WHOLE BRAIN LEARNING SYSTEM

OUTCOME -BASED EDUCATION

PERSONAL GRADE
DEVELOPMENT 11/12

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LEARNING QUARTER
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 MODULE IN
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
11/12

QUARTER 2
WEEK 8

INSIGHT INTO ONE’S PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Development Team

Writer: Arsenio Edgar N. Pascua III

Editor: Julianne Grace B. Bugaoisan

Reviewer: Sherberk F. Cabrales

Lay-out Artist: Arsendio A. Cabacungan

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Vilma D. Eda Arnel S. Bandiola

Lourdes B. Arucan Juanito V. Labao

Arsendio A. Cabacungan

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 What I Need to Know

This topic will help us learn the various types of emotions, identify ways to communicate and
manage your emotions in a healthy manner. It is here to help you understand your emotions profoundly
and differentiate positive and negative emotions. The scope of this module will allow you to apply it
in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of
students. The arrangement of lesson follows the standard sequence of the course.

In this module, learners are expected to:

1. explain the factors in personal development that may guide him/her in making important career
decisions as adolescents.

The module is set to discuss namely:

Lesson 1- INSIGHT INTO ONE’S PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

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 What I Know

Directions: Identify the term/s or person/s being referred to each item. Write you answer on the lines
before the numbers.

_________________1. An important aspect in career decisions which entails an awareness

of oneself to come up with the right choices and decisions.

_________________2. This concept is essentially related to optimism or positive thinking.

_________________3. The company that provides Personal Profile Analysis tests to a great
number of businesses worldwide.

_________________4. The behavioral assessment that provides an accurate insight into how
people behave at work, giving a greater level of certainty when
identifying and selecting the right candidates.

_________________5. The act of writing and defining goals and formulating a relevant
action plan.
_________________6. This can be a stress reliever as it brings about relaxation when
properly done.
_________________7. This involves identifying things which can provide help and support
in one’s career choice.
_________________8. The lawyer and psychologist who pioneered the psychological
theory of Personal Profile Analysis.
_________________9. This involves judiciously looking, comparing, and narrowing down
one’s options in choosing a career.
_________________10. The grooming and improving of one’s inner and outer personality to
bring about positive change in one’s character.

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 Lesson INSIGHT INTO ONE’S
PERSONAL
8 DEVELOPMENT

Personal development basically means grooming and improving one’s inner and outer
personality to bring about positive change in one’s character. It refers to “the development of the
organized pattern of behaviors and attitudes that makes a person distinctive” and it “occurs by the
ongoing interaction of temperament, character, and environment” (“Personal development,” n.d.).

As a process, persona development involves, activities that improve awareness and identity,
cultivate talents and potential, build human capital and facilitate employability, enrich quality of life,
and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations (“Personal Development,” n.d.).

Personal development is very essential in the life of adolescents. It is an effective way by which
adolescents become aware of themselves and of the different aspects involved in the adolescent stage.
Adolescence is a difficult stage and personal development may help in making this stage easier to handle
and manage. Likewise, it is also an important component in wisely setting career and if goals. It consists
of activities geared towards exploration, understanding, and improving self and identity. It is also
helpful in boosting achievement of life goals.

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 What is it

Factors in Personal Development Relevant to Career Decisions

There are factors in personal development that can facilitate career choice and
other decision-makings for adolescents. Since adolescents are relatively young and may lack
the necessary tools in deciding for themselves in relation to things like career choice, it would
be helpful to learn the following:

1. Knowing Oneself/Self-Reflection

Understanding of self is an important aspect in career decisions. The

more you have an awareness of yourself, the more you are able to come up with the
right choices and decisions. Ultimately, you are the person who can and must assess
whether a career is right and good for you. Various careers and professions
meticulously require specific types of personality. Hence, knowing about what kind
of person you are would be beneficial in choosing a career.
The exploration of self includes recognition of one’s interests, values,
skills, strengths, weaknesses, and other personal attributes. Self-assessment tools
for self-understanding, like personality tests, will help in this particular factor of
personal development.

2. Opportunity Awareness

This involves gathering and assessment of information regarding

various career options and other available opportunities for you. Also, it consists of
identifying things which can provide help and support in your career choice.

