Academic Skills: Report on Personal Development and Planning

This report delves into the multifaceted realm of personal and professional development, examining its significance in shaping an individual's career trajectory, particularly within the context of a university setting. The report commences by defining the core concepts of personal and professional development, highlighting their symbiotic relationship and the pivotal role they play in fostering holistic growth. The main body of the report explores the value of goal setting across different time horizons. It meticulously analyzes the importance of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing concrete examples for each category. The report underscores how these goals contribute to building confidence, enhancing skills, and charting a clear path towards career aspirations. Furthermore, the report underscores the significance of a Personal Development Plan (PDP) as a crucial tool for self-assessment, goal identification, and progress tracking. An illustrative example of a PDP is included in the appendix, demonstrating how to effectively align personal objectives with professional aspirations. The report concludes by summarizing the key insights and reinforcing the importance of continuous self-reflection and proactive planning in achieving sustained personal and professional growth.

Report on personal
development

Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development....................................................................3
2. Discussing the value of short-term goals and identifying three personal example.................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Personal development is lifelong process that helps in achieving the goals and objectives
of an individual and to realise the maximise the potential and needs to take effective decision to
take steps (Bachik and Kitzman, 2020). In this it has been discuss the role and objectives of
personal development and professional development in the relation to university career. In this it
has been discussing the short-term goals, long term goals and medium-term goals that need to be
achieved to fulfil the need and requirements of the an individual in its university career. Apart
from that it is being discussed the personal development plan that helps in identification of goals
that require to be achieved and how much time it will take to accomplished those objectives and
goals.
MAIN BODY
Concept of personal and professional development
Personal development refers to the activities that will help inn developing the
capabilities, potential and human capital in order to enhance the quality of life and to realize the
dreams and aspiration. It needs to take the proper to take the entire lifespan. This basically
includes the three aspects of an individual to achieve the personal development such as-
 Improving the self awareness- This refers to the improvement within and knowing the
strength and weaknesses of an individual and will help in improving the competence and
ability.
 Knowing and building own identity- This refers to the increasing the image and quality
will help in developing overall aspect and quality of an individual. This become easier to
achieve the goals and objectives of the career.
 Discovering the talents- This concern with the improving the effectiveness of the
company and will help increases the chances to achieve the personal goals and will help
in improve the competence (Carbonie, Guo and Cahalane, 2018).
Professional development refers to the training, certification and education that will help in
succeed in the career. This make the workers more efficient in order to perform well in the
organisation and will help in finding the more opportunities to succeed in future period of time.
This will useful in achieving the following areas such as time management, cooperation,
Listening skills and will lead to certain benefits to the individual to make the career more

successfully. This gives become nowadays to be independent and to effectively compete the
competitive world to achieve the goals and objectives of an individual.
2. Discussing the value of short-term goals and identifying three personal example
Short terms goals are important goals that used to achieve for short period of time for
around 12 months or less and its is useful in terms of focusing the immediate future goals. After
accomplishment of these goals helps to achieve the medium-term and long terms-goals as this
raises the confidence among an individual to achieve further goals and objectives. This is easy to
achieve in context of other goals. Some of the short-term goals are as follows-
 Communication skills- This skills is important in terms of achieving the main goals and
objective that will help in maintaining the efficiency. I was focusing on building and
improve my communication skills so that I can enhance my personality that will be useful
in future growth. In order to perform well in the interview and other programmes in the
university this skills will help me to take the participate and to win the competition. It
become important to learn the effective communication skills to enhance the personality
and will make the path clear for career. This skill will assist me to stand out from the
crowd and will going to help to achieve my goals and objective very easily as this
enhance the overall personality of an individual (Chen and Huang, 2017).
 Listening skills- This skill is also play important role in today’s scenario to have the
effective listening skills. I have short-term goal to improve my listening skills in my
personal and professional growth as this become necessary to stay good listener in our
career. Then, only we able to perform our task effectively and could accomplish our goals
in much better way. In the university career I have learned the importance of listening
skills and most of corporate also start considering this skills as important ability in the
employees. This goal will improve my effectiveness and efficiency in both personal and
professional aspect in order to achieve the goals.
 Achieve good grades- This is my short term goal is to get the good grades and result in
my academics as this will help me to prepare for my future goals and objectives. This
will help in creating the best choice in my career and will be easy to direct my mind to
concentrate on my mission. This will facilitate in enhance my result and also boost my
confidence to perform well in my future exams. This is useful in getting colleges to get
the admission for further studies and also to get selected in good company for better

