Analyzing Self and Others: Skills for Personal and Professional Growth

This report delves into the critical aspects of self-understanding and interpersonal skills, essential for personal and professional development. It examines four core skills: time management, public speaking, resilience, and assertiveness. The report includes detailed pro-formas analyzing the importance of each skill, current competence levels, potential contradictions, and future applications. Time management is highlighted for its ability to reduce stress and increase productivity. Public speaking is discussed for its role in building confidence and influencing others. Resilience is explored as a crucial trait for handling difficult situations, and assertiveness is presented as a healthy communication style. The analysis provides insights into how each skill contributes to overall personality development and career success, emphasizing the need for continuous self-improvement. The report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of self-awareness and interpersonal skills for individuals seeking personal and professional growth.

Understanding Self and
Others

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCE...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Understanding yourself and others is the essential requirement of an individual to develop
their personality. Because without knowing themselves people not able to understand others. For
the successful development in their life individual need to analyse key requirements which is
important important for everyone (Sammut, Daanen and Moghaddam, 2013). People are born
with some traits, so they have to just enhance those traits for the personal development or
growth. It it generally seen that, those people who are very open to all & easily connected with
others have capability or capacity to become effective role model for others. Extrovert type of
people have ability to manage others and become important part of the society. This report
include the various skills which is required for the person to understand other's point of view.
Along with this, action plan identify the strengthen & weakness and analysis this how an
individual can improve these skills for personal development.
MAIN BODY
Personality development is the process where people develop action plan for the
awareness, reflation, values, set proper goals and planning for the development of personality. It
can be in context of education, career, self improvement or for relationship. For the
understanding of true potential individual need to include awareness regarding quality, their
potential or make them capable to stand for others. These skills help the person to achieve high
position in their career and along with this, popularity among the people.
Reflective Personal Development Plan:
What is the core skill to develop?
TIME MANAGEMENT: It is not too difficult to management time in the concepts but in
practical life, it is difficult to implement. Person need to manage time and then perform ask
accounting to given time. Individual need to divide time according to the requirement of time
they wanted to give on particular task. For example: how much time required to perform certain
activities. Firstly individual have to identify their priority in life and then focus on them with
the relevant skills. Some people not able to adapt these skills those are generally face the issues
related to health and they are low productive people (Voyer and Franks, 2014).
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
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It is important for the individual to adapt this skill because it will reduce the anxiety as well as
stress which is common in the people now days. It will occur due to high thinking habit,
overtime of work, personal and professional issues. When each task complete on given time
then it will incense the efficiency as well as effectiveness of work in the workplace and
maintain the healthy environment in the business. I chose time management skills because it
help in my academies to complete my each assignment on time. Along with this, it plays huge
role in my career life where I have to perform my duties in time. It helps me to cope up with
stress by using this skill in my work culture. It will increase productivity and performance
which helps to develop my personality.
Reflect on your current competence regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
As I am very punctual of time and want other too, be on time and complete each assign task
within given time period. I topped in classes during my schooling and collage life and it is
possible because of the time management skills. I completed my every work on time and some
times it completed before the deadlines. It is the inherits train to management time for every
activity or task which I have to done.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above?
Their is no specific contradiction according to my point of view related to my skills but yes, my
friends and peers are agreed that I am very punctual of time and manage my time very
effectively. Because of that, I not stressed out or not getting hyper all the time (Guo and Feng,
2012).
How might this skill help me in the future?
Time management is the important skill which is not help in my school or career life but it helps
in my future too. When I reach on higher position in my career that time it required the most for
the successful career life. I wanted to start my own start-up, so time management is the most
essential skill for the development of my business.
Pro-forma of Public Speaking Skill
What is the core skill?
Public Speaking- It is the process of communication to the people and it is generally done
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with large number of public. It provide benefits to the individual that how to communicate
with large number of people. It will include critical thinking people where verbal or non
verbal communication effectively work. Through this skills, individual can share their
opinion, point of view and discuses various things to influence them. There are also element
available which affect the public or make their communication more effective. Such as body
language, voice modulation, confidence and stage presence. It plays very important role to
encourage or motivate people.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
Public speaking skills is very important for an individual because it increase the confidence
that is required for every stage of life. Such as in school or collage life, in office work and
helps in daily working life. This quality help the individual to share their views with others
and it is helpful for the personal or professional growth. It help the person to connected with
other and it provide positive impact on their life as well as in their career. Personal skills
make them capable to survive and connected with others that is beneficial for them (Sevdalis
and Keller, 2014).
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
I am confidant to be speak in public and influence others through my communication skills.
In my collage time, I was a team leader of my dance team where i have to control 15
members in my team. With the help of my influencing or effective communication people
listen to me and then understand my words. My team mates or friends always said hat, I have
quality to deal with large people that will be considered as public speaker. On the basis of
various incidence I can say that I am very competent in public speaking.
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?
Some times contradiction happen in my team when other members have different point of
view in comparison to my perception. Few members not agree with dance steps and they start
argue on that. But after discussion they all are agreed to do what I said to them and in result
we all team mates done very well. Public speaking is important for a leader to motivate or
influence them through effective communication.
How will this skill help me in the future?
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Above mention skills are required for the development of individual along with this, it helps
in future build effective career. These skills help me personally to develop my personality as
well as improve my career where is helps to provide high growth in their professional life.
With the help of public speaking, I can share my views with full of confidence and resolve the
conflict which occur among the team members. Team members not pointing me regarding my
