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Personal Development
Quarter 2 - Module 8
Importance of Personal Development in
Career and Life Goals
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Quarter 2 - Module 8: Importance of Personal Development in
Career and Life Goals
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Importance of Personal Development in
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 Table of Contents

What This Module is About .................................................................................................... i

What I Need to Know ............................................................................................................. i
How to Learn from this Module............................................................................................. .ii
Icons of this Module .............................................................................................................. .ii

What I Know ......................................................................................................................... .iii

Lesson 1:
My Personal Mission Statement ..............................................................................1
What I Need to Know .................................................................................... 1
What’s New: Arrange the Cards .................................................................. 2
What Is It: What is Personal Mission Statement? ....................................... 3
What’s More: Crafting a Personal Mission Statement ................................. 4

What I Can Do: My Personal Mission Statement ......................................... 5

Lesson 2:
Personal Development: My Sustainable Self .............................................6
What’s In........................................................................................................ 6

What’s More: My Personal Profile ............................................................... 6

What I Have Learned: Reflection Notes……………………………………….7

What I Can Do: My Life Story ...................................................................... 8

Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………..8
Assessment: (Post-Test)…………………………………………………………………………9
Key to Answers ................................................................................................................... 12
References………………………………………………………………………………………..13
What This Module is About

Personal Development covers activities that improve awareness and identity,

develop talents, potentials, build human capital and facilitate employability. It
enhances the quality of life and contributes to the realization of dreams and
aspirations.

A personal mission statement is a chance to articulate values of who you are

and how you define success. You can use a personal mission statement to guide
decisions and ensure that your professional career path remains aligned with your
personal goals.

This module aims to introduce the concept of crafting a personal mission

statement that will help you achieve your dreams and goals in life. Part of this
module also tackles the different factors that affect your personality as a person and
some important personality enhancement tips that will help develop your positive
outlook in life.

The following are the lessons covered in this module:

1. My Personal Mission Statement;
2. Personal Development: My Sustainable Self.

What I Need to Know

At the end of this module, you should be able to:

1. Explain the factors in personal development that may guide him/her in making
important career decisions as adolescents (Esp-PD11/12IOPD-IIi-14.1)

2. Share insights that make him/her realize the importance of personal

development in making a career decision as an adolescent. (Esp-
PD11/12IOPD-Iii-14.1)

3. Construct a creative visualization of his/her personal development through the

various stages/she went through, stressors, influences, and decision-making
points, and a personal profile analysis. (Esp-PD11/12IOPD-Iii-14.1)

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How to Learn from this Module
To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time to read the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

This part contains learning objectives that

What I Need to
are set for you to learn as you go along the
Know
module.

This is an assessment that activates the

What I know prior knowledge of the learners towards
subject matter or the content of the lesson.

This part connects the previous lesson with

What’s In
that of the current one.

An introduction to the new lesson through

What’s New various activities, before it will be presented
to the learners.

These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen the learner’s understanding
What is It
of the concept of the lesson and develop the
sense of discovery of every learner.

These are follow-up activities that intend to

hone the skills of the learners to reach the
What’s More
mastery level of proficiency and
competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have grasped from the lesson

These are tasks that are designed to

showcase the talents and skills of the
What I can do
learners. This is a lifelong process to which,
can be applied to a real-life situation.

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 What I Know

Multiple Choice: Read and understand the questions asked. Choose the letter
that corresponds to the correct answer. Write it on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the items below is considered as constitutional, biological, and

physiological factors of human development?
A. Environmental C. Heredity
B. Biological D. All of the Above

2. What factor consists of the nervous system, glands, and blood chemistry
which determine our characteristics and habitual modes of behavior?
A. Environmental Factor C. Heredity
B. Biological Factor D. Cultural Factor

3. Which of the following plays an important role in molding the personality of a

child where he/she spent most of her childhood years from ages 6 to 20
years old
A. Environmental Factor C. Biological Factor
B. School Environment D. Cultural Environment

4. Which of the items below shows the type of individual that articulates his/her
manner and values in achieving professional growth?
A. Personal Values C. Personal Mission Statement
B. Personal Account Statement D. Personal Statement

5. How is transcend being classified or determined?

A. Triumphs over the negative or restrictive aspects of life.
B. Rise above or beyond limits
C. Discover the best of him
D. All the above

6. Which among the factors below, refers to customs and traditions, ideas
and values of the society?
A. Environmental Factor C. Heredity
B. Cultural Environment D. School Environment

7. What factor influences the social development of an individual in a society or

group?
A. Environmental Factors C. Hereditary factors
B. Cultural Factors D. School factors

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8. What specific factor influences the weather condition of a particular area or
place?
A. Physical Environment C. Biological Environment
B. Cultural Environment D. School Environment