There are institutions that hold general career talks and provide career
counseling. There are also free counseling manuals and relevant online websites
that can help you in making career choice. These may help you as you seek and
assess information relevant to various work-related opportunities.

3. Decision-making

Decision making entails judiciously looking, comparing, and narrowing

down your options in choosing a career. This is the part where you combine the
results of the self-assessment and the search for possible career options or
occupational opportunities. Upon taking a closer look at these things and
considering other significant influencing factors, you cn come up with a decision
as regards which career to pursue.

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 4. Goal Setting and Taking Action

This involves writing and defining goals and formulating a relevant

action plan This aspect requires you to develop a specific plan of activities neede to
reach your set goals. The activities need to be focused on things geared towards the
achievement of the goals like enhancing education, skills, and experiences. There
should also be a regular monitoring and assessment of progress and identification
of competencies learned and steps accomplished.

On Creative Visualization

Creative visualization refers to the practice of seeking to affect the outer world by
changing one’s thoughts and expectations (“Creative Visualization,” n.d.). It is practically
making use of one’s thoughts or imagination to envision your desires, dreams, and wishes in
life such as wanted career or life goal.

Consciously or otherwise, we do creatively visualize our wishes almost every single

day, so this process is not new to us. Creative visualization however requires imagining our
aspirations by employing all our senses.

When you visualize, as part of a personal development plan, you treat your dreams as
if you have already realized them. For instance, if you want to be at the top of your class, you
picture images of you being formally recognized as such and beign awarded certificates or
tokens. You hear the applause and admiration of everyone and feel the joy of triumph. These
picture in your mind would all the more motivate and encourage you to perform well
academically. Or you may also creatively visualize your so-called dream ‘soul-mate’.

In your mind, try to picture him/her by visualizing how he/she look like, how he/she
smells, hoe he/she walks and moves and others. Some believe that the images you create in
your mind may somehow help you meet your potential soul mate.

Psychologically, creative visualization helps in minimizing or eradicating anxieties,

worries, depressions, and fears in our thoughts. The process thus helps in having clear thinking
and allows success to come much easier.

There are well-known people who attribute their successes to creative visualization.
The list includes Oprah Winfrey, Jim Carrey, Bill Gates, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Michael
Jordan. In an interview on the TV show Oprah, here is what Jim Carrey had to say regarding
creative visualization:

“I wrote myself a check for 10 million dollars for acting services rendered and I gave
myself 5 year, and I dated it thanksgiving 1995, and I put it in my wallet, and it deteriorated
and it deteriorated, but then just before thanksgiving 1995 I found out I was going to make 10
million dollars on Dumb and Dumber.”

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 On Being Happy, Successful, and Strong Amidst Life Problems

The Preface of this book promises that this reference is full of maxims, adages, axioms,
and guidelines that are useful to readers. As the subject Personality Development ultimately
aims at improving the life and personality of the senior high school students and making them
better individuals who are beneficial to society, this book therefore could not end without
providing helpful guidelines on becoming successful, being happy, and standing strong amidst
life problems.

Prof. Jensen DG. Manebog, in his book Essential Life Lesson (2013), enumerates some
adages (with respective elucidations) that are useful in sensibly looking at the concept
happiness and in responsible attaining it. Under the chapter “On Happiness,” he lists the
following guidelines which we print here with permission from the author:

1. Choose to be happy.

When there are reasons to be happy and there are grounds to be lonely, choose
to be happy. “People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” (Abraham
Lincoln).

2. Love the world.

To be happy, don’t dream to conquer the world, conquer yourself instead. Don’t
just love yourself, love the world as well.

3. Follow you heart.

Some people don’t find happiness because they follow someone else’s path.
Follow your heart. Don’t forget your own dreams.

4. Remember that happiness makes you pretty.

If you're looking for an incentive to choose happiness over sorrow, here’s one.
The pretty Drew Barrymore reveals that ’happiness is wat makes you pretty. Period.
Happy people are beautiful. They become like a mirror and they reflect that happiness.’

5. Bear in mind that happiness is s product of deliberate efforts.

Strive for happiness, bay for it, stand up for it, and fight for it. Once you have
acquired a state of happiness, enjoy it, maintain it, and defend it.

6. Smile.
When you check your schedule and you have nothing important to do smile.
Laughing for no reason may be unhealthy but smiling merely for smile’s sake is very
much acceptable.

