LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR HUMAN ENHANCEMENT

YOUR IMAGE AND IT’S IMPACT

Learning Objectives
Define and understand life skills and
human development
Define what is Image
Identify the elements and dimension of
self –image
Identify job satisfaction requirements
needed
What is skill?
Skill
“The ability to use once knowledge effectively &
readily in the execution of performance”
Is a term that encompasses the knowledge,
competencies and abilities to perform operational
tasks. Skills are developed through life and work
experiences and they can also be learned through
study.
Life Skills
Skills are also transferable between jobs, life
events and situations. Some personal life
skills include:
• Cooperation
• Curiosity
• Perseverance
• Communication
• Adaptability
• Driving
• Studying
• Making a household budget
• Balancing accounts
• Basic finance skills
• Creating a grocery list
• Cleaning and tidying
• Organizing the home
• Laundry
• Making an organized list
• Shopping for yourself and others
• Parenting
• Painting
• Empathy
• Creativity
• Initiative
• Flexibility
• Staying motivated
• Managing stress
• Sense of humor
Human skill
• “Human skill is the sum total of talent,
knowledge, ability attitude of the individual
or the total work in an organization put to
productive use”
Life skills-are capabilities that enables us to adapt
positively to the changes in the environment, life
skills can also be called as Psychosocial
competency.
What is Psychosocial competency?
is a person's ability to deal effectively with
the demands and challenges of everyday
life. It is a person's ability to maintain a state
of mental well-being and demonstrate this in
an adaptive and positive behavior, while
interacting with others and his / her culture
and environment.
 Importance of life skills as well as its
implication in the below list.
1) To develop ethics
2) It Helps to remove stage fear
3) To become self-confident
4)Facilitate to adopt of new skills
5)For self-branding
6)To showcase the hidden talent
7)To evaluate as well as choose
best among options
8) Helps to take the best life-
changing decisions
9) It Facilitates creative thinking
as well as an innovative approach
The 21st century life skills are:
1. flexibility
2. initiative
3. social skills
4. productivity
5. leadership.
Why Do We Study Human Growth and
Development?
The study of human growth and development offers
a wealth of value for personal and professional
growth and understanding.

Human development- centers on strengthening the

attributes and abilities that help people flourish in life.

Human development is defined as the process of enlarging

people's freedoms and opportunities and improving their
well-being. Human development is about the real freedom
ordinary people have to decide who to be, what to do, and
how to live.
Common benefits include the following:
• To gain a better understanding of one’s own life
experiences. This can help people personally reach an
understanding of what childhood events shaped their
adulthood.
• To gain knowledge of how social context impacts
development. This knowledge can be invaluable for
professionals like teachers as they gain a deeper
understanding of their students.
• To help others understand and contextualize the ups
and downs of life. This helps therapists and
psychologists better aid their clients in self-discovery.
• To understand how societal change can support
growth and development. This understanding helps
decision-makers in schools change the educational
culture for the better.
• To
become a more effective auditor, human resource, or bu
siness leader
in many different industries. Understanding human
development deeply and in context has many
professional benefits that can lead to greater insight.
• To support the physical and mental health of
individuals throughout their life span. Professionals like
doctors, nurses, and therapists must understand human
growth and development to better support their clients.
The term life skills-refers to the skills you
need to make the most out of life.

WHO-describes life skills as the abilities and

positive behaviors that enables individual to
deal effectively with the demands challenges
of everyday life.
The importance of Life Skills at Work
In addition to personal development,
life skills prepares you for the professional
world. You learn how to confidently tackle
problems and step out side of your comfort
zone. You continue to learn and grow every
step of the way, making new skills and
knowledge.
What is Human Enhancement?
it is used to describe to improve human
form skills beyond what is necessary to be
able to sustain in the demand of the
workforce. It is also the development of the
inner and outer personality of the person.
SELF IMAGE: IT’S
DEFINITION
Random House Dictionary defines self-image as “the idea,
conception, or mental image one has of oneself.”

The Mountain State Centers for Independent Living

explains further:

“Self-image is how you perceive yourself. It is a number of

self-impressions that have built up over time… These self-
images can be very positive, giving a person confidence in
their thoughts and actions, or negative, making a person
doubtful of their capabilities and ideas.”
-the most basic form an internalized mental
picture/idea you have of yourself.
-is the impression you have of yourself that
forms a collective representation of your
assets and liabilities.
LESSON 1.2: The Elements and
Dimensions of Self-Image

Your Image is a reproduction or mental picture of you as seen

by others. The way you are treated in this world depends
largely on the way you present your self------the way you look,
the way you speak, the way you behave.
Three elements of a person’s
self-image are:

• The way a person perceives or thinks of

him/herself.
• The way a person interprets others’
perceptions (or what he thinks others
think) of him/herself.
• The way a person would like to be (his
ideal self).
Six dimensions of a
person’s self-image are:
• Physical dimension: how a person evaluates his or her
appearance
• Psychological dimension: how a person evaluates his or
her personality
• Intellectual dimension: how a person evaluates his or her
intelligence
• Skills dimension: how a person evaluates his or her
social and technical skills
• Moral dimension: how a person evaluates his or her
values and principles
• Sexual dimension: how a person feels he or she fits into
society’s masculine/feminine norms
 Five Minutes Activity

• Each student will ask at least 5 people

from the same class about their first
impression with him/her. Student will be
given a chance to discuss the given
impression and tell whether they agree or
not.
LESSON 1.3: HOW SHOULD YOU
PREPARE FOR YOUR FUTURE?

At this point of time, from the rate of 1-10, 10 being the highest, what rate are
you going to give on yourself in terms of your preparedness from your chosen
career.
“It doesn't have to be
perfect to be wonderful”

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