Week 1: What is Personal Development?

Personal Development is...

• The process of improving oneself

• A lifelong process

• The pursuit of personal grown by gaining knowledge & improving personal skills.

• All of the above.

Something you want in the future

• Long-term goals

• Short-term goals

• Goals

• Values

Things that you must have in order to live/survive

• Goals

• Personality

• Needs

• Wants

Expresses their own needs while also considering the needs of others. Often uses I-statements.

• Passive

• Aggressive

• Assertive

• Passive-Aggressive

Usually fails to express themselves, has a hard time saying "no", easy to get along with.

• Passive

• Aggressive

• Assertive

• Passive-Aggressive

Time management is NOT...

• A juggling act of various activities with a limited amount of time.

• The process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on activities to increase productivity.

• The act of putting your watch on each morning so that you're not late for work/school.

What is the first step in effective verbal communication?

• organizing one's thoughts
• being candid
• being tactful
• assessing one's tone of voice

Someone's point of view on a subject idea, or issue is a matter of their own...

• Networking skills

• Will

• Commitments

• Perspective

Soft Skills are also called as

• People Skills

• Technical Skills

• Hard SKills

• Speaking Skills

Hard Skills + Soft Skills = Career Growth

• No

• Yes