Vision Board Assignment: Personal and Professional Development

This assignment presents a student's vision board, a visual representation of their goals and aspirations. The student reflects on the process of creating the vision board, highlighting key realizations about their values, relationships, and personal growth. The discussion emphasizes the importance of balancing work and personal life, maintaining empathy, and adopting a rational approach to goals. The student identifies the need to develop critical thinking, expand knowledge through reading, and maintain mental health through practices like meditation. They also express a desire to cultivate a positive attitude and influence others by setting a good example. The vision board activity helped clarify goals, identify existing strengths, and plan future actions. References to academic sources support the student's reflections on various aspects of personal and professional development, including critical thinking skills, work-life balance, and mental well-being.

Running head: VISION BOARD
Vision board
Name of the student:
Name of the University:
Author note:

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Section 1: Vision Board
Section 2: Discussion of the vision board
The progress I made while completing my vision board made me realise the
significant possessions in my life along with various other aspects which I want to achieve or
make it better. The greatest realisation that I came face to face with was the affection and
support I have from my family. Therefore, it is important for me that I maintain a steady
balance between my work and my personal life, as I do not want my career to come in way of
personal life (Singh, 2013). It is my responsibility to take care of them as they do the same
for me. In addition to this, it is essential for my moral satisfaction that I remain empathetic to
others as it is the only way to gain respect from others and aside this, it is extremely
important to understand others views and problems. This attribute would help anyone in his

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or her career or in personal life to gain support and respect (Delgado, Wing & Stefancic,
2015). The composition of vision board also made me realise that how the features of a
natural phenomenon such as a river rightly describes me. One of the key identity of a river is
that it never ceases to move forward no matter what obstacles lies in its way until it reaches
its destination. Similarly, I never halt my efforts to reach my goals no matter how huge of a
problem comes in my way. Furthermore, I have a belief that it is extremely essential that I
remain rational with my thoughts and goals. The quote mentioned in my vision board that
“what is rational is real and what is real is rational”, is from a German philosopher named
Georg Hegel (Hegel, 2015). I abide by this quote, as I believe that rationality and realism are
related. Henceforth setting realistic or rational goals in life is extremely significant to achieve
success. In addition to this being rational in tough circumstances always offers a solution,
which is best, suited for it. Therefore, I always try to keep a rational approach to situations, as
it would help me in my decision-making procedure.
However, I have certain goals in my life that according to me is important for my
growth in personal and professional life. In contemporary times, it has become extremely
important for organisations to select candidates who have excellent analytical skills
(Carnevale & Smith, 2013). Hence, it is important for me to develop my critical thinking in
order to enhance my analytical skills. There are following steps that need to be followed
before developing my critical thinking. The steps include asking the most basic questions
regarding the circumstance, making basic assumptions for the question, self-aware of one’s
mental process and finally evaluating the existing evidences attached with the circumstance
(Luke, 2018). These steps would help me to improve my critical thinking. It is also
significant that in order to improve in any field of profession one must always upgrade his or
her knowledge with the amendments made in that field. Therefore, in order to upgrade to the
changing situations one must acquire knowledge as much as he or she can. This makes me

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believe that expanding knowledge is immensely important in any field, criteria or aspect of
professional and personal life. Hence, I strive to read more as this would extensively help me
gain knowledge. Reading would additionally enhance my communication skills (Uccelli et
al., 2015). Henceforth, I would be able to communicate more efficiently at my workplace.
Another, goal that I wish to achieve is to maintain a sound mental health. The pressure at
work sometimes may be overwhelming and thus, could hamper my efficiency to handle work
(Silla & Gamero, 2014). Meditation could help me in achieving a peaceful state of mind
(Lomas, Ridge, Cartwright & Edginton, 2014). Therefore, I try to engage myself into a
meditation session regularly for a few minutes. This action has helped me progressively in
achieving my goal. In addition to this, it is essential to keep a positive attitude as it could
bring in positive opportunities. Maintaining a positive attitude in any situation could
essentially help in overcoming that situation easily. Therefore, I try to achieve a positive
attitude in every aspect of my life, be it in professional or in relationships. Lastly, I aspire to
influence others by setting a positive example for them. Influencing others is not an easy task.
In order to influence others an individual requires achieving certain positive milestones in his
or her life. Therefore, I have a long way to go in order to achieve these, the goals and
ambitions that I aspire to reach will help me attain those milestones. The procedure of
influencing others additionally requires a positive image in society. It is then, when I can
influence others.
The preparation of vision board was an enthusiastic activity for me as I realised some
goals that were not even identified before landed on my vision board as I gave a thorough
thought while compiling pictures. The key inclusion in my vision board was to set a goal in
developing my critical thinking. This inclusion was astonishing for me as I realised how
much I lacked in this particular aspect. The importance of critical thinking is increasing day
by day in workplace and organisations look for employees who have excellent analytical

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skills. Hence, while compiling my vision board I gave extensive thought to it. Additionally, I
would strive to achieve this goal as soon as possible. While I contributed my time in creating
vision board, I gave a lot of thought about my future as well as my past. The vision board
made my goals clearer. It also helped me realise the significant possessions that already exists
in my life. The assignment made my action plans to achieve goals easier to detect. The vision
board has some noteworthy inclusions as well which I never gave thought about. Henceforth,
the activity was extremely interesting and significant for my plans.

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References
Carnevale, A. P., & Smith, N. (2013). Workplace basics: The skills employees need and
employers want.
Delgado, R., Wing, A. K., & Stefancic, J. (2015). Rodrigo’s eleventh chronicle: Empathy and
false empathy. In Law Unbound! (pp. 81-102). Routledge.
Hegel, W. F. (2015). Faith and the Absolute: Georg. Illuminating Faith: An Invitation to
Theology, 79.
Lomas, T., Ridge, D., Cartwright, T., & Edginton, T. (2014). Engagement with meditation as
a positive health trajectory: Divergent narratives of progress in male meditators.
Psychology & health, 29(2), 218-236.
Luke, A. (2018). Critical literacy in Australia: A matter of context and standpoint. In Critical
Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice (pp. 168-188). Routledge.
Silla, I., & Gamero, N. (2014). Shared time pressure at work and its health-related outcomes:
Job satisfaction as a mediator. European Journal of Work and Organizational
Psychology, 23(3), 405-418.
Singh, S. (2013). Work life balance: A literature review. Global Journal of Commerce &
Management Perspective, 2(3), 84-91.
Uccelli, P., Galloway, E. P., Barr, C. D., Meneses, A., & Dobbs, C. L. (2015). Beyond
vocabulary: Exploring cross‐disciplinary academic‐language proficiency and its
association with reading comprehension. Reading Research Quarterly, 50(3), 337-
356.