TMC221:

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT/
CAPCITY BUILDING
Introductory Lecture
Omega Semester 2020/2021

Dr. Lanre Amodu

 What is Personal Development?
Personal development is a
lifelong process of identifying
where we are compared to where
we need to be and doing what it
takes to bridge the gap.
• Want — have a desire to possess or do
(something); wish for.
• Need — require (something) because it
is essential or very important rather
than just desirable.
 Capacity Building
A commitment to the continuous
expansion of one’s ability and skills for
the purpose of destiny actualization.
 Areas of Personal Development
• Spiritual development
• Moral development
• Academic development
• Mental development
• Social development
• Career development
• Leadership development
• physical development
 Reasons for Personal Development
1. For realization of potentials.
• “If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we
would literally astound ourselves.” –
Thomas Edison
• “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny
matters compared to what lies within us.” -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 Reasons for Personal Development
2. To sustain relevance.
• Relevance is a product of personal development,
nothing more, nothing less.
• “I do not think much of a man who is not wiser
today than he was yesterday.” – Abraham Lincoln
• “There is nothing noble in being superior to your
fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your
former self.” ―Ernest Hemingway
 Reason for Personal Development
3. Man is to grow and not to remain stagnated
• “People who live defensively never rise
above average.” John Mason
• “I am a slow walker, but I never walk
back.” – Abraham Lincoln
Reason for Personal Development
4. No one gets more than he/she puts in.
• Life gives back to you as much as you
put into it.
• “Income seldom exceeds personal
development.” ―Jim Rohn
 Class Ground Rules
•Lateness for lecture shall not be allowed.
•Movement during lecture shall not be allowed.
•Students will only be allowed to go out of the Lecture
Hall on an emergency (God forbid).
•No form of distraction during lecture shall be
tolerated.
•The University lecture dress code shall be enforced.
•Lecture period shall not extend beyond stipulated hours.
•No form of eating and chewing shall be allowed during
lecture.
•Students are not allowed to use any electronic devices
during Lecture
•To qualify for examination, student shall make a
minimum of 75% lecture attendance score.
•All enquiries and complaints are to be directed to
pointernal.aldc@covenantuniversity.edu.ng
• The Holy Bible
• Ruling Your World by David Oyedepo
• Making Maximum Impact by David Oyedepo
• Uncover Your Potential by Myles Munroe
• Strategies for Progress by David Abioye
• The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
• Goals! by Brian Tracy
 Questions?

lanre.amodu@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

@amodulanre