REVIEWER IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

SELF CONCEPT - refers to your awareness of your self.

CATEGORIES OF SELF CONCEPT:

Actual Self - It is the one who we actually is. It what we see, it is how we think, feel, and act.
Ideal Self - It is the self that you aspire to be.

PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS - means making use of all the personal resources to enable you to
achieve life goals.

PERSONAL RESOURCES:
- talent - interests
- skills - potentials
- energy - abilities
- time - capabilities

Personal effectiveness depends on talent and experience accumulated in the process of personal
development.

Talent - it is needed to be identified and then developed to be used.

Experience - it includes knowledge and skills that we acquire in the process of cognitive and
practical activities.

SKILLS THAT INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF PERSON WHO OWNS THEM:

1. Determination - The ability to continue trying to do something even if it is difficult.
2. Self Confidence - You accept and trust yourself and have a sense of control in your life.
3. Persistence - The ability to do something even though people are against it.
4. Managing Stress - Has strategies to help you better deal with stress and difficulty in life.
5. Problem-solving Skills - Critical thinking, decision making, creativity, and information
processing.
6. Creativity - Ability to make or otherwise bring into existence something new.
7. Generating Ideas - The act of forming ideas.

WRITING: UNFOLDING YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY

The purpose of journal writing is to help you become the script writer of your life.

FOUR PRACTICAL REASONS TO MAINTAIN A JOURNAL:

• It is cost-efficient and available
• It s preventive and pro-active
• It is creative and productive
• It is personal and private