decision if in case it fail (Burge, 2013).
Pro-forma of Resilience
What is the core skill?
Resilience is the ability to deal with various difficult situations . It will exist where person use
their mental possess and behaviour to promote their personal assets and try ton avoid mental
stress and potential negative thoughts. This skill can be used for the sustainable development
of an individual and it include all the efforts of life that is required to manage without any
one's help. This skill test the patience, level of thinking at the critical situation and calmness
at the time pressure. It is the biggest trait to become successful in their personal or
professional life. Businessman tough the success because of this skill that handle the mental
stress make them capable to take important decision in context of business and achieve their
goals & objectives.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
It is important skill for me beachside I have less patience and it become difficult for me when
I am anger on someone or for something. It hard for me to keep calm, so this skill important
for me to cope of with difficult situation. Meditation and think before doing any action, help
my personality and work. With the help of this, I can control my anger on workplace and it
make my self more concentrative and effectively deal the situation.
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
I do not possess with this skills because, I face some situation where I lost my mental stability
due to conflict in my facility It will affect me badly where m not able to perform well and it
create health issues. In the work environment also, m not fully concentrate and not able to
handle the situation and react very fast on any unfavourable actions sue to lack or resilience.
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
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match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
I don't think so, there is much contradiction even my friends and peers think that I have this
ability to deal with different circumstances because they all known that my situation and how
I was handle this. They suggest me to develop more so in future also, if this kind of situation
develop so I can handle it.
How will this skill help me in the future?
Through the development of this, I can improve my personal as well as professional life
where I can achieve more success or growth in my career. These things only possible when it
I am able to handle stress and overcome the burden. So it is important for me to adopt these
skills in effective way and get success in my career and personal life. Every single experience
of life will taught you something and life adventures & interesting. For the development of
these skills, it required enough time and efforts (Hattie, 2014).
Pro-forma of Assertiveness
What is the core skill?
Assertiveness is the healthy way of communication where it refer to the training regarding
social & communication skills. Assertive people are those who stand for their own rights as
well as for others and sort the problem with full of calmness and positivity.
Why is this core skill important? Why did I select this skill to reflect on?
In the office environment, it is required to deal with politics which happen in the workplace and
it seen where powerful player use their power of authority. People not express themselves and
them face the difficult time. According to me, woman face harassment due to lack of
assertiveness they are not able to share their with others and not stand for themselves.
Reflect on your current competent regarding this skill. How did you assess your
competence?
According to me, I am not possessing this skill, because I am capable to take stand for my self
and even I see something wrong in front of me than I take action on the spot without wasting
time. My peers, family and friends always said that I am very strong and I have capacity to deal
with my own issues (Lee and Ok, 2014).
Can you identify any contradictions from your analysis above? For example, is there a
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match between how you see yourself and how others see you, or not?
No, these skills are on me even my peers also agree on this and I not hesitating to say no when
I am not comfortable with any actions. I will try to improve my actions because there is very
thin line between assertiveness or aggression.
How will this skill help me in the future?
Assertiveness is the the important skills which develop self esteem and make individual capable
to deal with difficult situation. Those people know their own characteristics, personality and
they want from life (Walton, Priest and Paradies, 2013). These are become successful in their
personal and professional life. It will helps in preparing business plans and it help the person to
achieve their objectives & move toward successful career.
Summary and Action Plan:
Analysis: From the above discussion. It has been analysis that these skills are very
important for an individual development or growth. Every skills have their own significance
importance which help the people to enhance their personality that further beneficial for the
future. These are the basis of success but the implication of these fundamentals are more
important. It can be identify by self assessment or development through participating in different
activity.
Action plan: It will help the person to identify the strength or weakness of their plan that
provide the idea regarding it's successfulness of plan or not. It helps the person to identify the
area where they lack and the chances of failure increase. Action plan include the detailed
information regarding every aspect of plan (Walton, Priest and Paradies, 2013).
Strengths: After evaluating my self, I find that my strengths are public speaking and time
management. Even I am capable to deal work pressure and stress in the workplace by use of
above discussed skills (Doherty and Doherty, 2018).
Weakness: Self assessment help my self to identify my weakness that is assertiveness and
resilience. I have to work on that areas to improve myself to achieve success in my future.
Further improvement is going on that helps individual to deal with various situation. I am good
at public speaking but some developing required.
Development Area Assertiveness Resilience Public speaking
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Specific Development is
required because it
help my self to stand
in front of other
regarding my rights. It
will help to develop
self esteem in respect
of my future.
It helps me to deal
with difficult situation
in my personal or
professional life and
make them person
capable to deal with it.
It is important for the
emotional stability.
It is related to the
thoughts which is
shared with audience.
It required strong
personalty which
influence people, body
language and strong
presence.
Measurable Comparison can be
done on the basis of
my behaviour in the
past and future. In
addition, perception of
their peers (Felton and
Jowett, 2015).
It measured on the
basis of, how
individual face the
challenges and react
according to it.
It will be identified
through different
opinion of team
members. Team
members are not able
to understand my point
of view.
Attainable It can be attainable
through
communication and
need to learn and say
'NO'. If you are not
comfortable with work
or situation.
It is realistic and can
be achieve through
meditation and other
activities which help
the person to make
their mind stable
(Hattie, 2014).
Through effective
communication,
disputes and conflicts
can be remove.
Relevant It will help individual
to become powerful
and feel secure in the
working environment.
It will improve the
mental health and
make individual to
become sustainable for
longer period.
It is beneficial for the
leadership in the work
culture where person
have to lead a whole
team.
Timely This skill attain almost
1 year but it can be
differ according to
It will take around 4
months to adopt this
Person can achieve
this skill within 5
months (Komives and
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person. trait (Huang, 2016). Wagner eds., 2016).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it has been concluded that for the personal development and
growth. These competencies are required and make them individual to become capable to
achieve their goals. For this, person need to evaluate themselves through self assessment and
then after this, person need to develop through identify that area which is required improvement.
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