Personal Development

Mina de Oro Catholic School, Inc. Week:_2_ Quarter: 1

Fr. Peters St., Zone III, Socorro,
Oriental Mindoro 5207, Philippines
“Parochial Schools:
Evangelized and

Content Standard:
The learners demonstrate the various aspects of holistic development: physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual, and social
development.

Performance Standard:
The learners shall be able to develop: illustrate the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in
a person’s holistic development

Most Essential Learning Competencies:

1. Evaluate his/her own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
2. Show the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in actual life situations

MY LEARNING TARGETS:
At the end of the lesson, I will be able to:
1. discuss the relationship among physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual and social aspects of development, to understand
my thoughts, feelings, and behaviors,
2. evaluate my own thoughts, feelings and actions, and
3. show the connection of my thoughts, feelings and actions to actual life situation.

Prayer before Study

Creator of all things, true source of light and wisdom, origin of all being, graciously let a ray of your light penetrate the darkness of
my understanding. Take from me the double darkness in which I have been born, an obscurity of sin and ignorance.

Give me a keen understanding, a retentive memory, and the ability to grasp things correctly and fundamentally. Grant me the talent
of being exact in my explanations and the ability to express myself with thoroughness and charm. Point out the beginning, direct the
progress, and help in the completion.

I ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

PRELIMINARY ACTIVITY:
Activity 1: ASSESS ASPECTS OF YOUR DEVELOPMENT
 Draw a large circle on a blank sheet of paper. Divide the circle into 8 segments. In each segment, write some
descriptions of the different aspects of yourself as follows:
1. Physical Self. Describe yourself. Try not to censor any thoughts which come to your mind. Include descriptions of your
height, weight, facial appearance, and quality of skin, hair and descriptions of body areas such as your neck, chest, waist, legs.
2. Intellectual Self. Include here an assessment of how well you reason and solve problems, your capacity to learn and create,
your general amount of knowledge, your specific areas of knowledge, wisdom you have acquired, and insights you have.
3. Emotional Self. Write as many words or phrase about typical feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try
to avoid, feelings you
especially enjoy, feelings from your past and present, and feelings which are associated with each other.
4. Sensual Self. Write how you feel as a sensual person. What sense do you use most – sight, hearing, speaking, smelling,
touching? How do you feel about the different ways you take in information - through the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, pores, and
skin. In what ways do you let information in and out of your body?
5. Interactional Self. Include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate relationships and relationships to
friends, family, co-students and strangers in social settings. Describe the strengths and weaknesses which your friends and
family have noticed. Describe what kind of son or daughter, brother or sister you are.
6. Nutritional Self. How do you nourish yourself? What foods do you like and dislike? What do you like and dislike about
these? 7. Contextual Self. Descriptors could be in the areas of maintenance of your living environment: reaction to light,
temperature, space, weather,colors, sound and seasons and your impact on the environment.
8. Spiritual Self or Life Force. Write words or phrases which tell about how you feel in this area. This could include your
feelings about yourself and organized religion, reactions about your spiritual connections to others, feelings about your

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spiritual development and history, and thought about your metaphysical self. Think about your inner peace and joy. Think
about your spiritual regimen or routine.

INTRODUCTION

In this module, the learners will demonstrate an understanding of the various aspects of holistic development:
physiological, cognitive, psychological, spiritual, and social. The learners shall be able to illustrate the connections between
thoughts, feelings, and behavior of a person holistically.. The module is subjected to discuss namely:
Lesson 1 – Five Areas of Personal Development
Lesson 2 – Evaluation of One’s Thoughts, Feelings and Behaviors; and Connections Between One’s Thoughts, Feelings
and Behaviors in Actual Life SituationsT
The key phrase in this chapter that you have to pay attention to is whole person, emphasizing the complete aspects of
a person or his totality.

