Developing Essential Personal Skills

This report focuses on the importance of key personal skills such as time management, problem-solving, self-motivation, and communication. It delves into challenges faced in developing these skills and offers strategies for improvement within a specific timeframe (6 months). The report aims to enhance understanding of how to effectively apply these skills for personal and professional growth.

UNDRSTANDING
SELF AND OTHERS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1 Reflective Journal on personal skills........................................................................................1
2. Action Plan..............................................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Self analysis is needed for any person for personal development by this an individual can
make their own assessment (Derlaga and Berg, 2013). Each and every person haves some
strengths, weaknesses which creates a huge impact on their personal and professional work.
Honesty is an significant part in self evaluation process by which persons can assess their
original value. This assignment is having a self reflection and it contains four key skills and it's
importance in a personal life. This report is having an action plan by which an individual can
improve their weak points to be more efficient in their personal life.
1 Reflective Journal on personal skills
Reflective journal is a complete set of entries of a particular time period in which a
person can write his self reflection. So here I am writing a self reflection on my core skills which
makes me better to do my work.
Team Work
 Team working is a process which allows to people to work for a share goal by theuir
collaborative work (Baumeister, 2013). It is an essential skill to lead a work which
makes a person better in their professional. It includes seven elements in it which makes
a better team work like; listening, questioning, persuading, respecting, helping, sharing
and participating.
 These elements a better team works to attain big targets in short time. Each and every
sector having a need of team work in student or professional life. Listening makes me
better to observe what the speaker wants to say to me. Questioning helps to me clarify
situations and actual crux of sentence and it increase my participation in class.
Reasons To Posses These Skill
 As I am a student so it is essential for me to be efficient to work in a team because we
have to make a project in a team. It is essential for me to posses these skills in my
behaviours by which I can make an easy communication and questioning with team
mates which can support in projects. Most of the professional projects in companies are
given in team so it is essential to a person how to deal in a team (Landau, Meier and
Keefer, 2010).
 Another thing is that it increase my involvement in class which helped me in to learning
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what my tutor wants to say to whole class. Either to project making it helps me to share
my view in my classmates which helps me to learn a lot about. According to a published
article in Forbes Team work is a key factor behind the success of a business or in life.
Significance Of Skills Evidence And Current Level Of Competence
It has a huge significance in work and studies:
 Team work skills can help to any one to make a better project via increasing their
communication.
 Most of the professional projects are given in to teams so this team work can help to
them to make a better project.
By this they can accomplish their targets in the time and they can achieve goals easily so it is
essential for any one to work in teams to attain their targets by involving others ion their work.
According to Belbin team report, people which have different skills can help to them attain
objectives in time.
Contradictions With Regard To These Skills
 I have enough team work sprite in me which makes me better to perform work in a team
but some time my team mates creates problems in communication which decreases my
communication with them. It means that lack of communication from opposition creates
influence in my work. So some time our projects can not be done in within the given
deadline of tutor so they have give us feedback on this to accomplish all projects in a
given deadline by which we can make a better coordination in each other.
 Lack of communication deceases our values of workings which can decreases our
potentials to attain targets. So coordination is a part in which I have some problems so it
is essential for me to overcome on this.
Relevance With Future Career
 Team work is having a huge significance relating to career so it is essential for me to
learn how to work in team work. According to published journal in Forbes team work is
a challenge for most of the people which are working the corporate sector but those
which are having ability to work in team have a huge chances to get success in their
field. Each and every company recruits an employee in a team so it is essential for me to
learn how to work in a team.
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 Most of the organisation are using those employees which are efficient to work in a
team.
 By this a company can easily attain goals in a particular deadline so I have to over come
on my contradictions on this skill which can help to me to attain goals.
SELF MOTIVATION
 Self motivation is a form in which a person can do things, it an important thing which
makes a person more attentive for their goals (Brechwald and Prinstein, 2011). It pushes
to a person to attain their goals with in their deadline. Some of the major elements are
personal drive, commitment, initiative and optimism by which a person can be self
motivated towards their goals (Brechwald and Prinstein, 2011).