7. Cheer up someone.
Making other people happy bounces back. Mark Twain pronounced, “The best
way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.”

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8. Lower your expectation.
Author Jodi Picoult once theorized a mathematical formula for happiness:
“reality divided by expectations.’ So, if you cannot improve your reality by
accumulating the things you want, try lowering your expectations by desiring less.

9. Remember that anger is the enemy of happiness.

If you want to be happy, don’t be angry. “For every minute you are angry you
lose sixty seconds of happiness” (Ralph Waldo Emerson).

10. Love in order to be happy.

If anger is the enemy of happiness, love is its close friend. Love and happiness
are very much compatible and complementary. Happiness is doing the things you love.

11. Record your happy moments.

Using camera, video cam, and social media, you may record you happy days.
In the future, you may find it hard to remember happiness. We don’t get scars to show
for incidents of happiness.

12. Consider happiness as a project.

Happiness requires your actions. Oftentimes, it is a work in progress, not
something ready-made

13. Consider having a pet.

Sometimes, happiness is not just about hugging a stuffed toy, but also feeding
and playing with a warm puppy.

14. Keep in mind, “happiness is family.”

What is happiness without a caring loving, close-knit family?

15. Remember that you can be happy even without being successful.
Reaching your goal is not the only reason to be happy. Success and happiness
are not synonymous. “Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you
get” (W.P.Kinsella).

16. Take a risk to be happy.

Oftentimes, to be truly happy is to risk being lonely. Aspire to be happy anyway.

17. Find happiness in simple things.

Avoid getting happiness from too complicated things, A.A. Milne explains in
Winnie-the Pooh, “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult
words but rather short, easy words like ‘What about lunch?’”

18. Find happiness from friends.

Friendship is also about making one happy. You friends remind you who you
are and tell you how loveable you are as a person. If you have good friends, no matter
how unbearable life may be, they could make you smile and laugh at things.

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19. Identify what makes you happy.
Be clear on what you really want. Pinpoint the things that make you happy.

20. Find happiness along the way.

In pursuit of reaching a mountain top, find pleasure in every upward step and
every experience in climbing it.

21. Be truly happy with a friend’s success.

Some say it demands a very fine nature to be happy with a friend’s success.
Strive to be really joyful in his or her achievement anyway instead of being jealous or
envious.

22. Love what you are and what you do.

What makes us happy or lonely is not really the kind of things we do or the
condition we are in but what we think about them. Accept yourself and love the things
you do, and you can be happy.

23. Share your happiness.

Happiness is a great blessing, so share it. Happiness is communal-it is only real
when shared. Share happiness by responsibly making others happy as well.

24. Welcome loneliness.

Remember that happiness is sweeter when you came from being unhappy.
Happiness cannot be truly appreciated without experiencing its opposite.

25. Be an expression of God’s kindness.

What is more satisfying than participating in God’s expressions of
benevolence? Be an instrument in making people better and happier.

26. Get a “bad memory.”

A ‘bad memory’ makes you easily forget your painful experiences, so get one.
Another advantage of a ‘bad memory’ is that “one enjoys several times the same good
things for the first time” (Friedrich Nietzsche).

27. Just be happy.

Once in a while, it’s good to stop searching for happiness. Refrain from
counting your troubles and even from measuring your happiness. Just be happy.

28. Favor happiness.

Since our gladness depends upon our outlook and not upon our situation, favor
happiness over suffering. And if truth be told, with all its thorny problems, deceptions,
weariness, and disappointments, it is still a beautiful world.

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 29. Be in the service of others.
Obsession with oneself leads to loneliness. People who complain about life are
usually those who think only of themselves. Happy people are commonly those who
serve others as “the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for other” (Martin
Luther King Jr.).

30. Go back to nature.

Fill your senses with tides of natural sceneries-fresh air,sea water, wild flora
and fauna, mountains, and green trees. Being part of the nature, we naturally enjoy
being close to nature.

31. Be healthy.
Happiness is also a state of being physically well. Be healthily happy. Or,
happily healthy.

32. Don’t be too serious in chasing happiness.

Some try too hard to be happy that they fail to have a real good time. So take it
easy. And even if you can’t be happy, don’t be sad. Who knows, happiness just isn’t
good enough for you.