Build Your Understanding

Reading: SELF-CONCEPT
Imagine yourself looking into a mirror. What do you see? Do you see your ideal self or your actual self? Your ideal self
is the self that you aspire to be. It is the one that you hope will possess characteristics similar to that of a mentor or someother
worldly figure. Your actual self, however, is the one that you actually see. It is the self that has characteristics that you were
nurtured or, in some cases, born to have.
The actual self and the ideal self are two broad categories of self-concept.
Self-concept refers to your awareness of yourself. It is the construct that negotiates these two selves. In other words, it
connotes first the identification of the ideal self as separate from others, and second, it encompasses all the behaviors
evaluated in theactual self that you engage in to reach the ideal self.
The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-knowledge is derived from social interactions that provide insight
into how others react to you. The actual self is who we actually are. It is how we think, how we feel, look, and act. The actual
self can be seen by others, but because we have no way of truly knowing how others view us, the actual self is our self-image.
The ideal self, on the other hand, is how we want to be. It is an idealized image that we have developed over time,
based on what we have learned and experienced. The ideal self could include components of what our parents have taught us,
what we admire in others, what our society promotes, and what we think is in our best interest.
There is negotiation that exists between the two selves which is complex because there are numerous exchanges
between the ideal and actual self. These exchanges are exemplified in social roles that are adjusted and re-adjusted, and are
derived from outcomes of social interactions from infant to adult development. Alignment is important. If the way that I am
(the actual self) is aligned with the way that I want to be (the ideal self), then I will feel a sense of mental well-being or peace of
mind. If the way that I am is not aligned with how I want to be, the incongruence, or lack of alignment, will result in mental
distress or anxiety. The greater the level of incongruence between the ideal self and real self, the greater the level of resulting
distress. Personal development modules ultimate aim is greater self-knowledge thatwill lead to higher alignment between
these two personality domains. Source:http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-self-concept-in-psychology-
definition-lesson quiz.htmlhttp://study.com/academy/lesson/ideal-self-vs-real-self-definition-lesson-quiz.htm
It is believed that the words “Know Thyself”, which were written at the entry of the oracle at Delphi by seven Greek
philosophers, statesmen, and lawgivers, became the cornerstone of Western philosophy. Socrates, who came decades after
these two words were scripted at Delphi, said that it seems ridiculous for him to investigate other unimportant things when he
has not known his self yet. For Socrates, the most important thing to pursue was self-knowledge, and admitting one’s ignorance
is the beginning of true knowledge.(http://www.binghamton.edu/cnes/docs/gnothi_sauton.pdf)
For Plato, one of Socrates’ students, the beginning of knowledge is self-knowledge. Other ancient philosophers from
other cultures saw the wisdom in knowing oneself, The ancient Hindu writtings Upanishads the confirmed. “Enquiry into the
truth of the “Self” is knowledge”. The Persian poet Rumi ruminated, “Who am I In the midst of all this thought traffic?” and the
American poet Walt Whitman celebrated his Self” as a simple, separate person.” ( http://www.arkintime.com/know-theyself/)

