Importance of Personal and Professional Development for Achieving Goals

This article discusses the importance of personal and professional development for achieving goals. It covers the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, and the importance of personal development plans. Additionally, it explains how to evaluate sources for reliability and relevance. The article includes personal examples and a table outlining the skills and actions needed for improvement. The sources used in the article are from academic case studies and journals.

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Contents
TASKS.............................................................................................................................................2
Task One:.........................................................................................................................................2
2.Value of short-term goals –...........................................................................................................2
3.Value of medium-term goals........................................................................................................2
4.Value of long-term goals..............................................................................................................3
5.Value of Personal Development Plan...........................................................................................3
Task Two:........................................................................................................................................4
Task Three:......................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8
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TASKS
Task One:
1.Personal development is a overall development that helps you achieve your lifelong goals,
quality of life and bring satisfaction in life. It will lead to improvement in your personal life by
managing stress, spending some time with loved one .It includes both soft and hard skills. It can
be done by embracing some self-improvement skills.
Professional development means to improve yourself to fit completely in job to understand the
area of your career by acquiring skills and knowledge. It will lead to improve the quality of life,it
might lead to better performance at work.
2.Value of short-term goals –
Short term goals are goals that you want to achieve in 12 months or less. These are usually the
road map for the long term goals ,it can be smaller steps working towards aspiration.
Short-term goals identifying with personal examples-
 Read more books – you can read autobiographies to develop your thinking skills. You
can start reading in morning or night with the content you like.
 Time management-Don't do multitasking, work on one task at a time .Start your day
early so that you can manage your time and complete work on time.
 Daily Journal- Cultivate a writing habit that will be a solution for problems .By writing
at least one page,it will enrich your personal life and double your productivity level.
3.Value of medium-term goals
Medium term goals are the goals that can be a great way to keep building momentum
towards big plans .Here,you can take help of smaller goals to achieve big goals.
Mid-term goals identifying with personal examples-
 Save money-The money you have in your personal bank account can be used for future
projects and unforeseen expenses. It is the most secure way to save your money.
 Track your expenses- when you track your own expenses you become aware of it. It can
be done by writing down your expenses in a notebook.
 Try to be early 15 minutes for any event or work-you will be able to focus more. It will
boost up your productivity level.
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4.Value of long-term goals
It refers to the goals which you want to achieve in future. These are the accomplishments
that will take significant planning ,time and effort to achieve the goals. It requires planning and
great deal of time.
Long-term goals identifying with personal examples-
 Achieve leadership experience-gaining leadership experience is main thing towards
making improvement in your career.
 Improve your work performance- Top performing workers are an asset of the company.
When you perform well other benefits usually follow like recognition and job security.
 Identify your professional goals-when you improve your efficiency rate by learning a
new skill it will develop the targets.
5.Value of Personal Development Plan
PDP is a written document that outlines your goals of improvement and self-realisation which
gives you clear vision of where you want to be in life and why. It is very helpful in setting a
vision to keep a track of atmospheres like academic,hobbies ,career goals and personal life. It
includes a action plan of one's education,strengths,aspirations,opportunities and competencies .It
allows to set clear,achievable and detailed goals. PDP will differ from person to person because
we all have different goals,strengths and weaknesses. It can be altered as per our
needs,action,criteria and deadlines.
Skills and
competences
Existing
proficiency
Anticipated
proficiency
Improvement
actions
Time duration
Communication
skills
7 10 To improve my
communication
skills I will join
online course and
attend seminars.
3 Months
Presentation
Skills
8 10 For achieving the
goals,I will
improve my
2 Months
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presentation skills
Time
management
skills
6 10 engaging in
management
training will help
me to improve
my time
management
skills.
1 Month
Task Two:
‘Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source-
It is very essential to use reliable source that gives exact information. We should always consider
whether the source provided covers the topic or not. It is important to consider about your
specific questions when you do online research. For the reliability of an online source it is
important to determine the knowledge and expertise of the authors. It is also important to check
the source has technical language. The source is reliable and trustworthy. The relevance of the
information creates a impact on research work.
Task Three:
Write an evaluation of sources you have used in the report plan.
Sources used in
the report
Author Key purpose Reliability Relevance
Oyston, E. ed.,
2018. Ce
ntred on
learning:
academic
case
studies
on
learning
Edward Oyston Key purpose is to
understand the
academic case
studies.
The source has
low reliability
with the
information
provided.
The source lacks
relevance as it
only define the
concepts which
highlight the
political and
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centre
developm
ent.
Routledg
e.
social
developments.
Plato, K., 2018.
Personal
and
professio
nal
skills:
somethin
g they do
teach
you at
universit
y. In The
Interdisci
plinary
Future of
Engineer
ing
Educatio
n (pp.
113-
132).
Routledg
e.
Kapranos Plato Purpose is to
understand
personal and
professional skills
of students and
professionals so
that they can keep
a track.
It has low
reliability.
It is highly
relevant with the
content used .
Tseng, H., Yi, X.
and Yeh,
H.T.,
2019.
Learning
-related
soft
skills
among
online
business
students
in higher
educatio
n: Grade
level and
manageri
This
Hungwei ,this
Xiang Yi and this
Hsin-Te Yeh.
Purpose is to
learn soft skill for
business
management
students.
It is highly
reliable source.
It is highly
relevant with the
skills for students.
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al role
differenc
es in
self-
regulatio
n,
motivatio
n, and
social
skill. Co
mputers
in
Human
Behavior
, 95,
pp.179-
186.
Veerasamy,
A.K.,
D'Souza,
D.,
Lindén,
R. and
Laakso,
M.J.,
2019.
Relations
hip
between
perceive
d
problem‐
solving
skills and
academic
performa
nce of
novice
learners
in
introduct
ory
program
ming
courses.
Journal
Ashok Kumar
Veerasamy
Purpose is to
understand the
relationship
between problem
solving skill and
academic
performance.
The source have
low reliability as
it discusses the
implication for
educational
practise and
knowledge.
It is not relevant
with mentioned
information .
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of
Compute
r
Assisted
Learning
, 35(2),
pp.246-
255.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Oyston, E. ed., 2018. Centred on learning: academic case studies on learning centre
development. Routledge.
Plato, K., 2018. Personal and professional skills: something they do teach you at university.
In The Interdisciplinary Future of Engineering Education (pp. 113-132). Routledge.
Tseng, H., Yi, X. and Yeh, H.T., 2019. Learning-related soft skills among online business
students in higher education: Grade level and managerial role differences in self-
regulation, motivation, and social skill. Computers in Human Behavior, 95, pp.179-186.
Veerasamy, A.K., D'Souza, D., Lindén, R. and Laakso, M.J., 2019. Relationship between
perceived problem‐solving skills and academic performance of novice learners in
introductory programming courses. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 35(2),
pp.246-255.
(Veerasamy and et.al., 2019)
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