Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Iloilo
LAMBUNAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Personal
Development/pansariling
kaunlaran
Knowing Oneself
What makes you unique?
Activity 1: Self-Concept Inventory
Directions: Take a look at your own self-concept and answer the
following self-concept inventory on a separate paper. Give
yourself a rating using the scale:
0 – very weak
1 – weak
2 – somewhat weak or somewhat strong
3 – strong
4 – very strong
___1. I have a strong sex appeal.
___2. I am proud of my physical figure.
___3. I am physically attractive and beautiful/handsome.
___4. I exude with charm and poise.
___5. I am easy to get along with.
___6. I can adjust to different people and different situations.
___7. I am approachable; other people are at ease and
comfortable with me.
___8. I am lovable and easy to love.
___9. I am a fast learner, can understand with one instruction.
___10. I am intelligent.
___11. I have special talents and abilities.
___12. I can easily analyze situations and make right judgments.
___13. I can be trusted in any transaction.
___14. I have a clean conscience and carry no guilty feeling.
___15. I have integrity and good reputation.
___16. My friends and classmates can look up to me as a model worth emulating.
___17. I can express my ideas without difficulty.
___18. I talk in a persuasive manner that I can easily get people to accept what I say.
___19. I can express my ideas in writing without difficulty.
___20. I am a good listener.
___21. I am emotionally stable and not easily rattled when faced with trouble.
___22. I am logical and rational in my outlook and decisions.
___23. I feel and act with confidence.
___24. I am a mature person.
Scoring: Copy this table in your paper. Write your score
opposite each number and get the subtotal.
Guide Questions:
1. In what areas do you consider yourself strong
(with score 14-16) or somewhat weak (score
of 10-13) and very weak (below 10).
2. Are there qualities you consider as your
weakness but other people consider as your
strength? What are these?
3. How realistic is your self-image? To what
extent does it reflect your real self?
 Personal Development
Adolescence is the time when young people
start to ask questions about themselves,
about their future, and even about their
religious and political belief during the
adolescent stage development, the young
person grapples with his or her identity.
This may seem very philosophical to some,
but to know oneself is the first step in
personal development.
 One philosopher stated
“Knowing others is
intelligence; knowing
oneself is true wisdom.
Mastering others is
strength, mastering yourself
is true power.”
 1. Knowing Others vs. Knowing
Oneself
• "Knowing others is intelligence":
Understanding and analyzing others'
behaviors, thoughts, and motives requires
cognitive ability and external observation.
• "Knowing oneself is true wisdom": True
wisdom comes from self-awareness—deeply
understanding your own emotions, desires,
strengths, and weaknesses. Self-knowledge
is more profound and enduring than simply
observing others.
 Mastering Others vs. Mastering
Oneself
• "Mastering others is strength": The
ability to influence, control, or overpower
others demonstrates external power or
dominance.
• "Mastering yourself is true power":
True power lies in self-control—mastering
your emotions, impulses, and reactions.
This form of mastery reflects inner
resilience and a deep understanding of
Imagine yourself
looking into a mirror.
What do you see?
Do you see your ideal
self or your actual self?
 Two Broad Categories of Self-
Concept:
 Ideal self- is the self that you
aspire to be.
 It is the one that you hope will
possess characteristics like that of
a mentor or some other worldly
figure.
Two Broad Categories of Self-Concept:
 Actual- self- is the one that you
see.
 It is the self that has
characteristics that you were
nurtured or in some case, born
or have.
Self Concept- refers to
your awareness or
yourself .
Collection of beliefs about
oneself. “WHO AM I? ”
It is believed that the words “Know Thyself” which were
written at the entry of the oracle at Delphi by seven Greek
Philosophers, statesmen and lawgivers became the
cornerstone of Western philosophy.
 For Socrates, the most important thing to pursue was self
knowledge and admitting one’s ignorance is the
beginning of true knowledge. ("I know that I know
nothing.“)
 For Plato, one of Socrates students, the beginning of
knowledge is self knowledge.
Other ancient philosophers from other culture saw
the wisdom in knowing oneself.
The ancient Hindu writings Upanishads confirmed
“Enquiry into the truth of the “Self” is knowledge”.
The Persian poet Rumi ruminated “Who am I in
the midst of all this thought traffic?” and
The American poet Walt Whitman celebrated his
“Self” as a “simple and separate person.”
The Self, in contemporary literature and
even common sense, is commonly defined
by the following characteristics: “separate,
self-contained, independent, consistent,
unitary, and private” (Stevens, 1996).
When we talk about the self, being
“separate,” it means it is distinct, different
and unique from others.
It has its own uniqueness that defines
him/her from others.
It has an identity of its own, even twins,
may it be fraternal, is very much distinct
from the other.
When we are talking about “self-
contained,” we describe its existence as
having its own independence.
It may exist with or without others; it is
self-containing of its own thoughts,
characteristics and volition.
The actual self is built on self-knowledge. Self-
knowledge is derived from social interactions
that provide insight into how others react to
you.
The actual self is who we are.
It is how we think, how we feel, look, and act.
The actual self can be seen by others but
because we have no way of truly knowing how
others view us, the actual self is our self-image.
 The ideal self , on the other hand, is how
we want to be.
 It is an idealized image that we have
developed over time based on what we
have learned and experienced.
 The ideal self could include components
of what our parents have taught us, what
we admire in others, what our society
promotes, and what we think best
interests us.
 Personal Effectiveness
Personal effectiveness means making
use of all the personal resources-talents,
skills, energy, and time to enable you to
achieve goals.
Our personal effectiveness depends on our
innate characteristics-talent and
experience accumulated in the process
of personal development.
Talents first are needed to be
identified and then developed to be
used in a particular subject area
(science, literature, sports, politics, etc.)
Experience includes knowledge and
skills that we acquire in the process of
cognitive and practical activities.
Knowledge is required for setting
goals and defining an action plan to
achieve them and risk assessment.
Skills also determine whether real actions are
performed in accordance with the plan. If the same
ability is used many times in the same situation,
then it becomes a habit that runs automatically,
subconsciously. Here are some skills that will greatly
increases the efficiency of any person who owns them:
 1. Determination. It allows you to focus only in
achieving a specific goal without being distracted
by less important things or spontaneous desires.
It may be developed with the help of self-discipline
exercise.
2. Self-Confidence. It appears in the process of
personal development as a result of getting aware of
yourself, your actions and their consequences.
Self-confidence is manifested in speech,
appearance, dressing, gait, and physical condition.