Prof. Manebog (2013) enumerates some important lines, with corresponding

explanations, that are helpful in understanding and achieving success:

1. Desire success by all means.

Make your longing for success greater than your fear of failure. (Don’t worry,
for even if you fail terribly, you could at least say that you had great success being a
total failure.)

2. Remember that success is an impression of courage.

The only time someone’s story can be deemed a successful one is when he or
she has displayed a courageous undertaking. Courage may not be the only key to
success but it is its fundamental prerequisite.

3. Act big.

Learn from mountain climbers. They know very wel that merely wishing and
hoping will not get them there on top of a mountain. So work and act big to be
successful.

4. Define success by what you’re willing to do.

A better way to look a success is not merely to view it in an output-oriented

manner. Appraise your success not only by what you have done but also by what you
could still do and give up in order to get you goal.

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5. Work hard.
Successful people are on the pedestal because they have worked had to get
there. Figuratively speaking, the way to “heaven” (success) is through ‘hell’ (hard
work).

6. Accomplish something for yourself.

To be successful is to do worthy things for yourself too. Try to love, laugh
heartily, east tasty (but healthy) foods, appreciate beauty, play like a child, and sing as
if nobody’s listening.

7. Make the world a bit better.

To be successful is to know for sure that at least one person has had a better
life because of you. Or, improve your own life at least. Are these not also making the
world a bit better?

8. Win, earn, and endure.

If you cannot win battles, win at least others’ respect. If you cannot earn
wealth, earn at least children’s affection. If you cannot endure living with the poor,
endure the least your friends’ betrayal. More importantly, withstand life trials and
God’s corrections.

9. Think of other people.

Some say that the worst part of being successful is finding somebody who is
really happy for you. But regardless, find a way to offer your success to others in the
form of service. Winning your critics’ hearts is amplifying your success.

10. Be willing to continue.

Many results are open-ended. So don’t be easily discouraged by failures along
the way. Winston Churchill explained, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is
the courage to continue that counts.”

11. Learn to quit, too.

If you don’t succeed at first, try again. But after several more attempts
without succeeding, consider to stop, evaluate things, and if needed, begin to traverse
other path.

12. Be man of value.

The great Albert Einstein taught us, “Try not to become a man of success.
Raher become a man of value.” We say through, “Be a man of value for that itself is
being a man of success.”

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13. Be happily successful.
Aspire not only to get what but aso to want what you get. If you cannot be
happy with you ‘success,’ then you are not really successful.

14. Welcome failure.

Ironic as it may seem, you must welcome failure in your continuous search for
success. Failure is the sauce that gives success a special taste. A good fall lets you
know where you really are in your journey toward victory.

15. Keep your mouth shut.

Here’s one way of properly handling success. Never boast about your
achievement for that’s the foremost thing your detractors are waiting. Don’t worry-
success, like truth, has its own ways of introducing itself to the world.

16. Don’t be half-hearted or lukewarm.

A goal attained half-heartedly is never achieved successfully. On genuinely
achieving success, Winston Churchill adds, “Success is stumbling from failure to
failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”

17. Draw inspiration from family and friends.

If you have a loving family and good friends who believe in you, would you
have the heart to let them down?

18. Don’t mistake success for perfection.

Success is very much attainable while perfection is not. Focus on achieving
success. Never mind perfection, you’ll never reach it anyway.

19. Avoid ‘no show.’

Woody Allen approximated that “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”
One of its practical implications is that if you practice ‘no show,’ your success rate is
reduced not just to twenty but to zero percent.

20. Respond to your calling.

If each of us has a personal vocation that is as distinct as our fingerprint, then
the greatest way to be successful in this world is to discover that ‘personalized
calling’ and positively respond to it.

21. Discover what you love.

In your effort to be successful, having discovered what you really love is like
having jump-started the energy of the universe to work for you and lead you to your
real purpose.

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 22. Deal with your failures.
Sometimes, success is not the absence of failures, it’s the ability to effectively
deal with them.

23. Dream of things that really matter.

After giving your all, succeeding at things that don’t really matter in life is far
worse than failure. Success is properly directing one’s efforts to things that really
count.

24. Don’t succumb to self-rejection.

Deep within you, there may be a voice convincing you to believe that you are
no good and deserve to be ignored and reacted. Don’t listen to it. Remember that
being human necessarily means being dearly loved, adored, and cherished by the
Creator.

