Personal Development

LESSON 3: UNFOLDING ONE'S PERSONAL JOURNEY

Three Kinds of People in this World

1.) Moviegoer - this person X watches the movie of their lives, admires some parts and criticizes
others. Aside from that, they do nothing else. All she says the whole day is. "I like this thing and
but I don't like that thing?" The moviegoer feels she has absolutely no control of their lives-
except to comment about it. Moviegoers are the most pathetic, miserable people in the world.

2.) Actor - this person does not only watch the movie of her life. She actually realizes she's the
actor and can control a big part of her life. She can actually make or break the movie by how
well she delivers her lines and how she portrays her character. The actors are a happy bunch,
realizing they're the start of the show, and enjoy some level of control. But many times, they
wish the movie would end in another way - but realize that they have no say in such things.

3.) Scriptwriter - this person does not only watch, and she doesn't only act, but she actually
creates the entire movie from her mind. She determines what she will say, what she will do, and
how the movie will end. Scriptwriters realizes she has enormous control over her life and sees
to it that the movie of her life will turn out beautiful.

- By the way, the Producer of the movies is God. He tells you, "Make the movie beautiful, and I
will give you all that you need for success."

LESSON 4: DEVELOPING THE WHOLE PERSON

Physical Self - the description of your height, weight, facial appearance, and quality of skin, hair
and descriptions of body areas such as neck, chest, waist, legs.

Intellectual Self - how well you reason and solve problems, your capacity to learn, your specific
areas of knowledge, wisdom you have acquired.

Emotional Self - the typical feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try to avoid,
feelings you especially enjoy, feelings from your past and your present and feelings which are
associated with each other.

Sensual Self - write what sense do you use most; how do you feel about the different ways to
take in information; in what ways do you let the information in and out of your body?
Interactional Self - descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate relationships and
relationships to friends, family, classmates and strangers in social settings. Describe what kind
of son or daughter, brother or sister you are.

Nutritional Self - what foods do you like and dislike?

Contextual Self - your reaction to light. temperature, space, weather, colors, sounds and
seasons and your impact on the environment.

Spiritual self or life force - religion, reactions about your spiritual connections to others.

LESSON 5: ASPECTS OF THE SELF

Physical or Tangible Aspect - as they relate to the body. The body provides a place to house the
spirit (often experienced as feelings) and mind (often experienced as thought).

Intellectual and Conscious Aspect - as they relate to the mind. The mind is important as it is the
part of the self that directs the other two aspects. The mind learns what to do and
communicates the information to the body and the feelings. What the mind believes, the body
manifests or acts on, and the emotions feel, or respond with. People store beliefs and responds
to life's circumstances in most prominent way.

Emotional and Intuitive Aspect - as they relate to the spirit. This is the most feared aspect of the
self, as individuals are reluctant and unprepared to manage them. Managing feelings is like
trying to hold water in the palm of the hand. They are illusive and deceptive. A decision made
under emotional stress and strain usually impacts emotions negatively.

Lesson 6: Developmental Stages of Human

Person

- Human Development focuses on human growth and changes across the lifespan, including
physical, cognitive, social, intellectual, perceptual, personality and emotional growth.

The study of human development is essential to understanding how humans learn, mature and
adapt. Throughout their lives, human go through various stages of development.
1. Pre-Natal (Conception to birth)

- Age when hereditary endowments and sex are fixed and all body features, both external and
internal are developed.

2. Infancy (Birth to 2 years)

- Foundation age when basic behavior are organized and many ontogeneti maturation skills are
developed

3. Early Childhood (2 to 6 years)

- Pre-gang age, exploratory, and questioning. Language and elementary reasoning are acquired
and initial socialization is experienced.

4. Late Childhood (6 to 12 years)

- Gang and creativity age when self-help skills, social skills, and school skills, and play are
developed.

5. Adolescence (Puberty to 18 years)

- Transition age from childhood to adulthood when sex maturation and rapid physical
development occur resulting to changes in ways of feeling, thinkin and acting.

6. Early Adulthood (18 to 40 years)

- Age of adjustment to new patterns of life and roles such as spouse, parent and bread winner.

7. Middle Age (40 years to retirement)

- Transition age when adjustments to initial physical and mental decline are experienced.

8. Old Age (Retirement to death)

- Retirement age when increasingly rapid physical and mental decline are experienced.

The Developmental Tasks:

1.) Infancy and Early Childhood (0-5)

- Learning to walk
- Learning to take solid foods

- Learning to talk

- Learning to control the elimination of body wastes.

- Learning sex differences and sexual modesty.

- Acquiring concepts and language to describe social and physical reality.

- Readiness for reading.

- Learning to distinguish right from wrong and developing a conscience.

2.) Middle Childhood (6-12)

- Learning physical skills necessary for ordinary games

- Building a wholesome attilude toward oneself

- Learning to get along with agemates

- Learning an appropriate sex role Developing fundamental skills in reading, writing, and
calculating.

- Developing concepts necessary for everyday living

- Developing conscience, morality, and a scale of values Achieving personal independence

- Developing acceptable attitudes toward society

3.) Adolescence (13-18)

- Achieving mature relations with both sexes

- Achieving a masculine or feminine social role

- Accepting one's physique

- Achieving emotional independence of adults

- Preparing for marriage and 9 family life

- Preparing for an economic career

- Acquiring values and an ethical system to guide behavior

- Desiring and achieving socially responsibility behavior

4.) Early Adulthood (19-30)

- Leaming to live with a partner

- Starting a family

- Rearing children

- Managing a home

- Starting an occupation

- Assuming civic responsiblity

5.) Middle Adulthood (30-60)

- Helping teenage children to become happy and responsible adults

- Achieving adult social and civil responsibility

- Satisfactory career achievement

- Developing adult leisure time activities

- Relating to one's spouse as a person

- Accepting the physiological changes of middle age

- Adjusting to aging parent

6.) Later Maturity (61+)

- Adjusting to decreasing strength and health

- Adjusting to retirement and reduced income

- Adjusting to death of spouse

- Establishing relations with one's own age group

- Meeting social civic obligations

- Establishing satisfactory living quarters