What are fears and hopes?

The hopes and fears activity is an effective way to gauge participants’ attitudes about a project, workshop, or any other collaborative engagement. “Hopes” reveal your teams’ expectations about what can be accomplished. “Fears” reveal their doubts about making an investment to work together.

How to facilitate hopes and fears?

How Hopes and Fears works

At the start, set up the Hopes and Fears session by giving out post-its and markers to everyone.
Give them a few minutes to write down their hopes and fears, one per post-it.
While everyone is writing, make two spaces on the wall – one labelled Hopes and one labelled Fears.

What are some examples of fears?

Common phobias list

acrophobia, fear of heights.
aerophobia, fear of flying.
arachnophobia, fear of spiders.
astraphobia, fear of thunder and lightning.
autophobia, fear of being alone.
claustrophobia, fear of confined or crowded spaces.
hemophobia, fear of blood.
hydrophobia, fear of water.

What give you hope in life?

Connections with proper, positive people, a higher power, and the web of life. Regeneration in all forms as stimulated by breathing, sleep, meditation, prayer, spirit, impermanence, and quiet. Witnessing or experiencing acts of love, goodness, and kindness.

What are some qualities of hope?

Characteristics of the Hopeful

The Hopeful.
Cultivate Optimism.
Enhance Your Perception of Control.
Build Your Problem-Solving Ability.
Work on Your Competitiveness.
Raise Self-esteem.
Increase Positive Affectivity.
Overcome Negative Affectivity.

What are the 10 most common fears?

Phobias: The ten most common fears people hold

Social phobias.
Agoraphobia: fear of open spaces.
Acrophobia: fear of heights.
Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying.
Claustrophobia: fear of enclosed spaces.
Entomophobia: fear of insects.
Ophidiophobia: fear of snakes.
Cynophobia: fear of dogs.

What are the top 20 most common fears?

What is hope example?

An example of hope is when a person believes his life situation will approve and his run of back luck will end. Hope is defined as the action of wishing or desiring that something will occur. An example of hope is when you wish for a victory by your team.

What things give hope?

120 Things That Give Me Hope

Being surrounded by trees.
Acts of kindness.
Sparkling mountain streams.
Smiling children.
National parks and national forests.
Small towns.
Greener cities.
Slower rhythms.

What are the 12 phobias?

The 12 Most Common Phobias

Arachnophobia (Fear of spiders)
Ophidiophobia (Fear of snakes)
Acrophobia (Fear of heights)
Aerophobia (Fear of flying)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Astraphobia (Fear of thunder and lightning)
Trypanophobia (Fear of injections)
Social Phobia (Social anxiety disorder)

What are the top 5 biggest fears?

So what are the 5 most common phobias?

Arachnophobia – fear of spiders.
Ophidiophobia – fear of snakes.
Acrophobia – fear of heights.
Agoraphobia – fear of situations where escape is difficult.
Cynophobia – fear of dogs.

What is the purpose of hopes and fears?

Hopes and Fears is typically completed as a group, helping to create empathy and shared excitement for new projects, workshops, or other undertakings. During the activity, those participating take a moment to voice their hopes and fears, and afterward, the group discusses the points that have been raised with one another.

How to set up hopes and fears session?

At the start, set up the Hopes and Fears session by giving out post-its and markers to everyone. As you do this, introduce Hopes and Fears and the intended outcome.

How to write down your hopes and fears?

Give them a few minutes to write down their hopes and fears, one per post-it. Here are some pro-tips: Give some guidelines for writing on the post-its – you don’t want people writing entire paragraphs on one post-it. Ask them to keep their thoughts to a few words or a short phrase.

How does the hopes and fears thinking exercise work?

As the old saying goes: “Better the devil you know…”. And the Hopes and Fears exercise takes the tension and uncertainty out of a project, by putting everything out in the open right from the start. It also gives each stakeholder time to voice and discuss what’s most important to them as the project moves forward.