing happened– What this good thing means to you– What you can do tomorrow to enable more of this

good thing– What ways you or others contribute to this good

thing

Hunt the Good Stuff Journal


Negative Thoughts and Self Help


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mggupbkTmWc Negative Thoughts - The Origin Of Negative Thinking & How To Eliminate It Forever - YouTube.mht

Counteracts the Negativity Bias: You can counteract the Negativity Bias–the tendency to pay more attention to bad events than positive events–by recording three good things on a regular basis.

Optimism: Optimism is a primary target of Hunt the Good Stuff.

Hunt the Good Stuff Key Principles


How can you use Hunt the Good Stuff to enhance your performance?

How did keeping track of positive events and experiences affect how you interacted with others?

Hunt the Good Stuff ApplicationsHunt the Good Stuff Journal page 15


Hunt the Good Stuff:Check on Learning


What is the skill? Hunt the Good Stuff is used to notice positive experiences to enhance optimism, gratitude, and other positive emotions.

When do I use it? Hunt the Good Stuff on a regular basis in order to counteract the Negativity Bias.

How do I use it? Write down three positive experiences from the day and write a reflection about why the good thing happened, what the good thing means to you, what you can do to enable more of the good thing, or what ways you or others contributed to the good thing.

Hunt the Good Stuff is used to notice positive experiences to enhance optimism, gratitude, and other positive emotions.

Hunt the Good Stuff on a regular basis in order to counteract the Negativity Bias.

Write down three positive experiences from the day and write a reflection about why the good thing happened, what the good thing means to you, what you can do to enable more of the good thing, and/or what ways you or others contributed to the good thing.

Hunt the Good Stuff:Check on Learning

Participant Guide page 13


MRT CompetenciesSelf-

awarenessSelf-

regulation Optimism Mental AgilityStrengths of

Character Connection

Goal Setting

Hunt the Good Stuff

ATC

Energy Management

Avoid Thinking Traps

Detect Icebergs

Problem Solving

Put It In Perspective

Mental Games

Real-Time Resilience

Character Strengths

Assertive Communication

Praise and Active Constructive Responding

Questions


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Resilience Training HTGS PowerPoint Aug 2014 v3.1 HTGS Presentation