Reflective Essay: Personal and Professional Development in Business

This reflective essay explores the student's journey in business administration, focusing on the development of personal and professional skills. The essay highlights the importance of positive thinking and motivational qualities in achieving career goals. The student discusses their experiences in a Business Administration Diploma program, emphasizing their commitment to academic excellence and the application of learned skills in practical settings, including their family business. The essay also reflects on the student's efforts to improve their skills, including seeking feedback and engaging in peer tutoring. References to relevant literature are included, providing a comprehensive understanding of the concepts discussed. The essay showcases the student's ambition to become a Certified Professional Accountant and their dedication to continuous self-improvement.

Running head: REFLECTIVE ESSAY
Motivational and Personal Qualities
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author Note:

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Personal Reflection
Maintaining the positive attribute helps each one of us to develop our personal and
professional efficiency. I personally believe that in order to develop my professional skills in the
field of account management, I need to be cautious about the positive behavior towards my
responsibilities. I am pursuing my career as a Business Administration Diploma student in Chiu
School of Business. The interest towards the financial matter has been driving me towards
acquiring more motivational traits to perform my responsibilities in this field. I am much focused
towards the maintenance of the professionalism inside and outside of the classroom. While
performing my responsibilities inside the classroom, I stay responsive during my communication
with the lecturer. I try to keep my concentration on the positive implication regarding the
lectures. On the other hand, I maintain the appreciable professionalism outside the classroom by
helping my family in the business. I try to implement my educational skill in managing the
business functionalities. Moreover, I am quite responsible towards implementing my managerial
skills for undertaking any strategic decisions at my workplace. I am even willing to share my
educational knowledge at the tutorial session to develop the clear understanding of my student.
Reflecting the positive nature creates the motivational scenario around me that is quite
impactful for developing the personal skills. I offer my helps to my friends as per my capabilities
and in time of need. It is quite observable that positive thinking influences the people to gain
proper motivation that eventually leads towards success (Csikszentmihalyi & Wong, 2014). I am
quite an ambitious person who is much focused about certain goals. I am quite aware that I need
to be much motivated and positive to take the step ahead towards my destination. I aspire to
become a Certified Professional Accountant for involving myself into the family business and
achieve success. I am working hard and keeping myself more focused towards my study to

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improve my professional attribute. I believe this determination would help me in improving my
family business.
In order to ensure growth towards my goals, it is essential for me to concentrate on the
self-improvement purpose. I take the suggestions and feedback from others to identify the flaws
within me and accordingly try to improve self-consciousness to become more competent. This
peer tutoring program is quite helpful for me to keep track of my learning progress report.
Measuring and monitoring the report helps me identifying the areas of improvement. I try to
keep the positive focus to win over the obstacles that I may face during my journey. Keeping the
mental stableness is essential in time of situational obligations. Hence, I prefer to select the
positive way of driving myself towards acquiring the determined goals. Even I suggest others to
remain positive if we really need to achieve something fruitful in life. I believe this positive and
motivational characteristic would help me in developing the successful future ahead.

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References and Bibliography
Cottrell, S. (2015). Skills for success: Personal development and employability. Palgrave
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Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Wong, M. M. H. (2014). Motivation and academic achievement: The
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human development and education (pp. 437-465). Springer Netherlands.
Seligman, M. E., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2014). Positive psychology: An introduction. In Flow
and the foundations of positive psychology (pp. 279-298). Springer Netherlands.
Staub, E. (2013). Positive social behavior and morality: Social and personal influences.
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