Preparing for Success: Self Development and Responsibility

Preparing for Success: Self
Development and
Responsibility

Contents
Task 1: Reflective Statement...........................................................................................................1
Task 2: Elaboration of Areas for Further Development..................................................................3
Task 3: Action Plan.........................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

Task 1: Reflective Statement
This project is developed to reflect against the experience which has been gained first
developing and presenting the group work for the module of Preparing for success. This project
is divided into three sections, the first section is a reflective statement that will include the
learning and experiences gained from the module. The second and third section of this project
are for areas which are considered to be improved along with an action plan. The reflective
statement has been developed as follows:
When I was given a task of working in a team, I was nervous as working alone is way too
different than working in a team. There were lot of questions in my mind regarding my team
mates, work distribution and more but now, as the task has been completed, I can effectively
reflect that I have learned a lot from my experience of presenting my work for Preparing for
success module. As a team member, I was given various activities including developing a
personal development plan. The most important skill which I learned by fulfilling my
responsibilities as a team member was presentation skills and team working. I was assigned to
certain activities for the group presentation and for that me and my team worked together. By
working together, I learned that it is important to give importance to every thought by every team
member. I even realised the importance of time management skills and communication skills as
these skills helped me to effectively do my part for the presentation.
My main role in the group presentation was to develop a development plan along with
identifying the goals that can make a student better. This goal setting task was not new for me as
being a student, I know what importance does goals carry in a student's life. By using my
information in this field, I made sure that I will provide and present some new information that
can add value in the presentation. Along with including skills and capabilities in goals, I even
included few realistic abilities which were compassion and helpful. I added in our presentation
that it is important for a student to set a goal for themselves to be compassionate and flexible
towards fellow students that can help them in gaining team building ability.
While working for the group presentation, there were several elements that I consider to
be important and interesting but the most interesting of all was the opportunity to conduct self
analysis. By working in the team, I realised that I can get to know my potential and shortcomings
and can analyse or list out all my strengths and weaknesses. This element of interest is of great
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