Our Approach
Our Approach is in line with this video:
  1. Do not look away from your confusion or discontent.  Use that to fuel your 'reflections' and 'engagements'.  
  2. Learn more about yourself, your personal interests, skills, preference.
  3. Get engaged so you may learn about yourself in relation to the world.

Now, Lets get Started!

These types of resources can help you with self-knowledge.  However, given that we think no one can tell you who you are, please take these with a pinch of salt!

Intro Powerpoint

Please go through the presentation to understand how we feel self direction is not only necessary but the only path towards a more meaningful life. 

Content 1: Steve Jobs

"Follow your passion, dots will connect later."

Content 2: JK Rowling

"Failure can free you!"

Eulogy Exercise

A eulogy  is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired. 
This exercise is for you to think how you want to be remembered. In terms of your work, your relationships, and areas where you found meaning in life.  Write your eulogy on how you want to be remembered
 (300 words)

Other Resources

  1. On line personality tests (MBTI types)
  2. Quiz for  specific (sometimes, very wrong) jobs that are appropriate given your skills
  3. Quiz2 for specific functional role you could play in any career/industry
  4. Book: What Color Is Your Parachute? - this book is complemented as "one the 25 books that have shaped readers lives" by Library of Congress.  This has a detailed exercise on finding your passion and career path (in Chapter 6 onward).  This is useful for graduates (you can borrow this book from our office)
  5. You can also take a self-direction test that Kehi Garoun team has developed, which can be taken in our office in 2 hours.
  6. Counseling:  You can review or post questions to our Counseling Help Desk here. 

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Counseling Seminars

We have a Guidance Counseling Curriculum. To enroll yourself/your school please comment below.
  1. Educators at Insight's Launch-Event "Life after SLC" held on April 18, 2015.
  2. Insight Help Desk in media (June 2015 issue).
  3. Insight Log of Events (2072 Academic Calendar).

Welcome to Toolkit Guidance Resources

You have been added here with your consent after attending an insight session.  We suggest you spend time going through these resources that we hope will inspire, guide and challenge you.  After each resource, do fill out the form here, which will enable us to provide a more relevant session to you.
Elizabeth: Ted, Decision-making
Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, instead of the rare person "being" a genius, all of us "have" a genius.
Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity.
The meaning of life,school of life,awareness and self knowledge.

Religion and science have much often tried to interpret the meaning of life but this has rather led people to be-wilderness and ambiguous conclusions. There is a substantial meaning of life and we can rightly identify it only through the virtues of communication,understanding and service.
Mozart of chess:Magnus Carlson,CBS News,our interests and concentration.

Though not considered as sport,chess championship is undoubtedly one of the mega popular events in the world. What if chess is one of your best interests or this interview can fuel your confidence in your realm of interest? here is an elusive interview with Magnus Carlson-the youngest world chess champion.
Bruce lee-the lost interview,aptem kpanhob,skills and our interests

"Under the sky,we are just one family. I wanna be a human being.,,,". This statement from Bruce lee is the epitome of his humanity and generosity.Bruce lee is more than a fighter and actor. Discover what he really is and what he has to say about his skills and interests in an elusive interview with him.
Higher consciousness,school of life,education and awareness.
   What do people normally understand by higher consciousness? is it true that only philosophers,sages and poets possess this attribute? higher consciousness is rather mystical and irritating ideology. However apart from all these uncertainties,a valid thing is higher consciousness is when we think beyond our egos and boundaries.
How to become a better person,school of life,self direction,self knowledge,education,awareness.

  Maye-be, not every-time but occasionally, we might have pondered ourselves how to become a better person. We might even wonder if there's any secret or formula for it. But not really. Be that as it may,there are ten prominent virtues,often cited ones, that can help us become a better person. Figure out what they are.
Beat-box brilliance-tom thud,Ted x,our interests and skills.


