INSIGHT INTO
ONE’S PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT
MODULE 14
Insights into One’s Personal
Development
As SHS students, a wide range of emotions,
expectations and career planning will come your way.
The personal development that every person goes
through is like a journey. The decisions should be long-
term to enable you to finish the goals.
Insights into One’s Personal
Development
Personal Development is a series of stages that
is experienced by an individual to achieve one’s
full potential.
Insights into One’s Personal
Development
As the famous quote by George Bernard Shaw
says, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is
about creating yourself.”
Insights into One’s Personal
Development
Based on Randal Hansen, the following are
seven tips will help lead you to success from
high school to college – and beyond
1. Do not stop at High School
Continues education is one of the key to
success, whether it is a four (4) year course or
two (2)
2. Finalize College Plan
Discuss this with family and friends and match
it with your interests. Choose the school,
college or university that best suits your needs
3. Avoid the Senior slump
Grades matter in Senior high school, so it’s
better to give your best and aim for high grades
4. Challenge yourself
Keep challenging yourself to make you better.
Advance courses that may be beneficial for
your career choice are offered by some schools
and universities
5. Stay involved
Active participation in extra-curricular activities
will help develop your skills and potentials. It
can also increase self-confidence and boost
morale
6. Strive for balance
Try to balance your academics and your extra-
curricular activities. Time management is also
important to make it work for you.
7. Set life & career goals
The road to success is not an easy path to take.
Setting goals is important to keep you on the
right track
Personality Development & its
importance in making a career
decision as adolescent
It is of utmost importance the value of life-
long learning as an essential part in one’s own
personal development.
The different stages in one’s life will prepare
the individual in one of the most crucial
decisions they will make – the is choosing a
career path.
Personality Development & its
importance in making a career
decision as adolescent
According to Katherine Bradley, before a
student finishes Highschool, they need to
accomplish the following Goals
- Become a Lifelong Learner
One of the major goals of some schools is for
their students to develop lifelong learning.
Teachers give necessary ideas that could help
students understand the value of becoming a
lifelong learner.
- Become Disciplined
Enhancing self-discipline is an aim of public
education.
Being able to monitor one’s own behaviour is
called self-discipline.
- Develop positive attitude
The ability to see the maintaining value of the
positive attitude, regardless of the situations
- Know their limitations
Every student possesses limitations in different
school aspects. If those limitations were
recognized as physical in nature, it should not
be allowed to grow into something that can be
a factor to block the student’s abilities.
Kuther & Morgan (2013)’s 7 Factors in
Personal Development that may guide
in making important career decisions
as adolescents
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Information Gathering Skills
- Speaking & Writing Skills
- Research Methodology & Statistical
Analysis
- Computer Literacy
- Interpersonal & Intrapersonal Skills
-Adaptability
The personal development of
the individual may be affected
by different factors like stress,
influences and decision
making processes.
Stressors of the individual
may include:
- Peer pressure
- Geographical Location
- Responsibilities
- School
- Environmental concerns
- Financial constraints
- Health concerns