Personal Development Report: BMP3001 Academic Skills & PDP Module

This report provides an overview of personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of personal development planning. It delves into the values of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing personal examples for each. The report highlights how short-term goals enhance focus and confidence, medium-term goals lay the foundation for long-term achievements, and long-term goals provide clarity and empowerment. It also includes a discussion and example of a personal development plan, outlining goals, action strategies, and timelines. The report concludes that personal development is a lifelong process that offers opportunities for career advancement and skill enhancement.

Report on personal
development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Personal and professional development.......................................................................................1
Discussion of Values of short term goals along with personal example.....................................2
Discussion of Values of medium term goals along with personal example................................3
Discussion of Values of long term goals along with personal example......................................4
Discussion of Personal development plan and example with using identified goals..................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is one of development which improve skills of a person with life
experience and take in life long process (Johnson, Kerr and Side, 2016). It helps to build
confidence and credibility of a person in life. These development helps to build various skills in
a person includes time management skills, leadership skills, problem solving skills,
communication skills and many more. This project report includes discussion of personal and
professional development along with their important for a person. It analyse short term, medium
term and long term goals and their values to a person along with personal life example.
Moreover, it also discusses about personal development plan and its example.
MAIN BODY
Personal and professional development
Personal development
Personal development is one of development which take place in life long process and
helps a person to assess their goals of life and also up skills which are required to fulfil potential
(King and Ayoo, 2020). This personal development helps a person to be proactive and also make
them capable to take charge of action in their life. A person is not always success in reaching to
their objectives but it leads them towards fulfilling life as their purpose are defined. Personal
development results in success and satisfaction in life of a person.
Personal development can be attained by a person with improvement in their skills. These
qualities, skills and trait of a person can be gained with education training and development.
Skill to be includes in category of personal development includes communication skills,
Problems solving sills,, interpersonal skills, leadership skills, adaptability skills. Personal
development is important for a person who are working harder in attaining of their goals.
Improvement is important for every person even successful people also strive for improvement
in their skills and knowledge. Some of reason for which personal development is important are
as follows:
Provide clear vision: Personal development provide clarity of vision to a person and
allow a person to define their goals of life clearly. Identification of target to be attained in life
make it easier for a person to develop place in life and also putting efforts in attainment of these
objectives.
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Improve existing skills: Learning is important in personal development as a person learn
from their mistakes and failure in life through education, guidance and tra9ining of a person.
This personal development helps a person to develop new skills and also in improving existing
skills in a person.
Professional development
Professional development is one of development which take place with continue
education, training and development, certification after joining any organisation and helps a
person to develop new skills, make a persona up to date as per current employment trends and
also in making a person advance in their career (Fawaz, 2017). There are various field for which
a person needs to participate in ongoing learning, continue education. These skills are require by
a person to development their career and also for getting carer advancement opportunity in life of
a person. Personal development is important in life of a person as it provide them various
benefits and also helps them to engage them in organisation effectively for development of
various opportunity. Some of reason for which professional development is important in life of a
individual are as follows:
Expands knowledge: Professional development includes continue education and training
for development of a person which allow a person to develop new ideas, utilise their knowledge
and also enhance their expertise in particular field. It is important for a person to get opportunity
by continuous learning by helps to enhance knowledge of a person.
Boost confidence and credibility: With enhance in professional expertise in a person
with professional development, confidence of a person nan also be increased. It also improve
knowledge, expertise and skills of a person which improve their creditability in organisation.
Discussion of Values of short term goals along with personal example
Short term goals are those goals which has connection with present position of a person
now and their vision related to future position (Driver and Tocher, 2019). Short term goals does
not take much time to be attained as it can be attained within few months and weeks. Short term
goals helps to boost confidence and capability of a person as it can be attain in less time with less
efforts and provide continuous progress to a person towards attainment of their dreams and
desire in future. These shorter term goals also helps to increase focus of of person and minimise
distraction of a person. These goals are values for a person due to various reason which are
mentioned below:
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Greater Focus: Short term goals are those goals which provide clear focus as well as
direction to a person. With these goals a person can get to know about what they wants to attain
and when to attain. It also provide clarity to an individual about what factors motivate them and
increase their productivity.
Increase confidence: Short term goals are those goals which can be attained within less
time with less efforts which boost confidence of a person (Dredge and Jenkins, 2016). It provide
provide clear, specific and measurable outcome to a person which is important in order to boost
confidence of a person.
Some of example of personal short term goals of person are as follows:
 Improving written and oral communication is one of short term goals which allow a
person to share their views, ideas and opinions to other person.
 Improvement of time management skills is another short term goals which helps to
manage time effectively in order to save it.