 Each and every person has some factors in their work which motivates them to complete
their work in a particular time period. By this employees and students can achieve their
targets, so these motivation elements helps to a person to be more efficient in their work
which increases their personal interest in their work.
Reasons To Posses These Skill
 It is an essential skills for workers which are working a field area, it helps to keep their
personal interest in their work by which they can attain their targets (Cozolino, 2014). It
is an important skills for students, professional and business people to be determined
towards their goals, a company or business people having a particular target for a year
so it is essential for them to be focused in their work.
 It is essential for the persons which are working in worst working conditions to be self
motivated in a their work. Self motivated employees are more effective to attain their
targets from top those which are having a need of motivation.
Significance Of Skills Evidence And Current Level Of Competence
 Self motivation is an essential element for me because I have several work in a day so I
have to be focus on a particular work in a time. As I want to be best in my class so it
works as a self motivational element for me and it increases my involvement in class
and extra activities.
 In my studies, project making and extra activities self mot6ivation helps a lot to be
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involved in these activities. Tutor gives us feedbacks which makes a clear vision of our
workings and it gives us our loopholes in this skill. So I have to work against tutor's
feedbacks which can me to make a better work. Self assessment is a best tool kit which
can help to me to analyse and evaluate my self motivation. I am enough to deal things in
any situation which shows that I am enough motivated towards my objectives.
Contradictions With Regard To These Skills
 Self motivation is a skill which is highly related to self inspiration and determination
towards to goals and work. Determination is a point on which I have to work,
determination and patience are two basic elements which helps to a person to be self
motivated. These two elements are my main weakness in this point so it is essential for
to overcome on this. De motivational elements can lead on me when I get failure in my
work, this time I feel so much de motivation feeling.
 These contradictory elements are making an effect on my current workings and it
decreases my hope of success in projects so it is essential for me to overcome on these.
Relevance With Future Career
 Self motivation is having a huge relevance with my professional life so it is essential for
me to overcome on these. In my future I have to be motivated my work to attain my
goals because my future growth is based on this. Promotions are based on achievements
and self motivational factors impacts a lot on these achievements. Future studies takes a
lot time and I have to be patient in this time to learn new things so I have to be self
motivated in that time to learn new things and make my future bright.
 So it is essential for me to use self motivational factors in my future work. Most of the
employees of a company is having incentives as a self motivation elements which can
help to me to make a betterment in future growth.
TIME MANAGEMENT
 It is a procedure to manage time to accomplish all work in a particular time period
which is stated as a time management (Kohut, 2013). It is an essential element for a
person which want to be success in his work so they have to make a proper time
management.
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 Many strategies are available for managing a time in an appropriate way so it is essential
for any user of this to use an effective strategy to manage their time. Different strategies
like; diary management, setting priorities and dividing time in a particular list of work
are some of the major strategies which are involved in this.
Reasons To Posses These Skill
 It is essential for any person which is working a corporate sector so it is essential for the
persons which are working in this sector to manage their time according to deadline.
Most of the companies are setting targets which is essential for the employees to attain
their targets so by using this time management strategies they can accomplish their
targets (Kohut, 2013).
 Another thing is that employees can increase their own performance in their company
which can help in to the betterment of their position in organisation. Most of the
organisation is adopting a suitable time management strategy and they are giving proper
training to them how to use this strategies in practically (Foucault, 2010).
Significance Of Skills Evidence And Current Level Of Competence
 In my student life I have to be more efficient towards to my work so it is essential for
me to use a proper and appropriate time management strategies. As in the above part I
have mentioned many strategies from which I have to adopt a suitable strategy by which
I can attain my target in more fluent way. I am using this time management by setting
priorities in my work which helps me to work in better arranged manner.
 I have a problem in choosing a best strategy for me by which I can accomplish my
targets. I have many feedbacks from my tutors regarding to accomplish my projects in
the deadline by which I can submit my projects in that given deadline.
 I have a main problem in this sector which is selection of appropriate time management
strategies, this creates a huge impact on my work so it is essential for me to resolve this
issue so I have to make a better adoption of strategy according to work.