9. What are the three distinguishing factors of personality development that are
responsible for total human formation?
A. Physical, Heredity and Personal
B. Heredity, Environment and Psychology
C. Cultural, Physical and Hereditary
D. School, Heredity, Physical

10. How is the word Reflection can be best described?

A. A thought, idea or opinion formed, or remark made as a result of
meditation
B. Consideration of some subject matter, idea, or purpose.
C. An effect produced by an influence
D. All of the above

11. Who among the Brazilian authors below, wrote the book entitled “The
Alchemist”, which introduces the idea of one’s Personal Legend that
reflects the desire of an individual to accomplish something?
A. Pablo Coelho C. Paolo Coelho
B. Paolo Cervantez D. Pablo Cervantez

12. What is the best description of the word insights?

A. result of apprehending the inner nature of things
B. power of seeing a situation
C. seeing with discernment
D. All of the above

13. Which of the qualities below, that a student needs to improve his
personality?
A. Read more often and develop new interests.
B. Know yourself
C. Bring positivity to your outlook
D. All of the above

14. What specific statement articulates good values to success?

A. Personal Values Statement C. Personal Control Statement
B. Personal Mission Statement D. Personal Management

15. Which of the factors influence the personality of an individual to become

articulate in his/her communication skills?
A. Environmental Factor C. Heredity
B. Language Factor D. Cultural Environment

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 Lesson My Personal Mission
1 Statement

What I Need to Know

Why is personal development an important component of setting career life

goals?

Brazilian author Paolo Coelho, in his book "The Alchemist", introduced the
idea of one’s Personal Legend as "what you have always wanted to accomplish". At
this point in your life, have you thought of the mission that you were placed in this
world to fulfill and live out? Have you started figuring out what that mission is? This is
probably a difficult thing to ponder on considering that you have your whole life
ahead of you waiting to be explored.

What's your life mission? It's not an easy question to answer, but an important
one. You can talk about your aspirations and goals all day, but when you write them
down, they become more real. It's a starting point for living the life you want. When
you write a personal mission statement, identify first what you want to accomplish
and how you are going to achieve it. Other forms of businesses and nonprofit
organizations, also develop mission statements for the same reason.

We can talk about our dreams and goals in life, but it is said that when we
write them down, they begin to become more concrete and real. Our task for this
session is to come up with your own Personal Mission Statement using everything
that you learned from your previous experiences.

What’s New

Most students do not realize the importance of writing about personal mission
statements. The mission statement will help you sort out your priorities and how you
want to live your life. It's more than just your goals. It may include short-term and
long-term goals. It becomes a guiding principle that directs you to the right path
because it comes from within and not from the influences of other people

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Activity 1. Arrange the Cards

Directions: Imagine a set of cards being presented to you. This card is labeled with
different key ideas that will help you come up with a personal statement.
Write down your response to the given questions. Your response should
describe your initial thoughts about each idea. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper or you may opt to make cards.

Card Key Ideas Your Response

Education
Card 1 How do you see yourself being successful in
the field of academics and education?

Career
Card 2 What type of career do you foresee for
yourself five years after graduation? In what
way, you could say that you are truly
successful in your career and fully satisfied
with your achievement?

Personal Attributes
Card 3 What are the things that you aspire most to
which you think would be able to develop
your personality? How would you like to be
known as a person applying the different
values, skills, and personal attributes?

Family and personal relationships

How do you visualize the quality of life for
Card 4 both your family and personal life? What are
the things that you wish to provide for your
family?

How do you want to live your life?

Card 5 How do you want to be recognized by the
people in society?

Faith and spirituality

How do you see your faith growing in the
Card 6 years to come? How do you intend to deepen
your faith and spiritual life?

Community service
What are the things that you would like to
Card 7 share or give to your community? How are
you going to do it?

Card 8 If there are things that you would like to

include in your statement, please feel free to
do so.
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 What Is It

What Is a Personal Mission Statement?

A personal mission statement defines who you are as a person (or as a team
member where you work). It identifies your purpose, whether that's in school or
simply in daily life. It explains how you aim to pursue that purpose, and why it
matters so much to you.
Author and career coach Dan Miller says that a good mission statement
should include three things:
1. Your skills and abilities. What you would like to do in life. Abilities and
skills that you are most happy to share with society?
2. Your personality traits. How do you cope with the challenges and
difficulties that life throws at you?
3. Your values, dreams, and passions. What you would like to become
and why would you like to excel in your chosen field/career?

How to Write a Personal Mission Statement?

