Why this course is crucial for you

We don’t always think about it, but decisions largely determine our lives. These are decisions that you cannot always control. Just think of the consequences of a disease. But that does not mean that you cannot control many of these decisions. This is where this course is all about. This course shows how important it is to determine what you want where possible. Is that possible? Yes, you can, which makes this course so interesting and important for people: be your own director!

Is prior knowledge required?

Everybody can follow this course without any prior knowledge.

Why people love this course

We always get feedback like, “if only I had known this sooner!”. This is not surprising because many have given up their lives a bit, which certainly applies to seniors. There is that strange phenomenon that the outside world thinks that seniors should always be helped and that others, therefore, have to make the crucial decisions. For many students, this course is a real eye-opener, and they are happy that they are now much more independent in life. space space space space space space space space 

Duration

If you scan the different pages, you have gone through the course, but you have learned nothing. We think you can do the online course in a few hours, and if you also delve into the optional topics, it can take many hours. But be sure, these are enjoyable hours.

Contents

The course starts with explaining some concepts. First of all, it concerns the ideas of self-reliance and self-control. After all, these concepts look similar, but they are not. It is precisely by looking at the difference that it becomes clear what it means to make important decisions yourself. Remember that it can concern all kinds of things such as:

  • managing the finances
  • determining who you like to hang out with
  • making choices based on what you like and what is important to you
  • determine how you want to live at a later age and which things are necessary at that time

It is especially true for the elderly that they take a good look at what independence means and that independence does not mean that you do not need help in certain situations. When you walk with difficulty, you sometimes need help, but that has nothing to do with you being the conductor of your own life.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Self-management, self-reliance, and more concepts

We will discuss:

  • the difference between the concepts of self-management and self-reliance
  • which questions are essential when it comes to self-management
  • the concept of self-direction
  • the relationship between self-management and health
  • examples

Lesson 2: self-management as a subject for psychology

We will discuss:

  • self-management and how this is experienced during the different stages of life
  • the well-known marshmallow experiment and what conclusions we can draw from it
  • a more psychological deepening of the subject
  • how can we resist known temptations (for example, when it comes to sweets)
  • the relationship between self-management and personality
  • how can we change our behavior?
  • how can we increase our self-confidence?

Lesson 3: care and self-management

We will discuss:

  • changes that occur as you get older
  • self-management in relation to developments in the field of positive health
  • self-management as a so-called soft skill
  • self-management as a source of continuous development
  • self-management and self-esteem
  • self-management and diabetes

Show your success!

Be proud of what you have achieved

Following completion of the course, you can proudly receive this certificate,
as well as registration in our Open Academia.

You should be proud when you have completed this course!
And, to make things better, you can obtain this certificate of completion,
wouldn’t it look nice hanging on a wall somewhere at home?

After this course, not only will you possess important knowledge on positive psychology and positive health: but, more importantly, you can now use this knowledge to support others.  

We will provide you the certificate in a high-quality pdf-format.

Prof. Boon: Co-founder and chief content officer of the online training site “SkillsTown,” recently proclaimed the nr1. in the field of online learning in The Netherlands. In 2020 he started 60PlusPlaza very successfully for seniors because there is a clear need for excellent online courses.