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PERSONAL GROWTH

Personal Growth and development is all about self-improvement by undertaking activities

that improve yourself awareness and improves your individual identity. It helps to improve
your talents, build on your strengths and increases the chances of you fulfilling your full
potential in life.

It is an area of practice that includes the use of personal development methods, tools and
techniques through self-study or by working with a mentor or life coach.

Benefits of Personal Growth

 

·         Improves your strengths and talents

·         Improves your success and happiness

·         Improves your potential

·         Improves your quality of life

·         Improves health

·         Improves social abilities

·         Improves self-awareness

·         Improves self-knowledge

·         Improves your identity

                                               

PERSONALITY

 
•   derived from Latin words, per & sonare which means “to sound through”. The word
person came from these two words meaning “an actor’s mask” through which the sound of
the voice was projected.

•   the embodiment of feelings & behavior which makes man the unique person that he is.

•   the way an individual is interrelated through his ideas , actions & attitudes with the many
nonhuman aspects of his environment & his biological heritage

Components of Personality

1. Habits

- are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously,
without one being conscious about them;   an acquired pattern of behavior that often
occurs automatically

2.    Attitudes

- A mental position with regard to a fact or state.

- Reflect a tendency to classify objects and events and to react to them with some
consistency.

Ex. had a positive attitude about work.

3.   Interests

- a sense of   concern with and curiosity about someone or something

Ex. an interest in sports, music . . .

 
4.   Values

- Things that really matter to each of us ... the ideas and beliefs we hold as special.

Ex. Caring for others, freedom to express our opinions.

Most of us learned our values - or morals, - at home, church or synagogue, school; maybe
from parents, teachers and religious leaders. Young people today are most influenced by
what they see and hear on television or on the street.

ASPECTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S PERSONALITY

1.   MENTAL ASPECT – refers to his intellectual capacity.

2.   EMOTIONAL ASPECT – a person’ emotional make up is shown in his likes and dislikes.

3.   SOCIAL ASPECT – how well a person conducts himself with other people and how well
he observes the rules of etiquette that govern society.

4.   PHYSICAL ASPECT – heredity and environment determine the entire physiological

system of an individual. Posture, body build and size, compression and facial expressions, as
well as the appropriateness and condition of clothes, comprise the physical appearance of a
person. It has a lot to do with personality.

5.   MORAL ASPECT – this aspect personality has to do with a person’s awareness of the
differences between what is wrong or right.

6.   SPIRITUAL ASPECT – is the consciousness of the higher values in life.

 

7.    DEVELOPMENT – a continuous change for improvement in all aspects of the person:

motor, social, emotional, intellectual, and moral.

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

A process of individual self-development and the development of others;

Five (5) Steps to Personal Growth and Development

1. Know yourself

This is the first and possibly the most difficult step. What are you good at? What are your
weaknesses? What are those areas of your life that are really holding you back from living
the life of your dreams?

2. Set your goals

Setting a goal and working toward it every day can give you renewed confidence and
passion for life. What is it that you really want in life?

3. Create a plan

Personal growth and development is a life-long journey, and like any journey, you’ll want to
create a plan to help you get to your destination.

4. Get better every day

The power of habit is pretty crazy. Your habits create your life.

 
5. Get out of your comfort zone

Switching up the way in which you learn new information and apply that to a constantly
improving version of yourself is a great way to get exposed to new types of information,
while also building the confidence that you’re able to try new things and make progress
against each.