Understanding Self and Others

Understanding Self
and Others

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL ENTRY PRO-FORMA....................................................................................4
What is the core skill to develop?............................................................................................................4
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on? (use relevant theories and
concepts to support your answer)............................................................................................................4
Reflect on your current competence 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).....................................................................6
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a match between
how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?............................................................................8
How might this skill help me in the future? (use references to support your argument)..........................8
Summary.................................................................................................................................................9
Personal development..............................................................................................................................9
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..........................................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Understanding self and others can be defined as ways in which individual can judge
oneself and others on basis of certain points like attitude, knowledge, skills and many others
(Tennant, 2012). This will help individual to know more about themselves, by which they can
acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses. This assignment is based on different skills which
should be possessed by individual, why they are required, assessment from others and
contradiction with what other thinks about individual and what individual thinks about
themselves. Furthermore, summary is presented which describes strengths and weaknesses of
skills and what all skills are must to be developed.
REFLECTIVE JOURNAL ENTRY PRO-FORMA

What is the core skill to develop?
There are different skills which must be developed before entering into a professional world
so that individual can have competitive edge. As per me I would like to develop following
skills:
 Focus and attention: This is important skill as without focus nothing can be attained
in life and for this it is mandatory to have some goal towards which I can work with
all my efforts. When goal is clear then it becomes easy to focus and all my attention
will be on its achievement.
 Time management: Nothing can be attained if time is not managed properly suppose
after completing my education I want to give entrance exam to enter into Google, but
if I am not prepared within certain time limit then I won’t be able to get into that
position and after some time I may not be eligible for same profile. I have to learn
time management skill so that I can attain my goal. This also indicates that I lack focus
and attention (Baron-Cohen, Tager-Flusberg and Lombardo, 2013).
 Giving and receiving feedback: I hardly give feedback as I don’ want offend anyone
as I know that people do not like when anyone interrupts them or tell them about their
weaknesses. I am not open to feedback I don’t like when someone points out at me but
sometimes it seems that if I will listen what other says about me then it will help me to
grow in a better.
 Team working: Sometimes it feels like it is better to work alone as I can work on my
own terms and conditions and with my own ideas. But sometimes it becomes difficult
as no one can find flaws in their work and it becomes difficult to identify whether it is
feasible to attain definite goal by certain method or not. For this I need to develop this
skill by which I will gain knowledge in other perspectives also (Baumeister, 2013).
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on? (use relevant
theories and concepts to support your answer)
There is a reason behind each skill I have chosen to develop. I know my flaws and know what
I have to develop by which I will be able to attain my goals after my studies. These skills are