future. This is my first short term goal to be fulfil as this give the motivation to study
harder and will improve my mind set that what to achieve and how.
Medium term goals- This goal lies between the short term goals and long term goals and
it easy to attain the goals and objectives in order to fulfil the desire. These goals are
designed to take several months up to the five years to reach fulfilment. These were
achieve to make the accomplish the long term goals. Through, it become easier to plan
these goals to proper decision for future (Debognies and et.al., 2019). Some are the
medium-term goals are as follows-
 Grow professional network- As, growing older the need to develop the
effective network will help in achieving my goals and will allow me to explore
more opportunities. This gives me chance to enhance my personality as student in
the corporate world. This gives me immense knowledge and experience and that I
can use in my further growth. This increase my business circle and will get new
opportunity where I can showcase my competence in the company.
 Saving money- This become nowadays to understand the importance of savings
in real life and will help me to survive my rest of my life. I have this medium
goal to start the saving and will continue for longer time period as this facilitates
me to maintain my old age life in much better manner. This will help me in my
tough time that might come in future and will help me to live my life fullest.
Through this I am able to invest in profitable sources that gives me better result
and this is right time to do so.
 Beginning new career- My medium term goal is to start my new line in career to
achieve my long term goals as this will help me in fulfilling my goals. This will
improve my career growth and will lead to achieve the goals which will be used
in accomplishing long term goals. This goal will help in developing my
personality growth and will be useful in achieving the personal and professional
achievement to make the career achievement. This become important to start new
career in the competitive world to get the higher grades (Frunză, 2017).
Long term goals- This goal is made to achieve the mission of an individual to
get the better lifestyle and to fulfil all dreams and goals that has been planned for

future. This has been crafted after achieving the short term and medium goals and
this gives the better form to direct our life into right path.
 Starting new business- This is my long term personal goal to build new business
and this goal could be achieve after accomplishment of medium goals. Starting
new business into my dream field and to fulfil all my desire to achieve my
objectives in better form. To start this, I has to start my savings and to make it
successful in bigger level. To attain this goal I need to start new career path into
my dream business. This business will require lots of efforts to achieve the goals
and to make this successful will help me to take further steps (Howard, 2019).
 Travelling- My long term goal is to travel around the world after fulfil my all
short term and medium term goals. To achieve my goals will help me to make
my all dreams come true to visit the around the world and this gives me achieve
my goals of personal level. This become important to make effective decision
regarding the fulfilling my long term goal and this goal will help in accomplish
my goals that were dreamt to be fulfil. This long term goal could be attain only
after my successful short and medium goals.
 Build effective relationship- To survive in future happily in future the need to
achieve the better relationship with the friends and colleagues. This could be
achieve through good behaviour and helping others and that result in achieve this
long term goals. This is ultimate goal for personal level to live the life fullest and
will going to help in personal and professional level. This become important after
certain point of time in life where relationship and friendship become essential
part of life. This is last long term goal for an individual to be achieve as this help
in fulfilling the life goals (Kharadze and Gulua, 2018) .
Personal development plan- This focuses on an individual context where it
helps in achieving the qualities that holds within and makes the dream and
aspiration turns into reality. As, potential is limitless and through investing in
personal development it will harness many talents and helps in identify the goals
and objectives.
Goals to be
achieved
Action Resources Target date

Communication
skills
I will take the
online classes for
the improvement
of communication
skills.
I will take actively
participate in my
college
programmes and
other activities to
improve my
confidence
(Tattum and
Tattum, 2017).
I will do regular
practice to build by
confidence.
I will take advice
from my mentor
and teachers to
help me out in
my classes.
I will use online
website to take
additional
support.
October 2021
Achieve goods
marks
I will do the
practice daily of
my assignment and
make proper notes.
I will make to-do
list to achive my
goal.
I will do regular
study and
consistently doing
the efforts.
To take proper
classes and take
notes from
teacher.
Consult with the
mentor and ask
doubts when
needed.
December 2021
Grow professional
network
To achieve this
building the good
image and friends
I will take the
online assistance
to know about the
November 2021

in the college.
To attend seminar
and other platform
where I can build
my professional
growth.
Meeting new
highly skilled
professional in
corporate world
(Shmeleva and
et.al., 2017).
professional
network.
Take actively
part in many
activities and
function that
were organise by
college to build
the network.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it is concluded that personal development is become important to
make the effective way to enhance the skills and personality to achieve the goals and objectives
in the life. In this report it is been discussed about the long term goals, medium term goals and
long term goals to achieve the personal goals of an individual. These were essential to fulfil the
desire and will help in believing that this will enhance the personality and overall effectiveness
of an individual. Apart from that personal development plan has also been identify to achieve the
goals and objectives.

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