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Personal Development- what is it ?

I believe that personal development is a lifelong journey which includes the identification and growth of self by nurturing, defining and bettering your skills, knowledge and interests. The intent is to raise your effectiveness and adaptability, while at the same time to minimize the chance that your skills might become out-of-date or you might become redundant.

In the work environment personal development does not inevitably mean upward movement, rather it’s about enabling you to grow and improve and to reach use your full potential at each career stage. It is about making you a more rounded and balanced person.
The stages of yourpersonal development are usually recorded by way of a plan. Remember that failing to plan has been linked to planning to fail.

A good personal development plan (PDP) involves deciding what you want it is that you want to achieve, where you want to go, and when you want to do it. So it should include both short term and long term purposes, identifying your needs in terms of skills, knowledge or competence. The personalized plan should also specify the development that is suitable to meet those perceived needs. While scheduling and timing (planning) are important, they should not be too regimented.

Benefits of having a PDP

A PDP provides the structure of a schedule, facilitates motivation, and offers a framework for monitoring and evaluating achievements. It can be the basis for:

* reappraising where you would like to go and how you will be able to get there
* Revitalizing specialized skills that date very quickly
* Developing transferable skills
* lifelong learning
* gaining satisfaction from a sense of achievement
* ensuring your employability and survival in an age where it is expected that there will be fewer of today’s jobs that will be the same in five years from now
* taking advantage of opportunities as they arise so that you can maximize your potential

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