Higher Education: Personal Development Plan and Cultural Insights

This assignment presents a comprehensive personal development plan, outlining the student's career aspirations over 1, 5, and 10-year periods. It details learning needs and goals, focusing on communication, leadership, and corporate strategies. The plan addresses working with differing personalities, emphasizing teamwork and professionalism. Time management strategies for goal achievement are discussed, including SMART goals and prioritization. Methods for measuring progress are outlined, such as the Seinfeld approach and weekly reviews. The assignment also explores Irish culture, referencing St. Patrick's Day celebrations. Finally, it concludes with the student's personal vision and mission statement, aiming to promote themselves to future employers and achieve their personal goals, including roles in top Fortune 500 companies or starting their own business. This assignment provides a detailed plan for personal and professional growth.

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HIGHER EDUCATION 1
Personal development plan
I believe that in one year I would like to enroll in the apprenticeship program in order to acquire
all the important skills which are essential for my personal as well as professional growth. In this
one-year apprenticeship program, I would like to focus on those skills which will help me in
entering the corporate world. Both these skills are very essential in order to survive in this
competitive world and this will act as a base for my future five-year program.
My next five-year plan is that I would like to enter into the real corporate world which will help
me to understand the possible challenges while implementing theories and method which I have
studied in my education into reality. In addition to this, I would like to learn all the tactics, skills
and strategies which are vital for my future career.
After having good amount of experience in the corporate world, in the upcoming ten years, I
would like to acquire place of the top executive in the fortune 500 company. In addition to this if
it would not be possible I have a second option of starting my own company which will be based
on my corporate experience.
Learning need and goals
I believe that in first year, I would like to focus on my communication and leadership skills
because these are the skills which play a very important role in the corporate world. In addition
to this, I would like to earn the outstanding performer certificate from the company I which I
have enrolled for the apprenticeship program.
In the next five years, I would like to focus on learning corporate tactics, understand the trend of
technology and people management. In addition to this, I would like to learn new corporate
strategies which help the corporate to maintain their key position in this dynamic business world.
In addition to this, I would like to get promoted as a manager in my company based on my skills
and would like to see the outcome of my implemented knowledge on the real floor.
In the next ten years, I would like to enhance my leadership quality and skills along with people
management skills. Both these skills will help me in acquiring my dream goal of becoming top
executive position like CEO in the 500 fortune company. In addition to this, I would like to
enhance my financial skills and resource management skill which will help me in fulfilling my
second dream goal of starting my own business.
Differing personalities
Here, I would like to learn how to work in a team even if I am good at working alone because at
present working in corporate has completely shifted from sole to teamwork. In addition to this, I
would like to learn how to become more professional by not taking everything personally. In
addition to this, I would like to learn how to handle personal egos in order to maintain a positive

HIGHER EDUCATION 2
working culture. Also, I would like to learn how to communicate only positive vibes in order to
keep peers happy while working with me.
These learning will help me in developing a unique personality by which I will able to change
my personality according to the present situation. It can be said that I will be able to switch off
and switch on my different personality while working alone and while working in the group or
team. This will also help me in maintaining my dignity and honor while working with my peers,
employees and other management executives in the workplace. In addition to this, these learning
will help me in better understand the people who are working around me so that I will be able to
understand which person is better for a particular task.
Time management on goal achievement
First, I would like to explore what are my exact goals and after setting my goals I would like to
explore the right way to achieve my goal. In this situation, I will make use of SMART goal
approach which will help me in categories my goals into more specific, measurable, realistic,
achievable and time-bound pattern. After framing I will note down my goals and then I would
like to understand the time frame of work related to my personality. Then I would like to start
prioritizing my goals according to their importance. I would like to focus on short term goal in
order to achieve long term goal so that possible errors can be avoided in this journey. Then I will
go for planning activities as per setup prioritizing goals. This will help in clearing all the possible
doubts which can arise in this journey. No doubt it will take time but will be very effective for
my personal development in order to achieve my goals. Then, will go for preparing a schedule
for my activities and try to make it as a regular habit in order to introduce these activities in my
daily life routine.
Developing methods for measuring Goals
After exploring my goals and related activities, I would like to track down my activities related
to my goal in the form of I have done it on a regular base. A schedule will be made in which one
symbol in the form of tick will be placed in front of completed activity. This will help me in
understanding my personality on the daily base along with my productivity. For this, I will take
help of Seinfeld approach which suggests making use of the calendar and noting down daily
activities and soon it will take place of habit on the regular base which ensure the consistency of
this approach. Then I will take help of weekly dinner approach in order to track my progress on
the weekly base. In this, I would like to involve my family members and friend and will share the
things which I have achieved in the particular week. This will help me in boosting my
confidence and will motivate me for my next activities. Then I will like to introduce a personal
review at the end of the month in order to understand what I have achieved and what is yet to be
achieved. This will help me in providing a clear direction towards the completion of my goals.

HIGHER EDUCATION 3
Ireland and Irish Culture
Ireland culture consists of various customs and traditions. It is basically the finest combination of
art, sports, music, and language which is interlinked with Ireland and people living in this part of
the world. It has been seen that Ireland is actually the part of Gaelic culture which is being
influenced by Anglo-Norman, British culture as well as Scottish culture. Ireland in 12th century
was a part of British and Scottish colonization. Still, the feel of Catholic and Protestant can be
often seen in the environment of Ireland. Saint Patrick's day is considered as one of the most
famous festivals which is celebrated in the form of religious and culture celebration. This festival
is based on the date of the traditional death of Saint Patrick. This day is truly celebrated by both
the communities of Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church, and Catholic Church. This
festival is mainly connected with the born of Christianity in Ireland. This festival displays the
heritage and culture of Irish people. This festival includes activities like public parades in which
people wear green attire or shamrocks and many people who are influenced with belief of
Christianity visit Church service. All the restriction which are linked with eating and Alcohol are
lifted for that day.
Personal Vision and Mission Statement
My person visions will be to work on those things in present which will help me in achieving my
future personal goal. In this, I would like to explore myself in order to understand my strength
and weakness. This will help me in understand the areas which are in immediate need of
improvement in order to have a better future in corporate life. In addition to this, it will help me
in planning my connecting activities in an effective and efficient way. It will also help me in
maintaining the consistency of my action activities by setting a goal in the form of short term
goals. My mission statement will be exploring the ways to transform these actions in reality in
order to achieve my short term as well as long term goal. In this, I would like to combine my
personal vision in my mission statement in order to provide a clear direction to my dream goals.
It will also involve the performance measure indicator in order to understand the flow of
progress or improvement made on daily base in order to understand the area on which I have to
put my extra effort so that time and resource can be effectively utilized.