To develop it, you need to learn about yourself and

your capabilities, gain positive attitude and believe
that by performing right actions and achieving right
goals you will certainly reach success.
 3. Persistence. It makes you keep moving forward
regardless of emerging obstacles- problems,
laziness, bad emotional state, etc. It reduces the
costs of overcoming obstacles. It can also be
developed with the help of self-discipline exercise.
 4. Managing Stress. It helps combat stress that
arises in daily life from the environment and
other people. Stress arises from the uncertainty in
an unknown situation when a lack of information
creates the risk of negative consequences of your
actions. It increases efficiency. In the actively
changing environment.
 5. Problem-solving skills. They
help cope with the problems
encountered with a lack of
experience.
 It increases efficiency by adopting
new ways of achieving goals when
obtaining a new experience.
 6. Creativity. It allows to find extraordinary ways
to carry out a specific action that no one has tried
to use. It can lead to decrease or an increase of
costs. But usually, the speed of action is greatly
increased when using creative tools.
 7. Generating ideas. It helps you achieve goals
using new, original, unconventional ideas. For
generating idea, you can use a method of mental
maps which allows you to materialize, visualize
and scrutinize all your ideas, which in turn
contributes to emergence of new ideas.
Activity 2. My Banner – The Treasure Within Me
On a separate sheet of paper copy the image below. In the spaces indicated by
numbers, write down the following:
1 and 2 two things I do very well
3 and 4 my two greatest achievements in life
5 what in myself am I proudest of
6 happiest moment in life
7 positive words that my friends use to describe me
8 a personal goal that I have already achieved
9 blessings for which I am most thankful to God
10 three of my positive qualities
11 difficulties, challenges and problems that I was able to
solve
and overcome
Guide Questions:
1.What have you discovered in yourself?
2.What are your core strengths?
3.How are you going to hone and improve these
qualities?
Activity 3. My Self Through the Years
Directions: Paste a picture of you when you were in elementary, in high
school, and now that you are in senior high school. Below the picture, list
down your salient characteristics that you remember. Write your answers on
a separate sheet of paper.
My Elementary Self My High School My Senior High
Self School

ANALYSIS: After having examined your “SELF” in its different stages, fill out the table
below. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Similarities in all Differences in my Possible reasons for
stages of my “Self” “Self” across the the differences in me
three stages of my life
Guide Questions:
1.What are your self-improvements? Compare
yourself now from before and now.
2.Do you think you can achieve more “now”, than
when you were younger? Cite some examples.
3.There are many instances wherein you can
choose who you can be as of now. Why this
current “SELF”? Explain.