HIGH SCHOOL WORKSHOP
Live by Design, Not by Default
A half-day, hands-on experience that helps students build self-awareness before they're asked to choose a path.
3.5 Hours · In-person · Team-Based
This workshop draws on the Becoming You Methodology, developed at NYU Stern by Professor Suzy Welch.
Cora & Courtenay adapted it specifically for high school students, working with educators to build a fun, interactive, low screen time day.
Sound Familiar?
What am I actually good at - not what everyone assumes?
Why does “what do you want to do?” feel like a trick question?
Am I choosing this, or just going along with it?
What would it feel like to actually know myself?
This workshop gives students a structured, supported space to start answering those questions — through conversation, assessment data, and guidance by certified practitioners.
The goal isn't to have all the answers — it's to ask better questions and build the self-awareness to navigate a world you can't predict.
What You’ll Explore
Through reflection, assessment, and real teamwork, students spend their time discovering how they think, what they value, and how that translates into the real world.
Living by Design
What it means to make intentional choices, and why self-knowledge is the foundation for good decisions in a world that's hard to predict.
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Your Values
A guided reflection exercise unpacked first in small groups, then as a full group — followed by The Values Bridge assessment.
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Your Aptitudes
The YouScience assessment — one of the most respected aptitude tools available — reveals how each student is naturally wired, unpacked together in an interactive debrief.
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The Workshop Flow
Part 01 - Living by Design vs. Living by Default
We open by introducing the difference between drifting through decisions and making them intentionally — and why knowing yourself is the starting point.
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Part 02 - Values Reflection
A guided personal reflection exercise. Students unpack what they discover first in small groups, then with the full group — building comfort with sharing and realizing they're not the only ones with these questions.
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Part 03 - The Values Bridge
Students complete The Values Bridge, created by Professor Suzy Welch at NYU Stern, surfacing what matters most to them and where gaps might exist between their values and how they're currently living.
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Part 04 - YouScience Aptitudes, Unpacked
Using results from the YouScience assessment, students explore what they're naturally wired to do well — through an interactive, game-like group debrief, not a worksheet.
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Part 05 - Team Project: Aptitudes in Action
Students split into two groups and take on a real project challenge, assigning roles based on each person's aptitude profile — experiencing firsthand how self-knowledge shapes how teams work best.
What’s Included:
3.5-hour in-person workshop
YouScience Aptitude Assessment ($80 value)
The Values Bridge assessment ($45 value)
Guided values reflection, unpacked in small and large groups
Team-based project applying aptitude profiles to a real planning challenge
Lunch and snacks
Who’s It For:
High school students who are:
Starting to think about life after graduation
Curious about their strengths but don't have the language for them yet
Used to being told what's next, rather than asked who they are
Looking for a meaningful day that doesn't feel like a lecture