This Challenge asks you to put the Girl Scout Promise and Law into action.  When you combine your talents and energies with your values and convictions, you can make a positive difference in the lives of other.  You can work on the activities alone or with others who share your interests.

           Section 1:  Developing Your Potential
        Challenge:  Design a self development plan.

• Set some short-term (one week to one year) and long-term (five to ten years) goals for yourself in the following areas:

• Prioritize your goals and develop a time line for your short-term goals.
• Decide what kinds of skills might help you achieve your long-range goals and how you might acquire those skills.
• Follow through on your plan for a period of at least two months.  At the end of this time, evaluate your progress and your time lines.  What have you learned?

• Plan to increase your skills in at least one area of relating--family, friends, peers, children, adults.  Write out personal goals to do this.  Develop a time line that includes skill development (such as practicing, reading articles, or attending workshops) and planned experiences in relating to others.
• With another person, evaluate what you learned about yourself from identifying your goals and working toward them.

• What issues or concerns are most important to you?  List ten things that you would most like to change and how.  Circle those things that you can begin to work on right now.
• Decide how the Promise and the Law can help you achieve positive change.  Decide on at least three activities that you can and will do to make a positive change for yourself and others.  If you work with others, be able to distinguish your own personal contributions to the effort.
• Find a way to summarize your discoveries about yourself and your values.
• What activities did you complete?  Did you learn things about yourself after working on each one?
• Is there a difference between what you actually say and do and what you believe?  How can you work to change this?

• Who or what benefited from this service project?  How?
• Which of your talents were put to use?
• What skills and abilities would you like to develop further?
• What did you learn about yourself and your values?

• Serve on a council wide girl planning group.
• Help plan a Cadette or Senior Girl Scout conference, Thinking Day event, or other special event.
• Serve on the council board or a committee or task group in your council.
• Help with a council-sponsored training event for adults.
• Conduct tours of council properties or facilities.
• Help with a community task force to extend Girl Scouting to girls in an underserved area.

    1.  What have you discovered about the world of Girl Scouting?

    2.  In what situations have you demonstrated a real understanding of the Promise and the Law by applying them to everyday living?

    3.  How has your project benefited others?

    4.  What are some possible ways that you could continue to show your concern in this area in the future?

    5.  In what ways have you shown that you are capable of self direction?  In what ways were you able to work, and share with a group?

    6.  What other things have you learned about yourself?

    7.  How have you demonstrated what you value?

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