In making your personal mission statement, think about your life principles
and goals. The mission statement should answer these questions in 50 words or
less, so try to get to the heart of who you are and exclude unnecessary details. Why
did you set these goals? How do your goals make you a better person? Remember
that every statement is different because no two people are the same.
Once you have a written mission statement, start using it. You may frame it
and put a copy in your home so you see it often. In this way, you surround yourself
with a positive attitude. Furthermore, not only should you live according to a personal
mission statement, but it's also important that others know about it as well especially
your family members. Accountability from those closest to you will help you stick to it.
There is no right or wrong way to approach a personal mission statement, or
what it should include. Everyone is going to be different. What important is to write it
down. Topics of a personal mission statement may include education, career,
personal attributes; such as honesty, loyalty and dedication, family and personal
relationships, and how you are going to live your life.

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 What’s More

Activity 2. Crafting a Personal Mission Statement

Directions: Assuming you have already in your hands the cards with the key ideas
from activity 1 (which you have probably answered by now). Follow the
following directions:

1. Arrange those cards by order of how you want to present your personal
statement.
2. Lay down those cards one by one and you may choose to highlight or even
disregard some of the cards.
3. After you have finally chosen which of the cards/items to include and the
arrangement as to how you will be presenting the ideas, then start writing your
Personal Mission Statement using the arrange cards as your guide in
paragraph form in your journal notebook.

Here are some examples of Personal Mission Statement

➢ My Goal revolves around sharpening and effectively using my skills in a competitive

environment. Growing as a student and growing along with the institution, that I choose
to be a part of, occupy important slots in my list of priorities.
➢ I wish to learn from, excel in, and go beyond every challenge I face in life. Every
opportunity in life, including this one, must be used with diligence and hard work. This, I
believe, is the only thing that can help me achieve success.
➢ To treasure above all else, the opportunities that come my way and to make the best
use of them; to focus on academics, without really making compromises on extra-
curricular activities. I'm also looking forward to being the kind of student who contributes
not only to the growth of the institution but also to the growth of the less privileged
sections of society.
➢ As a student, I've always been known to give my best shot to every task I take up. This,
I believe, is where my greatest strength lies. I'm yearning to belong to an institution that
recognizes this kind of quality in me and helps me make the best use of it. In the end, it
doesn't matter if you are smart or not, but what matters most is that you have given your
best and success comes by default.
➢ A hardworking, dedicated, disciplined, creative, and focused student, looking to be part
of a respectable institution, where the mind knows no boundaries and the heart knows
no fear. I believe that an institution like this can bring out the best in me while
developing myself to be excellent in everything that I do.
➢ To be absorbed by an educational institution in which my knowledge, skills, and
passions will be utilized in a good manner; to be kind to students and bridges the gap
between teacher and learners.
➢ I believe that success comes your way if you know where to find it because I am an
ambitious student, who loves challenges and overcome it. I want to be part of an
institution that can hone my potentials and develop my total personality that I can use
for my future undertakings.
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 What’s I Can Do?

Activity 3. My Personal Mission Statement

Directions: Finalize your Personal Mission Statement in your journal notebook. Make
sure to include the following information:
✓ Your name
✓ Your overall statement
✓ Who inspires you and why?
✓ What qualities you want to obtain
✓ What roles you play and how you want to be known in those roles
✓ Specific goals you have Beliefs that you hold
✓ Anything else you want to focus on.

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 Lesson Personal Development:
2 My Sustainable Self

What’s In

As soon as you have finished writing down your personal statement, it is also
important to consider what you have learned about personality and career
development from your previous lessons.

Factors that affect your personal development such as biological,

environmental, family, and school are also the components you have to consider in
developing your career and life goals. In this lesson, you are now going to visualize
and share your insights about your personal and career goals.

What’s More

Activity 4. My Personal Profile

Copy the illustration in your journal notebook and write a statement about your
strengths and weaknesses.

Date:

Place Your Photo Here

Name:

Sex: Age:

One way of knowing yourself is through understanding your inherent strengths

and weaknesses. Strengths are the positive qualities and capabilities. Weaknesses
are the negative qualities that hinder us from fulfilling our tasks.

My Strengths:

__________________________________________________________________

My Weaknesses:
___________________________________________________________________

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 What I Have Learned

Activity 5. Reflection Notes

Find a quiet place to reflect on the following questions. Write your answers on
your journal notebook.
1. What were your goals for yourself a year ago? How realistic were they?

2. Which of those have you accomplished so far? How did you achieve them?

3. What held you back from accomplishing your other goals?

4. Who are those people in your life that have helped in reaching what you are right
now?

5. What are the best and worst things that happened to you at present? Enumerate
each and give a short description.

6. What’s your biggest accomplishment to date?

7. What is your biggest disappointment in life? How did you cope with it?

8. What are your priorities in life nowadays?

9. What are the things do you enjoy doing? How often do you get to these
things?

10. Lastly, what’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of
yourself?

What I Can Do

Activity 6. My Life Story

Construct a creative visualization of your personal development through the

various stages you went through, stressors, influences, and decision-making points,
and personal profile analysis.