25. Constructively own your mistakes.

Do not mistake poor performance for ‘fate.’ Do not deny your blunders,
recognize them. Without owning your mistakes, you cannot really learn from them.

26. Give your best shot.

Especially when you’re tapped to accomplish a special task unique to you and
tailored to your capacity, give your best shot. It is a disaster for that opportunity to
find you underperforming for that which could have been your defining moment.

27. Care about what you do

Success is also pouring one’s heart into your mission. Don’t confuse merely
acting with accomplishing something. Furthermore, indifference is failure’s close
friend.

In his blog “On Experiencing Problems, Miseries, Pains, and Sorrows,” Prof. Jensen
Manebog offers various ways and perspectives on dealing with difficulties, hardships,
sufferings, and other forms of trials in life:

1. Do not dismiss miseries as illusion.

Do not put sorrow, pain, and suffering in the category of illusion-that they are
real only as long as our ego believes them to be real. The proper way to deal with
them is to initially confront these miseries, pains, and sufferings by offering sound
perspective for coming to terms with their undeniable existence.

2. Remember that even pain has meaning and purpose.

Believe that God is able to employ even the most sorrowful parts of our life
for our good. Faith in Him gives meaning even to our most hurtful suffering, as it

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provides us sense of hope and purpose. It reminds us that although life could be full of
pains, but definitely, there is more to life than just the hurt!

3. Understand that may of our sufferings are man-made.

Don’t blame God. As much, of the sickness found in newly born babies are
caused by their parents’ dependence on alcohol, ingestion of drugs, or crooked
lifestyles, some sufferings are man-made or caused by man’s rebellion against
God’s warnings. The same is true, obviously, in cases of people doing crimes
against other people. “God made man upright, but they have sought out many
schemes” (Eccl. 7:29, NKJV). People brought upon themselves suffering by selfish
choosing their own ways apart from God’s way.

4. Don’t be mad at humanity.

It also takes a “temper” for man, who was created in God’s image (Gen.1:26-
27), to disobey his Creator. The “serpent” tempted Adam and Eve tp break God’s
command, and their consequent violation caused them their right to reside in the
Garden of Eden and their privilege to lve a trouble-free life (Gen.3). Without
necessarily absolving man from liabilities, many sufferings come about because of the
undertakings of this “temper” or “serpent” who delights in turning people away from
God and in dragging them to miseries of Satan or the devil (Matt.4:3; Gen.3:1;
Rev.12:9).

5. Recognize that some pains are beneficial.

Understand the difference between the suffering that is intentionally caused by

evil and the pain that is involved whenever growth and maturity are coming about. There
is a certain amount of pain, when a body builder, for instance, strives to lift a heavier
weights. But there is also a tremendous delight that comes when one finally breaks
through a new level of performance and attains the ensuing progress. In more ways than
one, the same is true in one’s struggle towards spiritual maturity and in achieving better
outlook in life.

6. Notice that some sufferings are significant for people to be drawn closer to
God.

There are those who have to suffer before they realize the importance of
returning to God. Not until they have their wealth or health or a loved one taken away
from them, that they will have the desire to serve the Lord and be saved consequently.
Afflictions could be helpful for some to learn God’s statutes and keep His words. The
Psalmist exclaimed: “it is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your
statutes. Before I was afflicted, I went astray, but now I keep your word., (Ps.119:71,67,
NKJV)

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7. Remember that even good people encounter tribulations.
Tribulation “produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and
character, hope” (Rom. 5:3-4). On occasion, we are in trials, for the result of which is
“the ability to endure,” and our endurance “carries [us] all the way without failing,” so
that we may be “perfect and complete, lacking nothing” (James 1:3-4, TEV). For our
faith to be tested and purified, we may find ourselves in grief and misery-so as to
receive the “end of [our] faith-the salvation of [our] souls” (1 Pet. 16-9, NKJV).

8. Have faith in God’s saving power.

The good news is that one day soon, all forms of miseries will be brought to
an end! In His just and benevolent will to abolish evil completely, the Almighty God
“has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness”
(Acts17:31, NKJV). This event includes not only “the perdition of ungodly men” (II
Pet:3:7,10, Ibid), but also the giving of ultimate reward-to dwell in the blissful Holy
City where there shall be no more death, sorrow, crying, and pain-to those who, amidst
pains and miseries, patiently endured, obeyed God’s commandments, and remained
faithful (Rev. 21:1-4; 14:12-13).