  Call this man extraordinary or miraculous,it wont still suffice at all. tom thum is an Australian pursuing his passion in beat-boxing -the one with incredible and bizarre audio generating talent. watch this Ted x footage to know how a man is driven by his aspirations and if this can give you a little encouragement to follow your own passion.
APJ abdul kalam,Wharton knowledge,self direction and knowledge.

  "Learning use creativity,creativity leads to thinking,thinking provides knowledge,and knowledge makes you great". This is an ideal statement made by former president of India APJ abdul kalam-a man who has so much to say about leadership qualities,who has his blend with science and is near perfect because of his great humility and nobility. Discover more about him and what he has to say about self direction and self knowledge.
Lionel Messi interview with ESPN,Messi theboss,self direction,our interests,skills.
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Marvelous,Enigmatic,Stupendous,Sensational,Incredible=MESSI. Messi who is very well known to most of us is a footballing genius of the century. His life was in jeopardy when he was a child and suffered a debilitating illness which his parents couldn't afford to cure.Yet undeterred by the circumstances and today he is an uncrowned king of football. Not only football fanatics but to most of us,Messi has so much to say about pursuing our dreams and giving life a direction.
President Mr. Binod Chaudhary's interview,chaudhary group,self direction,self knowledge,decision making.
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Binod Chaudhary aka THE NOODLE KING is a famous Nepalese entrepreneur who runs a noodle industry in more than thirty countries of the world.His billion dollar conglomerate spreads across five continents. He is a learned and self directed man. This a must watch video because it reveals about one's per severances in life and then carving an identifiable niche of our own. The essence here in this video,between three and four minutes.

                 
J.K Rowling,Harvard magazine,self direction,decision making,our interest.
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JK Rowling is a world famous writer known to most of us. The essence of this video continues from the point she begins to speak and concludes her oratory. This is undoubtedly one of the best commencement speeches given by any famous personality. Find out what she has to say about ignoring failures,taking decisions,directing oneself and being a winner.
The psychology of self motivation,Ted x,self direction,self knowledge,education.
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This man is most certainly going to blow your mind at the last five minutes of the footage. watch this video to know how to be self motivated,what is self motivation for and how does it make one a "competent" genius.
Amy cuddy, Ted x,self direction,self knowledge,awareness,decision making.
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 Amy cuddy stresses on the fact that body language can have significant meanings and it requires special understanding to fully perceive it. She also adds up her own personal story to disseminate the crucial idea of BEING ONESELF.
Susan Cain,ted x,self direction,awareness.

    Susan Cain comes up with unassailable evidences and logic s to justify the mightiness and potency of introverts. She is an extraordinary public speaker cum writer. "Introverts are naturally unassuming and modest does not mean they are unproductive and uncreative."See what more she has to talk about people being introvert or extrovert .The substance of the video lies in last four minutes when she compresses the theme into three precise ideas.
what's education for,school of life,self knowledge,awareness.

   Modern education system is flawed in many ways one reason of it also being it fails to identify the built-in ability of a child. Big schools and colleges,exams and teachers,home works and books,what's that all for? Well, they all should help students prepare for real challenges of life. Education should basically focus on getting a good job in near future and maintaining good social relationships. Watch this short video and take a deep insight.
A Meditation, Zen Pencils, Self Awareness

What does meditation do? Our answers to this question may be economical with the truth but not absolutely true.Meditation connects our human brain with the soul and lets us know the unknown from inner self.

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Everybody is a genius,zen pencils,self direction,self awareness

Everybody is a genius only if he/she is judged by the abilities he posses rather than being judged on a common yardstick that applies to everyone.We must accept the fact that everyone is special in their own way,even disabled are "differently able".
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It costs nothing to encourage an artist,zen pencils,self direction,decision making.

 Motivation and encouragement is rather a woolly thing. We need to introspect whether people motivate us or we motivate ourselves.Nevertheless,self motivation is much powerful and if we are self motivated,we can achieve all our intentions.
Make the most of this life,zen pencils,self direction,self knowledge,awareness.