 Waking up early is also one of short term goals as it helps a person to wake up early
which saves their time and allow it to invest on productive work and also contribute to
make balance in life.
Discussion of Values of medium term goals along with personal example
Medium term goals: Medium term goals are those goals which take longer time in
compare to short term goals and also keep motivation of a person high (Bloomberg and Volpe,
2018). Medium term goals are extension for short term goals. Medium term goals are values
goals for a person due to various reason which are as follows:
Provide base for long term goals: Medium term goals are important for a person as it
develop foundation for attainment of long term goals of a person. These goals allow a person to
develop sufficient skills and knowledge in order to complete long term goals of a person.
Provide consistent efforts: Medium term goals are those goals which allow a person to
put consistent efforts for attainment of their goals. It allow a person to build skills and also
knowledge which helps them to attain what they wants in attain in their life.
Some of example of personal medium term goals are as follows:
 Completion of graduation is one medium term goals which is important in order to get
various employment opportunity for a person.
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 Building important network with other people is another medium term goal which helps a
person to get important opportunity.
 Learning presentation skills in order to effective present ideas, completion of assignment
and project is also a medium term goals of a person.
 Getting good grades in examination in order to find out various good employment
opportunity to get good salary offers.
Discussion of Values of long term goals along with personal example
Long term goals are those goals which belong to future and are important for a person in
developing successful career (Bolger and Doyon, 2019). Long term goals are those which require
proper planning and time to attain. These goals cannot be attain within some months or weeks
instead it takes year. For attainment of long term goals, a person needs to take various steps and
fist steps for this is to attain short term goals. Long term goals are related to career development
of a person ad career is related to working life. Long term are valuable for an individual for
various reason and these reason are mentioned below:
Clarity: Long term goals are those goals which provide clarity in life of a person. For
attainment of long term goals, a person require exceptional motivation along with transparent
pathway in future period of time. Development of long term goals provide roadmap to a person
as where they want to go.
Focus: Long term goals provide clarity to a person which helps them in focusing on their
objectives and targets. This allow a person to focus on their objectives and allow them to develop
various skills required to attain long term goals of their life.
Empowerment: Long term goals helps a person to empower their skills and knowledge
as it provide clarity where a person want to go in future period of time. It allow them to made
decision of how to reach their and also prepare them mentally to reach to their future destination.
Some of example of personal long term goals of a person are as follows:
 Finding good employment opportunity in order to get good salary and additional perks
and benefits.
 Becoming a managers in reputed organisation for career advancement and also to develop
additional skills required to handle teams at workplace
 Purchase of new house of 3 BHK in good locality and well furnish interior.
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Discussion of Personal development plan and example with using identified goals
Personal development plan refers to document which contain information related to skills
required by a person and action to be taken in order to improve these skills (Buchnik, and
Frenkel, 2021). This plan provide direction to a person in order to attain required skills and goals
in their life. Example of personal development plan which contain information of goals, action
strategies, time to attain these goals. These personal development of a personal is mentioned
below:
Goals Goal
type
Action plan Reference Estimated
time
Communi
cation
skills
Short
term
goals
Communication skills is one of important skill
for a person as it allow to share view, ideas,
thoughts and other things from one person to
other. This skill not only include written
communication but also oral communication.
To develop communication skills, a person
needs to join communication improvement
course and also needs to practice it daily by
writing on topic of their interest.
Bolger and
Doyon, 2019
3 months
Completio
n of
graduatio
n
Mediu
m term
goals
Completion of graduation is also one of
medium term goal which is important in order
to get various opportunity. Completion of
graduation alone is not important but a person
needs to develop various skills, knowledge
and getting good grades in order to
successfully compete graduation. For this they
needs to focus on their studies and also needs
to complete all assignment and project on
time.
Domanski,
Howaldt and
Kaletka, 2020
2 years
Becoming
a
Long
term
Becoming successful manager is one of long
term goals for a person and for this they needs
Chandroo,
Strnadová and
5 years
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successful
manager
goals to attain their short term goals as it allow them
to complete their graduation and also to
develop required skills. For this, individual
needs to find a job and needs to gain work
experience which allow them to get career
advancement opportunities.
Cumming,
2020
CONCLUSION
From above mentioned project report, it can be concluded that personal development refers to
development of skills and knowledge of a person in life long process. It provide various
opportunity to a person for career development and advancement. Professional develop refers to
process in which a person improve their skills and knowledge through training, education and
certification. There are three types of goals which is divided on basis of time to be taken for
attainment of these goals. These goals includes short, long and medium term goals and
identification of these goals provide clarity to a person. Personal development plan is on of
document which provide direction to a person about which action to be taken for attainment of
goals.
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