9. Learn the lesson taught by your hurtful experiences.

Follow the example of Apostle Paul and his co-workers, who in spite of
extreme sufferings they went through, perceived the distressing experiences as
teaching them a lesson coming from the Lord: “For we do not want you to be ignorant,
brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond
measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence
of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the
dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust
that He will still deliver us” (II Cor. 1:8-10, NKJV).

10. Never doubt and distrust the Lord.

When the misery you endure is dreadfully heartbreaking that the pain has
seeped through the fabric of your faith, may you be able to imitate the suffering Job,
who, instead of doubting and distrusting God, emphatically declared with conviction,
“I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. And
after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God” (Job 19:25, NIV.

11. Consider trials as pure joy.

Consider the many kinds of trials that you experience as pure joy. Through
trials, our faith is being put to the test and this develops our perseverance-and those
who persevere until the end will be justified before God and worthy of receiving
salvation. As the Bible teaches, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face
trials of many kinds. Because you know that the testing of your faith develops
perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and
complete, not lacking anything.” (James 1:2-4)

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12. Remember that God never abandons His children.
God’s love and concern for you are all the more shown in times of trials. Just
do your part-pray to God and ask Him for your needs. The Bible remind us,” …. He
should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given
to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is
like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he
will receive anything from the Lord.” (James 1:5-7, NIV)

13. Never doubt the goodness of God.

We should not be like the wife of Job who, when confronted with unpleasant
experiences, urged Job to stop serving God and curse Him. But Job proclaimed that
we should receive not only the pleasant things from God, but also those that seem
unpleasant (Job 2:10, TLB). In the midst of bitter experiences, we, like Job, should not
stop in our services and faithfulness to God.

14. Believe that ‘God will change trials for your own good.’
Believe that all things are for the better. Even the bitter experiences will be
turned by God into experiences that are for your good. Remember that Christ was
stricken, beaten, insulted, and killed on the cross. But what happened to Him was for
the good of His servants. He had redeemed their sins and He is now in heaven at the
right hand of the Father. The Bible says, “And we know that in all things God works
for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
(Romans 8:28, NIV)

15. Note that “hardships are a great boost for us to fulfill God’s will”
When Apostle Paul’s persecutors imprisoned him for performing his holy
office, he considered his bitter experience as “a great boost in getting out the Good
News concerning Christ” (Philippians 1:12, TLB). Because of this imprisonment,
many had witnessed that he had been chained for Christ. Thus, many Christians at
that time became more active and courageous in spreading the words of God.

16. Believe that “sufferings prepare us for God’s Kingdom.”

Apostle Paul teaches, “This is only one example of the fair, just way God does
things, for he is using your sufferings to make you ready for his kingdom” (II
Thessalonians 1:5 TLB). This is so true as our experiences teach us that we become
more diligent in obeying and serving God when we have overcome sufferings and
tests in life.

17. Have faith that “God knows what is best.”

When God led Israel in their journey toward the promised land, He did not
lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though it was shorter. Instead,
He led them on a desert road toward the Red Sea which was not only very long and
winding through the desert, but was also filled with obstacles. God knew that if the
Israelites would take the road through the Philistine country, they would immediately

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 be faced with war against the Philistine. The Israelites then had no good skill in battle
since they were just slaves and workers in Egypt. God said, “if they face war, they
might change their minds and return to Egypt” (Exodus 13:17, NIV). Therefore, we
should not doubt the way chosen by God or the road He directs us towards, even if it
is not in accordance with our own views.

18. Do not worry about economic trouble.

In these times when economic difficulties are widespread, we should not be
worry. Our Lord Jesus Christ commands us thus: “So do not start worrying: ‘Where
will my food come from? Or my drink? Or my cloths:’ These are the things the
pagans ate always concerned about. Your Father in heaven knows that you need all
these things, … So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its
own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings… Instead, be concerned
above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you,
and he will provide you with all these other things” (Matthew 6:31-32,34,33, TEV).

