PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

QUARTER 1 WEEK 1

KNOWING AND UNDERSTANDING

ONESELF DURING MIDDLE &
LATE ADOLESCENSE
 LESSON OBJECTIVES:
At the end of lesson, the learners shall
be able to:
1.Explain that knowing oneself can
make a person accept his/her
strengths and limitations and dealing
with others better.
2.Share his/her unique characteristics,
habits and experience.
WHAT’S NEW?
SELF INVENTORY
Take a look at your own self – concept and answer the
following self – concept inventory in your sheet of
paper.
Give yourself a rating using the scale:
0 – very weak
1 – weak
2 – somewhat weak
3 – strong
4 – very strong
1. I have a strong sex appeal
2. I am proud of my physical figure
3. I am physically attractive and beautiful/handsome.
4. I exude with charm and poise.
5. I am easy to get along with.
6. I can adjust to different people and different situations.
7. Iam approachable; other people are at ease and comfortable
with me.
8. I am lovable and easy to love.
9. I am a fast learners, can understand with one instructions.
10.I am intelligent.
11.I have special talents and abilities
12. I can be trusted in any transaction.
13.have a clean conscience and carry no guilty feeling.
14.I have integrity and good reputation.
15.My friends and classmate can look up to me as model
worth emulating.
16.I can express my idea without difficulty.
17.I talk in persuasive manner that I can easily get people
to accept what I say.
18.I am a good listener.
19.I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when face
with trouble.
20.I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.
 WHAT IS SELF?
Self – is the union of element namely:
body, thoughts, feelings or emotions
and sensations that constitute the
individuality and identity of a person
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 SELF – CONCEPT
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
some other wordly figure.
Actual self – 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.
SELF CONCEPT – Its refers to your
awareness of yourself. It is the
constructions that negotiate these two
selves. In other words, it connotes
first the identification of the ideal self
as separate from others and seconds it
encompasses all the behaviors
evaluated in the actual self that you
engage in to reach the ideal self.
 ACTUAL SELF
- the actual self is built on self knowledge
- Self – knowledge is derived from social
interactions that provides 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
 IDEAL SELF
- The ideal self on other hand is how we want to
be.
- It is an idealized image that we have developed
overtime, based on what we have learned and
experienced.
- The ideal self could include components of
what our parents taught us, what we admire in
others.
- what our society promotes, and what we think
is in our best interest.
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
Personal effectiveness – means making use of
all the personal resources – talents, skills energy
and time, to enable you to achieve life goals.
Our personal effectiveness depends on our innate
characteristics talents 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, and
politics.).
EXPERIENCE
- Includes knowledges and skills that we acquire in
the process of cognitive and practical activities.
KNOWLEDGE
- Is required for setting goals, defining an actions
plan to achieve them and risk assessment.
SKILLS
- Also determine whether real actions are
performed in accordance with the plan. If the the
same ability is used manytimes in the same
situations, then it becomes a habit that runs
automatically.
SKILLS THAT MAY INCREASE A
PERSONS EFFICIENCY
DETERMINATION
- It allows you to focus only on
achieving a specific goals without
being distracted by less
important things or spontaneous
desires. It may be developed with
the help of self disciplines
exercise.
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 conditions
PERSISTENCE
- It makes you keep moving
forward regardless of emerging
obstacles – problem, lazinesss,
bad emotional state, etc. it
reduces the costs of overcoming
obstacles. It can also be
developed and help self –
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 increase difficiency in
PROBLEM - SOLVING SKILLS
- They help cope with the problems
encountered with a lack of
experieces. It increases efficiency
by adopting new ways of achieving
goals when obtaining a new
experience
- (finding solution)
CREATIVITY
- It allows you to find extraordinary
ways to carry out a specific actions
that no one has tried to use. It can
lead to a decrease or increase of
costs, but usually the speed of
actions is greatly increased when
using creative tools.
- Meaning resourceful
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
methods of mental maps, which allows
you to materialize, visualize and all your
ideas, which in turn contributes to the
7 REASONS WHY WE SHOULD
PUT OUR TALENTS, GIFTS OR
STRENGTHS TO USE
1. Other people can benefit from them
- Our gifts or talents are purposely created not just for ourselves
but to help those around us.
2. Others lives may change because of our talents
- Find our path and put our talents to work we may change
someone’s life just because we exercise our gift.
3. Leads to a more satisfying life
- People who use their strengths and talents every day are six
times more likely to be engaged on the job.
4. We can make money out of them
- Our talents can help us earn money. With proper development
and use, they can even offer us richness beyond imagination in
all aspects of our lives.
5. Lets us leave a lasting impression to people
- If we want to leave a lasting imprint to people we
encounter, use whatever we have to offer. These are our
gift and talents.
6. Leads to faster growth and development
- When a person positively monitors his performance and
look for ways to improve his strengths, he will develop faster
than focusing on his weaknesses.
7. Show appreciation to the giver
- When we are using the talents given to us, we are opening
more doors and windows for more gifts. Why is this so?
Because its how the law of god works. Whoever we believe
in, when we use the talents the creator gave us, it shows
that we appreciate his works.