Understanding Self and Others: Developing Key Skills for Personal Growth

Understanding self and
others

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Reflective personal development plan journal ................................................................................1
Summary and action plan.................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Understanding self and others is an important aspect of developing personality, In order
to become successful the key requirement is to know yourself first and then someone else. Every
individual is born with some amount of competencies which one needs to realise and enhance
those traits for the personal growth. It is often seen that people who are able to connect with
others and understand their aspirations, needs are considered as role model in the society.
Therefore personal development needs self awareness and incorporating appropriate skills to
motivate others. In the report four skills have been discussed are public speaking, time
management, Resilience and assertiveness. These skills will be explored and what are their
importance in relation to personality development and future career. In report contradiction with
respect to the skill will help in understanding other point of view (Angus, 2012). Afterwards an
action plan is created that explained the strengths and weakness where an analysis is made that
about what can be done to improve those areas for self growth.
MAIN BODY
Personal developing plan is a procedure of effectively identifying the strengths and
weaknesses. Understanding the true potential is significant for obtaining great personality, this
process includes making people aware of the qualities which makes them stand out from others.
Enhancing these skills can provides benefits like achieving high position along with popularity
among people.
Reflective personal development plan journal
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Pro-forma of time management
What is the core skill?
TIME MANAGEMENT- It refers to the process of making plans on how to manage time.
This skill is associated with dividing the tasks, deciding how much time does performing
certain activity requires and then spending hours accordingly in completing them. Setting
priorities in life and giving them due focus is part of this skill. People who are not able to
do that face health issues and lower productivity.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
It important to possess this skill as it helps in reducing stress and anxiety that happens due
to overload of work. When each task is done as per the fixed time, it will lead to increased
efficiency as the work is done in an orderly manner (Chesser‐Smyth and Long, 2013). I
have selected this skill because according to me this skill plays huge role in building one's
career. It has helped me throughout my academic as well as working years with the time
management due focus on specific activity increased my productivity and coping up with
the stress.
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence? (use your self-assessment findings, feedback from peers and your tutor,
plus your own reflections on your thoughts, feelings and behaviours to answer this
question)
As far as I know I am very competent in managing time, this can be seen from the fact that
I topped consistently during my school and college year. Even while working my peers
often asked me how do I able complete my task in short period of time. This has become
possible due to my time management trait. I do not face issues like stress and anxiousness.
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