19. Ask God.

Instead of worrying or losing hope when experiencing difficulties, we should
ask God for what we need through prayer. How much can God do to help us find our
needs? According to the Apostle Paul, God’s wealth is abundant and He is more than
able to supply all our needs. We have the right to ask God and receive our needs,
especially in times of adversity. “Don’t worry about anything, but in all you prayers
ask God for what you need, always asking him with a thankful heart…. And with all
his abundant wealth through Christ Jesus, my God will supply all your needs’
(Philippians 4:6,19 TEV).

20. Believe that God helps those who are in trouble.

Believe that God will hear our cries, protect us, and most of all, He will give us
salvation. Thus, let us always love God, fully hoping and trusting in Him and in what
He dan do for us. Trials are allowed by god so that we will always approach Him and
remain in need of Him as the One who will help us in our journey through this world
and lead us to His glorious home. “He helps those who are in trouble; he lifts those
who have fallen. All living things look hopefully to you, and you give them fod when
they need it. You give them enough and satisfy the needs of all … He is near to those
who call to him, who call to him with sincerity. He supplies the needs of those who
honor him; he hears their cries and saves them. He protects everyone who loves him
but he will destroy the wicked” (Psalm 145:14-16, 18-20, TEV).

As a final mote, keep in mind that some of the sufferings we experience and the
unpleasant things we endure could serve as tools that prepare us for greater functions and
missions in the society and mold us to spiritually mature and holy before our Creator. By
making us learn from our mistakes, suffering trains us (Heb. 12:11). Sometimes, problems and
pains are there to manifest God’s grace in our lives (I Pet. 5:10).

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 What’s More

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Direction: Look for the words intended for the basic types of INSIGHT INTO ONE’S PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

S G O N E S E L F F E A R K Y T B T H U
D A P A J U K P O T H N O H Y E D A E S
F Q P R O F I L E K T F U H M U L L E D
V W P A T O D S A J K L T A S K A E L O
G G O A L S E T T I N G I P H K I N G S
R R R A T A T C A T A N N P A L T T A T
Y Y T A T A K A T R E A E Y R K I S T G
H H U K T H B R S Y A J N J I J U K A T
K I N V O L V E J Y B N K L N R D E S C
I U I H B V D E D E S C Y T G E F V H N
H T T O P S T R E S S T U I K L I G F D
B G Y B K I T N B A N K A N A L Y S I S
D E E P E R J N F U H N F C D A K G B R
B E J N F V D T H B R E J E C T I O N A
N O H D A G A N D A L A K A N J O W A H

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 What I Have Learned

My Learning Log

You will prepare a Learning Log. A Learning Log is a simple and direct way to help you
integrate the lesson content, process, and personal feelings that you experience in every lesson. Make
entries in your logs after your class in Personal Development

1. How could constructing creative visualizations help you reach your life goals?

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2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing creative visualization as part
of personality development plan?
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 What I Can Do

Activity 1: MY PERSONAL PROFILE ANALYSIS’

1. Read first this brief explanation about ‘personal profile analysis’

Personal Profile analysis is “a behavioral assessment that provides an accurate insight

into how people behave at work, giving you a greater level of certainly when identifying and
selecting the right candidates” (“What is a personal profile analysis,” n.d.).
The Personal Profile Analysis is based on the psychological theory of William Moulton
Marston (1893-1947), lawyer and psychologist, who determined that every individual shows
four characteristics of dominance, influence, steadiness, and compliance in their interaction
with fellow individuals in a work setting. The analysis is not a personality test, but rather a
behavioral analysis of a person, particularly in a work setting, which gives emphasis on
strengths and capabilities. Today, Thomas International is a company which provides Personal
Profile analysis tests to a great number of businesses worldwide.

2. Construct a simple Personal Profile Analysis of yourself using this guide:

PERSONAL PROFILE ANALYSIS REPORT

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _____________

Age: _____________ Gender: ___________

I. STRENGTHS

Examples: Learns new tasks easily

Accepts challenges

A trouble shooter

Goal-focused

A born leader

Loves to relate/socialize with others

Has selling talents

1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

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 3. _________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________

5. _________________________________________________________________

6. _________________________________________________________________

II. WEAKNESSES
Examples:
A worrier
Fears rejection
Hater routine tasks
An excessive risk-taker sometimes
III. SUMMARY
Example:
Mr./Ms. X (your surname) is suitable for positions requiring leadership and
sales. His/her love for socialization with others would enable him/her to perform well
his/her tasks for said positions. His ability to learn new tasks easily and willingness to
accept new challenger indicate flexibility, which is a necessary trait of a leader.
Likewise, his/her positive points such as being goal-focused and a trouble shooter
would aid him/her in performing his assigned tasks.