You may choose to put a picture or drawing in your written story. Remember to
focus on showing how these stages lead you to become a better person who can
make good and right choices in life. Be creative. Express your life story on a
separate sheet of paper.

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Summary

• Personal Mission Statement is your chance to articulate your values, who you
are, and how you define success.
• Some factors influence you or will define you as a person, namely; biological,
environmental, family, and school.

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Assessment: (Post-Test)
Multiple Choice: Read and comprehend the questions/situations given. Choose
the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Write it on a
separate sheet of paper.

1. Cathy’s family is known to be good and friendly. They lived in a place where
most of the people possess virtues and no vices. What are the factors that
incorporate all the values that Cathy has?
A. Environmental C. Heredity
B. Biological D. All of the Above

2 Janna's parents are both Chinese. She was adopted by their neighbor when
her parents left her. When she went to school, people are amazed at her
looks because her foster parents are Filipino natives. What factor that
influences Janna’s personality is described?
A. Environmental Factor C. Religious Factor
B. Biological Factor D. Cultural Factor

3. If a child lives in a community of chaos and became a juvenile delinquent,

what influences a child to grow up to be like that?
A. Environmental Factor C. Heredity
B. School Environment D. Cultural Environment

4. Connie was promoted as manager of their company. Before her promotion,

she has undergone lots of trials and strives so hard to overcome them to
reach the ladder of success. What motivates Connie to reach her goals?
A. Personal Values C. Personal Mission Statement
B. Personal Account Statement D. Personal Statement

5. Alex went through difficulties before graduating from college. He uses all his
abilities and techniques to transcend. What does transcend mean based on
Alex's college experience?
A. triumph over the negative aspects of life
B. outclass others in a group he belongs
C. rise above or beyond limits
D. All the above

6. People in the mountain hunt while people who lived near the shore went
into fishing for survival. How do you call the values and system of the
society which they gained from the geographical feature of the place?
A. Environmental Factor C. Heredity
B. Cultural Environment D. School Environment

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7. Lou who came from Oklahoma has gained lots of friends when she arrived in
the Philippines. She is known by the society to be friendly and cheerful. What
could be the factor that influences her good values, ideas, and social
relationship?
A. Environmental Factors C. Hereditary factors
B. Cultural Factors D. School factors

8. Bicol was totally devastated by a typhoon. All of the areas were flooded and
even the geographical feature of the place has been changed. What type of
environment has to change the feature of Bicol?
A. Physical Environment C. Biological Environment
B. Cultural Environment D. School Environment

9. Pammy is known to be the most respected HR of their company, for she is very
good at handling people. What are the 3 factors of personality development,
Pammy has?
A. Physical, Heredity and Personal
B. Heredity, Environment and Psychology
C. Cultural, Physical and Hereditary
D. School, Heredity, Physical

10. Don was asked by Ron to follow him abroad. But Don made a lot of reflection
whether to follow Ron's advice or not. What does reflection mean to Don?
A. A thought, idea or opinion formed, or remark made as a result of meditation
B. Consideration of some subject matter, idea, or purpose.
C. An effect produced by an influence
D. All of the above

11. Mik is very much eager to accomplish the task given to her by their boss. She
was encouraged to do it after reading the book entitled "The Alchemist", which
talks about the personal legend. Who among the Brazilian authors below,
wrote it?
A. Pablo Coelho C. Paolo Coelho
B. Paolo Cervantez D. Pablo Cervantez

12. Jaymart has gained Insights after joining a seminar. He planned to apply
everything he learned in his workplace. What does the word insights mean?
A. The act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things
B. The power or act into seeing a situation
C. Discernment of unpredicted situation
D. All of the above

13. What are the qualities that you need most to improve your personality on
personal development concepts?
A. Read more often and develop new interests.
B. Bring positivity to your outlook
C. Be a good listener
D. Know yourself

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14. Ashley became the best debater in class. Prior to her recognition, she
incorporates all the virtues she has and articulates them to achieve her
success. Which of the following she had to become successful?
A. Personal Values Statement C. Personal Control Statement
B. Personal Mission Statement D. Personal Management

15. Jai recently joined the drama club in school. Before they are given an acting
workshop, they are required to practice the script first which pushes them to
improve their communication skills. What factor motivates Jai to improve it?
A. Environmental Factor C. Heredity
B. Language Factor D. Cultural Environment

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Post-Test
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. B
Post-Test
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. B
11. C
12. A
13. A
14. B
15. B
Key to Answers
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