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PersonalEffectivenessandDevelopmentReport

1.Introduction

Thisreportaimstoidentifymypersonalvalueandgoalsandseekapproachestoachievepersonaldevelopmentbyunderstandingandmanagingself.Thebodypartisdividedintofivemainsections.Thefirsttwosectionsaimatbetterselfunderstanding.Andthethreefollowingsectionsarediscussedabouthowtomanagemyself.Personalvalues,visionandgoalsaredescribedinthefirstsection.Inthesecondsection,myowncurrentattributesandareasneedtobedevelopedareanalysed.Twodevelopmentareasarefurtherjustifiedwithtwoaccordinglyactionplansfollowed.Thekeyfindingsofthisreportare:

Firstly,personalvaluesandthecorrespondinggoalsaretheultimatedestinationsindividualneedtomovetowards.Secondly,self-awarenesspositivelyrelatedtooverallhappiness,visionandeffectiveness.Thirdly,increaseoncharacterstrengthsandself-efficacycanimprovethewell-beingandhelptoachievelifetimegoals.Fourthly,bytakingappropriateactionplansandcontinuouslyreview,personaldevelopmentcanactuallybeachieved.

2.ValueandPersonalVision

2.1PersonalValuesandVision

Shwartz（1992）definesthatvaluesarecriticalprinciplesleadingourconductandgoals.Inordertogainingacomprehensiveselfunderstanding,identifyingmycoresetofpersonalvaluesisofgreatimportance.

AccordingtothePersonalValuesCardSortExercise,itisfoundthatmytenprioritisedvaluesare,insequence,Pleasure,Health,Friendship,Excitement,Growth,Beauty,Helpfulness,AchievementandWealth.

Pleasure,astheresult,ismycorevalue.Astheexplanationofthecardsforsorting,pleasuremeans‘tofeelgood’.Ialwaysseekmoremeaningworksuchasassistingothersorpursuingandnurturingrelationship,travellinginorderto‘feelbetter’.Theessenceofmypursuitsistoenhancethephysicalandemotionalpleasure.

MysecondmostimportantvalueisHealth.Iappeartogivehealthgreaterconcernthanpeers.Inmyviewthehealthybodyisthefundamentalofahappy,excitinglife.Friendshipisindispensableinmylifeaswell.Iwouldliketospendmyleisuretimewithmyfriendsratherthanstayalone.Thenextvalueisexcitement.Lifeistooshorttowaste.Iamalwayseagertoexperienceallmeaningfulthingsaroundtheworld.Helpfulnesscanbemypersonalvaluesaswell.Togiveotherassistanceandtohelpthemoutofsufferingsituationisoneoftheobligationsforeveryhumanbeing.Inmanycases,onlyalittlehelpyouofferedforotherscanactuallysolvetheirbigproblems.

Althoughitsoundssuperficial,Idocareaboutmyappearance.Asayoungwoman,keepingphysicallyattractiveisnotonlytopleasepeoplesurrounding,butalso,moreimportantly,pleasemyself.Lastbutnotleast,thetruthisnobodycanliveinadecenthigh–qualitylifewithoutmoney.Thus,tobefinanciallysuccessfulisanotherthingIwantinmylife.

Personalvaluesaretheprinciplewhichguidesthegoalsetting.Whencreatingavisionandsettingthegoals,personalvaluesshouldalwaysbetakeintoaccount.

2.2VisionandLifetimeGoal

Personalvision,likeone’sdreamlife,takesintoaccountthecurrentsituation,andservestopointthedirectionofwherewewishtogo（Covey1989）.Craftingthepersonalvisionispivotalforindividualtomovetowardstherightdestination.

Thebestpossibleselfexercise（Sheldon&Lyubomirsky2006）providesmeabroadviewofmypersonalvision.AsfarasIamconcerned,Iwanttoliveinahappy,abundantlifewithmyfamilyandfriends,andenjoymywork.

Whenitcomestomylifetimegoal,bothprofessionalsurveyresultandmyownopinionaretakingintoconsideration.

Todescribemygoalandvision,Iparticipatedina“LifeGoal”survey（PersonalLabOrg2010）.Sixcategoriesofgoalsareidentifiedandfallintotwolargerclassesoflifegoals,termedIntrinsicandExtrinsicgoals.Intrinsicgoalsarethosecandirectlysatisfyinnatehumanneeds.ThegoalsofAffiliation,CommunityInvolvement,andSelf-AcceptanceassessedinthissurveyareexamplesofIntrinsicGoals.Extrinsicgoalsarelargelyfocusedonbeingaworthypersonintheeyesofothersorbeingrecoginisedbythesociety.ThegoalsofFinancialSuccess,SocialRecognition,andAttractivenessgotoExtrinsicGoals（Kasser&Ryan1996）.Accordingtothefeedback,Iappeartoplace morefocusonfinancialsuccess,attractivenessthanthetypicalstudyparticipant.Ontheotherhand,Iplace lessattentiononcommunityinvolvement,Affiliation,andespeciallySelf-Acceptance.Inanutshell,I prioritizeintrinsicgoalsoverextrinsicgoalstoasubstantiallylesserextentthanothers.