 I have to set my priorities in my work by which I can accomplish those work which is
necessary for me to complete as soon as possible. Tutors feedback remind that I have a
loophole in the section of time management strategy, they have informed me how to
work better in a my projects an studies and how can manage several work in a while.
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Contradictions With Regard To These Skills
 Some time when I am using using my time management skills I get confuse to select
which work is most prior to attempt by me in the first so decrease my effectiveness to
use time management skills.
 Confusion has occur because I was not understand that which work was more prior to
me to do in the first.
Relevance With Future Career
 Time management is having a huge need in the corporate culture because each and
every company wants that all of their work has to be done in a particular time period by
which they can attain their targets easily. Time management can help to me via
attempting all work at right time which provide me enough time to give for each subject.
 So I have to learn the use of time management strategies in practically by which I can
manage work in my future.
PROBLEM SOLVING
 Resolving a problem by using a specific process can be stated a problem solving
(Baumeister, 2010). Many problems faced by a person in his life so it is essential for a
person to how to resolve problems in an appropriate ways. It is essential for any
individuals to have problem solving skills by which he can resolve their issues in a
better way and he can get a solution for his problem.
 It is essential for individual to make a proper evaluation of problems and make a proper
solution on it which can help to them to resolve basic cause of issue.
Reasons To Posses These Skill
 It is essential for any person in their personal life because many types of problematic
issues can be faced by them any time.
 Employee class of people are having many issue which can make an impact on their
work so they can resolve their issue by analysing the basic reason behind a problem
which can help to overcome on these problems (Gonzales and Hancock, 2011).
Significance of Skills Evidence And Current Level Of Competence
 It has a huge significance in personal life because I have a lot of work to do at a time. I
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am using this to investigate what is the basic cause and what is a possible solution for
this.
 Some of work not accomplish according to requirements so it is essential for me to go in
the route of cause by which I can make a better solution.
Contradictions With Regard To These Skills
 At this time I am using problem solving skills to make a better solutions.
 It is essential for me to make my focus on analysing the problem and issue in a better
manner because I have a huge contradictory in this section.
Relevance With Future Career
 It has a huge relevance with my future studies and it creates a huge pressure on me.
 So it is essential for me to take a better decision on problems by which I can be more
efficient in finding a better solutions on the basis of problem.
2. Action Plan
On the basis of given reflection it is essential for me to over come on those skills which
are having a huge significance for me and which are having a huge need to improvement. I am
good in self motivation and problem solving but I need an improvement in the time management
and team work so I have to use a proper action plan which is given under here;
Strength
 Self motivation
 Problem solving
Weakness
 Time management
 Team work
Three areas of development are for development are:
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 Identification of suitable time management strategies according to needs of work: It
is essential for me to use an appropriate strategy to accomplish my targets in pre decided
time line.
 Coordination in between team mates: in the section of team working it is essential for
me to over come on this to be more efficient in team working.
 Communication with others: I have a problem that some of the time my communication
goes down with my team mates so it is essential for to over come on this as soon as
possible.
Areas for
development
Why it is
necessary for me
Supportive
material
Time Scale Success Criteria
Identification of
time
management
strategies
To use a suitable
method to
accomplish my
work in my future
via using an
appropriate
strategy.
Books and blogs
to increase my
knowledge on the
use of time
management
strategies.
3-4 months When I will use
appropriate
strategies to
accomplish my
work.
Co-ordination It is essential for
me to make a
proper co
ordination in team
work.
Books and
practical
application of
learning outcome
from books in my
life.
3 months When I will
accomplish my
targets in a better
way by making
proper co
ordination of
team members.
Communication Team work will
get more efficient
by increasing my
communication
level with team
Books and
involvement in
class or project
group.
5 – 6 months When I willl be
more
communicative
top discuss my
problems with
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members. tutors and team
mates.
CONCLUSION
Above presented report has been concluded about problems in skills time management,
problem solving, self motivation and time management are four key skills of a person on which
this report has been discussed. It is essential for a person to be more efficient in all of these skills
by which an individual can attain their targets in time and better way.
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