  Life is precious. It doesn't come twice.No one knows what happens after death and we have nothing to do with it.We only live once so we must make the most of this life.The world is always a beautiful place if there were a full stop to violence,anger,greed and jealousy.
Rabindranath Tagore-the joy of life,zen pencils,self direction,self awareness.

 The real joy of life is in providing service to others.It's an inexpressible joy that only heart can understand. Generosity and kindness are must have virtues in human if they want to make their life joyous.

   

Jiddu Krishnamurti-don't compare yourself to others,zen pencils,self direction,awareness,self knowledge.

   Its very sickening that our parents compare us with others,apparently better ones maybe in study or extra activity or whatsoever. This comparison saddens us. As a matter of fact,the comparison they make is pointless because it reduces our self worth and destroys us. So,we must give up this idea of comparison so as to value our self worth and  realize the competencies within ourselves.
Marie curie-life is not easy,zen pencils,self direction,self knowledge.
 
  Often times we have heard this adage "life is not easy","its not a bed of roses" and so on.This seems to be true to everyone of us because we hardly achieve anything in life without dedication and strong perseverance.
A KNOWLEDGE WORTH SHARING!!
Calvin and Hobbes,self direction,self knowledge.
 
  Its no irony to say that life is full of possibilities. But the possibilities are precluded. There are challenges in life that we need to confront and resolve.Simply, this is how we clear our way full of obstacles and head towards our ambition.
Calvin and Hobbes,self knowledge,awareness.
 
  Wrong things or say,negativity invades the child's psyche much quickly than positive things. Maybe children are much fascinated by shoot-ups,robbery,satanism and wrongdoings than any other thing. If we want them to grow up a wise intellect or gentleman then we must keep them away from such imaginations.
Calvin and Hobbes,self knowledge,awareness.

  They thought of a war game with a dart gun.They hit each other and assumed that both of them died.It was really stupid they realized.The reality is not different that war always harms and does no good to anyone.
Calvin and Hobbes,self direction,self knowledge.

 Unless you give up they wont call you a quitter.There are disappointments and frustrations in everyone's life but such momentary emotions should not base our permanent decisions.
Calvin and Hobbes,awareness,self knowledge.
   
That small kid has pierced the heart and mind of father at one go.Now the father is probably thinking hard to reply to his question.Have wars solved problems or created more?Are soldiers recruited for solving world's problem or their own?The answers to these questions are obscure.
Calvin and Hobbes,self knowledge,awareness.

   Hobbes just gets tired of asking questions to his dad.Dad's answers hardly make any sense to him and he's again put into bigger perplexities. Calvin probably knows this well that world is a complicated place and things here gets going beyond understanding.He conveys this idea to Hobbes.Maybe Hobbes again started thinking hard about what just Calvin said.

    
Calvin and Hobbes,self knowledge,awareness.
  
   Everything seems easy in the beginning but as we unfold the layers of it one after another,we realize it to be tough and demanding.Things now get harder and we start worrying.We see difficulties and shades of grey.We doubt our competence and our confidence.Maybe this is why Hobbes notions,"KNOWLEDGE IS PARALYZING'
Calvin and Hobbes,self knowledge and awareness.

 Whenever Hobbes faces difficulty in understanding something Calvin illuminates it.Things were supposed to change but it didn't and remained the same.Its simply because people and their thinking are still the same,there are no efforts but only hesitation and unwillingness.THE PROBLEM WITH FUTURE IS IT KEEPS ON TURNING INTO THE PRESENT.
Calvin and Hobbes,self direction,self knowledge.
 
 Calvin disapproves the idea of drawing a picture of a duck according to dots given in his coursebook. He wants to draw pictures on his own without such dots because its tampering with his creativity. One who is creative loves to do things on his own and drives himself to what he wants.