Althoughthefeedbackcomesfromaprofessionalpsychologicalestimation,Imaynotholdthesameviewaboutmygoals.Speakingformyself,mylifetimegoalis,attheendofmylife,Iamabletolookbackonmylifeasmeaningfulandcomplete.SurelyIwouldliketohavesufficientamountofmoneyforspendingandsuccessfullyhidethesignsofaging.However,IdocareaboutmyfriendsandoneofmyvisionsistohavesomegoodfriendsIcancountonallthetime.Furthermore,Iamwillingtoengageinacommitted,enduringrelationshipinthe

future.SometimesIappearfearofanintimaterelationshipprobablybecausethefamilybreakdownIexperienced.

Intermsofthecareergoal,franklyspeakingIdonothaveaspecificoneatthismoment.IdeallyIwantacareerwhichcanutilizemycharacterstrengthsandgetasenseofachievement.Italsoshouldbebothinterestingandchallenging.IputmyinterestsinthefirstplacesinceIknowfewpeoplecanmaintaingoodperformanceiftheyarenotinterestedinthejobanddevotetothework.

Inlightoftheabove,myvisionandgoalsaresetaligningwithmyvalue.

2.3Impactofself-awareness

2.31Self-awarenessandPersonalValues/Goals

Thepersonalvisionandvaluesarehardlytobeachievedifwedonotawareofourresourcesandgaps.Hassed（2002）arguesthatunwillingnesstoinspectourselvesisareasonformakingmistakesrepetitively.Lackofclearself-awarenesscaneasilyleadustoadeadend,sincewearehighlypossibletooverestimateourcapability,orviceversa.Self-awarenessworksforeveryonetoperformbetterandobtainsuccess（DuvalandSilvia2002）.Byidentifyingwhatwehave,ourstrengthscanbeefficientlyutilisedandourgapscanbesufficientlynarrowedaswell.Asaresult,wecanattainthegoalsandvalueseasier.

2.32happiness,successandeffectiveness

Self-awarenessisalsoregardedasanecessaryapproachtooverallhappinessandeffectiveness.AccordingtotheinvestigationdidbySmith（2011）,theawarenessofthese character strengths maymakeemployeesworkasa"calling"ratherthana"job",andmightincreasetheirproductivity,satisfactionwithwork,andhappiness. 

Moreover,self-awarenesscanguidemetosuccessaswell.Byunderstandingmystrengthsandweaknesses,Iwillgothroughaprocessofself-accepted,motivatedandimproved.Thesesteps,eventually,willempowermetoabrightfuture.

Havingconsideredalltheargumentsabove,self-awarenessnotonlyplaysacriticalrolewhenachievingmyvalues,italsolinkstightlytohappiness,successandeffectiveness.

3.ExplorethePresent

3.1CurrentPersonalAttributes

Tofindoutmycurrentpersonalattributes,IfocusonanalysingmycharactertraitsbyusingtoolssuchastheMyers-BriggsTypeIndicator（BriggsandMyers1995）questionnaireandtheVIAstrengthsdiagnostic（PetersonandSeligman2004）.

Myers-BriggsTypeIndicator（MBTI）isaclassificationofpersonalities,whichmeasuresthepreferencesinindividual’sperceptionoftheworldandjudgement（BriggsandMyers1995）.Afterattemptingthistest,IwasdescribedastheENFPtype,thatisExtroversion,intuitive,Feeling,andJudging.Peopleofthistypeare‘enthusiasticandimaginative,spontaneousandflexible’（theMyersandBriggsFoundation2010）.Italsoindicatesmywillingnesstoexperienceallthefascinatingpossibilitiesoflife.IwouldlovetogivesupporttootherswhileIneedalotofexternalaffirmation.Icanconnecteventsandinformationandreactveryquickly.

Ontheotherhand,VIAstrengthstestisanacknowledgeableonlinesurveywhichranksone’sstrengthsinorder.Thetopfivestrengthsarerelativelysignificantandneedtomakefrequentuse.Basedonthesurveyresult,mytopfivestrengthsare‘Optimism,Kindness,Perspective,

AppreciateofbeautyandJudgment.’TheresultturnsouttobeinalignmentwithwhatIperceivemyself.

Fromthesetests,Itcanbeconcludedthatmypersonalattributesareoptimism,enthusiastic,perspective,generosity,curiosity,gratitude,judgment,flexibility.Theseattributeshelpmetomygoalsandvalue.Forinstance,myprioritisedvalueandgoalis‘pleasure’.SinceIappreciatethebeautyoflifeandshowstrongoptimismandenthusiastic,Iameasytobepleasedandalwaysfeelhappy.Furthermore,Iamgeneroustoothers,whichbringmelotsoffriends.Iamwiseandjudging,whichletmemakerightdecisiononworkandstudy.Iamcurioustoeverythingintheworld,whichpushmetoexploretheword.Tosumup,thesepersonalattributesenablemetoachievemyvalueandgoals.

3.2Areasneedtobedeveloped

Havingconsideredmycurrentpersonalattributes,therearethreeperspectivesaddressedhereneedtobedevelop.Someofmycharacterstrengthsrequirefurtherdevelopwhiletheweaknessesinrespectofself-efficacy,andoverallpersonaleffectivenessshouldberedressed.

3.21Characterstrengths

Acharacterstrengthistermed‘adispositiontoact,desire,andfeelthatinvolvestheexerciseofjudgmentandleadstoarecognizablehumanexcellenceorinstanceofhumanflourishing’（Yearley1990,