Reading: PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

Personal effectiveness means making use of all the personal resources – talents, skills, energy and time, to enable
you to achieve life goals. Your knowledge of yourself and how you manage yourself impacts directly on your personal
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effectiveness. Being self-aware, making the most of your strengths, learning new skills and techniques and behavioral
flexibility are all keys to improving your personal performance.
Our personal effectiveness depends on our innate characteristics – talent and experience accumulated in the process
of personal development. Talents first are needed to be identified and then developed to be used in a particular subject area
(science, literature, sports, politics, etc.). Experience includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of
cognitive and practical activities.
Knowledge is required for setting goals, defining an action plan to achieve them and risk assessment. Skills also
determine whether real actions are performed in accordance with the plan. If the same ability is used many times in the same
situation, then it becomes a habit that runs automatically, subconsciously. Here are some skills that will greatly increase
the efficiency of any person who owns them:
1. Determination. It allows you to focus only on achieving a specific goal without being distracted by less important
things or spontaneous desires. It may be developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.
2. Self-confidence. It appears in the process of personal development, as a result of getting aware of yourself, your
actions and their consequences. Self-confidence is manifested in speech, appearance, dressing, gait, and physical condition. To
develop it, you need to learn yourself and your capabilities, gain positive attitude and believe that by performing right actions
and achieving right goals you will certainly reach success.
3. Persistence. It makes you keep moving forward regardless of emerging obstacles – problems, laziness, bad
emotional state, etc. It reduces the costs of overcoming obstacles. It can also be developed with the help of self-discipline
exercise.
4. Managing stress. It helps combat stress that arises in daily life from the environment and other people. Stress
arises from the uncertainty in an unknown situation when a lack of information creates the risk of negative consequences of
your actions. It increases efficiency in the actively changing environment.
5. Problem-solving skills. They help cope with the problems encountered with a lack of experience. It increases
efficiency by adopting new ways of achieving goals when obtaining a new experience.
6. Creativity. It allows you to find extraordinary ways to carry out a specific action that no one has tried to use. It can
lead to a decrease or an increase of costs, but usually the speed of action is greatly increased when using creative tools.
7. Generating ideas. It helps you achieve goals using new, original, unconventional ideas. Idea is a mental image of an
object formed by the human mind, which can be changed before being implemented in the real world. For generating ideas
you can use a method of mental maps, which allows you to materialize, visualize and scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn
contributes to the emergence of new ideas. These are just some, but the most important personal effectiveness skills which
make the achievement of any goal easier and less costly .
Aside from the philosophers above, Sigmund Freud who is a well-known psychologist, neurologist and the creator
of Psychoanalysis Theory and the father of psychoanalysis, proposed that there are three components of personality within us:
the Id, Ego and Superego that certainly play a vital role of how we think of ourselves.
The Id. Freud explained that man's personality is driven by pleasure principle. This means that the nature of Id is to
satisfy man's desire without thinking much of the situation. This nature is being developed at a young age or present from
birth. To illustrate this idea let us take this as an example. An infant will cry if he/she wants to be fed to satisfy his/her hunger.
An infant cannot exactly explain what he/she really wants. Also, infants do grab things and would want to get things on their
hands not minding if they hurt nor if they are important or not. All they want is to get them for they want them. This is the
nature of Id, when the id wants it the rest are no longer important. However, this instinct is controlled by the ego and superego
as these aspects are developed in man’s life later.
The Ego. This is the second component of the personality that is developed at approximately the age of three. This
operates according to reality which makes it possible for the Id to work in a more proper and satisfactory ways. The ego will
give a more socially accepted means of getting the desires and wants of a person without getting to hurt other’s feelings. In
other words, it is the job of the ego to provide a man some guidelines on how to behave accordingly while he fulfilled his
pleasure. This component of our personality is manifested whenever we try to satisfy our cravings without compromising our
self-image to others
The Superego. Freud believed that this aspect of man begins to manifest as a child turns 5. This is the last component
of personality which holds our moral judgments or concept of right and wrong that are believed to be acquired from the family
and the environment. This personality is developed as man learns the culture of distinguishing right from wrong based on the
set of guidelines and standards that are known to people which might have been probably imposed by the people in the
community like parents, teachers, elders or the community as a whole. Therefore, superego directs a man’s life for him to
avoid hurting others.

Reading Story: YOU NEED TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR FUTURE

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There are three kinds of people in this world:
The first is the Moviegoer. This person watches the movie of their lives, admires some parts and criticizes others. Aside from
that, they do nothing else. All she says the whole day is, “I like this thing and but I don’t like that thing.” The Moviegoer feels
she has absolutely no control of their lives --- except to comment about it. Moviegoers are the most pathetic, miserable
people in the world.
The second is the Actor. This person does not only watch the movie of her life. She actually realizes she’s the Actor –
and can control a big part of her life. She can actually make or break the movie – by how well she delivers her lines and how
she portrays her character. Actors are a happy bunch, realizing they’re the start of the show and enjoy some level of
control. But many times, they wish the movie would end in another way – but realize that they have no say in such things.
The third is the Scriptwriter. This person does not only watch, and she doesn’t only act, but she actually creates the
entire movie from her mind. She determines what she will say, what she will do, and how the movie will end. She realizes she
has enormous control over her life, and sees to it that the movie of herlife will turn out beautiful.
Who are you among these three people?
Do you merely watch your life go y?
Or do you act out a script that you feel has been handed to you?
Or do you write the script and make your life beautiful?
By the way, the Producer of the movie is God. He tells you, “Make the movie
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Time. Shepherd’s Voice Publishing.

BIBLIOGRAPHY/ REFERENCES:
DEPED COPY
Roldan, Amelia S. 2003. On Becoming a Winner: A Workbook on Personality Development and Character Building. AR Skills Development
and Management Services (SDMS), Paranaque City, Metro Manila.

Sanchez, Bo. (2006). Life Dreams Success Journal: Your Powerful Tool to Achieve and Surpass Your Dreams One Step at a Time. Shepherd’s
Voice Publishing.

Ricardo R. Santos.2016.Personal Development ,Rex Publishing

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Mini Task 1
DIRECTIONS:

Journal
1. Write on your journal your thoughts and feelings about what you have discovered and understood about your “Self” and your
reflection regarding the question, “Who am I?”
a. What have you discovered in yourself?
b. What are your core strengths?
c. What are the qualities you want to hone and improve on?

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