Mr./Ms. X’s (your surname) fear of rejection and being a worrier may not be so
much of weakness, when properly applied, since it may help him/her become more
dedicated to his/her work and responsibilities. However, too much fear of rejection and
worry may cause him/her to be a perfectionist, which in turn may make him/jer too
strict and critical to his/her subordinates. His dislike of routine tasks may hinder him/her
from performing well for roes which require paper works and standard procedures. His
excessive risk-taking may result in some failures.

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GUIDE QUESTIONS:

1. What it easy to construct a personal profile analysis for yourself?

2. What new things did you learn about yourself in doing the activity?

3. What are the advantages of constructing a Personal Profile Analysis?

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 Assessment

Directions: Identify the term/s or person/s being referred to each item. Write you answer on the lines
before the numbers.

_________________1. The lawyer and psychologist who pioneered the psychological

theory of Personal Profile Analysis.
_________________2. This involves identifying things which can provide help and support
in one’s career choice.
_________________3. This be a stress reliever as it brings about relaxation when properly
can done.
_________________4. This concept is essentially related to optimism or positive thinking.
_________________5. The behavioral assessment that provides an accurate insight into how
people behave at work, giving a greater level of certainty when
identifying and selecting the right candidates.
_________________6. An important aspect in career decisions which entails an awareness
of oneself to come up with the right choices and decisions.
_________________7. This involves judiciously looking, comparing, and narrowing down
one’s options in choosing a career.
_________________8. The company that provides Personal Profile Analysis tests to a great
number of businesses worldwide.
_________________9. The act of writing and defining goals and formulating a relevant
action plan.
_________________10. The grooming and improving of one’s inner and outer personality to
bring about positive change in one’s character.

From what you see on television, on the Internet, from people you know who are studying in
college or university, answer the following question using your own idea about what is being asked.

There is no right or wrong answer:

1. What comes to your mind when you hear the word “college” or “university”?
______________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________

2. Whom do you know goes to or has been to college/university? Where?

______________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________

3. Why do you think students pursue college/university education after high school?

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4. What jobs do you think require a college education?

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________

5. What colleges/universities do you know? Why do you know about these?

______________________________________________________________________________
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S G O N E S E L F F E A R K Y T B T H U
D A P A J U K P O T H N O H Y E D A E S
F Q P R O F I L E K T F U H M U L L E D
V W P A T O D S A J K L T A S K A E L O
G G O A L S E T T I N G I P H K I N G S
R R R A T A T C A T A N N P A L T T A T
Y Y T A T A K A T R E A E Y R K I S T G
H H U K T H B R S Y A J N J I J U K A T
K I N V O L V E J Y B N K L N R D E S C
I U I H B V D E D E S C Y T G E F V H N
H T T O P S T R E S S T U I K L I G F D
B G Y B K I T N B A N K A N A L Y S I S
D E E P E R J N F U H N F C D A K G B R
B E J N F V D T H B R E J E C T I O N A
N O H D A G A N D A L A K A N J O W A H
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
PRE-TEST PRE-TEST
1. Opportunity Awareness 1. Knowing Oneself/ Self Reflection
2. Decision Making 2. Goal Setting and Taking Action
3. Knowing Oneself/ Self Reflection 3. Opportunity Awareness
4. Goal Setting and Taking Action 4. Opportunity Awareness
5. Opportunity Awareness 5. Goal Setting and Taking Action
6. Knowing Oneself/Self Reflection 6. Knowing Oneself/Self Reflection
7. Decision Making 7. Decision Making
8. Opportunity Awareness 8. Opportunity Awareness
9. Goal Setting and Taking Action 9. Decision Making
10. Knowing Oneself/ Self Reflection 10. Knowing Oneself/ Self Reflection
KEY ANWERS:
References
Books

De Guzman, Jens Micah, Nicolas, Maria Liza Samonte. Personal Development. A textbook
and a world book for Senior High School Students.

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