Personal Development Plan: Improving Areas of Weakness

I am currently in my second year tidying Events Management and Public Relations. I decided to go to university due to my lack of confidence. I previously did not believe in my possibilities and had never thought about my future. My past drew my future. Being unhappy in the past is what has encouraged me to seek a good life. Moved to the UK three years ago not knowing what I was doing. I motivated myself to get here which was not easy. As I am in my second year it is time to think about my future and the goals want to achieve in life.

This module has enabled me to consider personal and professional goals and decide on my career path. With this module I realized that in addition to working on my weaknesses I also need to work on my strengths and make the most of them. A weakness could be turned to strength with some effort. In the events industry there is strong competition and this is why I have to work positively in my education which leads to my professional life and is related to my personal life. Goals and Aspirations My current three goals are to: 1 . Settle down with my partner. 2.

Feel successful in my professional life and enjoy my job. 3. Finish university and have some work experience by then (internships… . 1. Always felt unstable as I have been moving from one place to another consecutively. Since I moved to the UK have lived in more than seven houses. It taught me to be an expert in packing. Moved to London two weeks ago; that was my ninth move. This is the main reason why one of my main personal goals is to have my own house. Am aware it will take time to buy a proper house. Regardless of buying a house I want to rent a flat with my partner.

My partner and who happens to be an engineer have considered moving to Germany in about 2-3 years due to the demand of engineers in Germany. I previously lived in Germany for a year when I was a kid. I remember it as a happy time so I would not mind going back there and forming my family there. My plan is to be fully settled and happy with who am before I have children People always tend to want or at least try to get the things they have never had. This could be one of the reasons have so eager to find “my home” as I have never felt completely settled. I planned to have my own house in about five to six years.

Right now I am not economically able to buy a house so my short term goal is to have my own flat. M working hard to get a good job and be able to afford my own flat as London is really expensive. 2. My mother was a single mum who did not receive any money from my father during my childhood who happens to have two more kids. My mother Was taken out from school when she was twelve to work in the family business. A soon as she could escape she did but it was too late to study again as she had already three kids and no partners. We never felt hunger but remember opening the refrigerator and not seeing a single thing to eat. Remised myself I will never give this life to my kids and I will work hard for hem so they will not have any missed opportunities likewise will not be spoilt This is why I am fighting hard for my future; this is why I am at university. I want to have a proper job, be prepared and have the required skills for it. Want my dream job and am going to work hard for it. My top dream is to be part of the organization of the Scar’s awards. I am aware the path is long to achieve this dream but I do not mind, I will not stop until achieve it. It can be in twenty years but I can start now drawing my path.

I will start by getting into the events and cinema industry. I am looking for cinema courses to have meeting to contribute to the company that runs that event with more knowledge than events organization. I need to make the most of my skills and become a valuable and indispensable part of the event. One of my top skills is languages which is a key skill to have in international events. Thus I will keep improving my English at the same time as I start learning new languages. Want to work for the Brazil Olympic Games. I want to get enough work experience and learn Portuguese/ Brazilian.

I have been looking for languages courses and I am going to Start next month to take my Portuguese lessons. I want to be part of an organization where they appreciate my hard work and where never stop learning. This is why I have already started my job/ internship hunting. 3. Never thought was going to be studying at a university in London. I never achieved anything important in life until I got to this county. My life changed completely since I arrived in the ELK. I never felt able to get into a university previously. But I did, and now that I am here I would never give this up for any reason.

Last year I still lived in Oxford and coming to university used to take e five to six hours a day. I spent more time traveling than in class. I fought hard to get where am and I want to finish it properly. I want to have good marks, though my English needs to improve somewhat. Try my best to write good essays but I have never received an A due to my poor vocabulary. With my degree I would like to improve my writing and be proud of my academic style. I am half way to achieving it and I can see my English has improved but not as much as expected, so started to take it more seriously and am taking writing skills lessons.

In a few sessions I have deiced I have improved my writing and I will keep doing it until I have higher writing skills. Gaining work experience is one of my top goals before finish my degree. Out there is a wide range of people whose writing and general English is much better than mine. This is why I have to analyses my skills and show them in the interviews that even though do not have as good English as others, I am able to commit and contribute with my personal skills; being social, charismatic, honest and showing my leadership and management skills. Have started contacting various companies to find internship for next mummer. Ant to get as much work experience as I can before I finish my degree. In less than two years will have finished and by then want to have a proper job. My plan is to do a few internships and to start networking within this industry. Emailed the SAFE society within the University as being a part of this group would reflect well on my C.V. and when seeking future employment. I have started doing some volunteering now I live in London. Last summer went to Croatia for an internship, there was where I had my first work experience in the event industry. It was a three week internship here you got to know how a festival is run.

I learned to work under pressure and to solve unpredictable problems. It was a good experience as learned how to deal with issues and to introduce myself in the events industry. This is why am going to do more internships as find them a valuable asset in the events industry. Strengths and weaknesses “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself in true power. I you realism that you have enough, you are truly rich. ” (Tao Et Chining) Knowing yourself is much more important than knowing anyone else.

The strengths and weaknesses session was really helpful to know ourselves a little bit better. You do not notice the main points of your personality unless you look carefully. Learned more about myself than I expected during this class. I was surprised to realize how many strengths have that I didn’t even notice. People tend to focus on their weaknesses and blaming themselves. Instead We should try to focus on improving our strengths as We all have different valuable skills. My partner and I filled the strengths sheet and we ticked the same words. M a really confident person this is why I probably now myself better than others because am not afraid of myself. Am an honest person. Sometimes this can turn it into a weakness because I always have to say what I think instead of staying silent and observing. I am a natural planner. Have to have everything organized and under my control this way can change anything around whenever I want to. My confidence leads to my positive thoughts. Am a really optimistic person. I am this kind of person that never stresses and never sees the negative part. My weaknesses tend normally to be my own barriers.

Whenever do not achieve something I liaise is because of my laziness or my lack of confidence, depending in what areas. When I do not know the field my confidence vanishes. Presentations: Presentations tend to be scary and exaggerate the fear of the person who is doing it. Resulting in; not having any eye contact at all, having your hands in your pockets show your lack of confidence and making the audience feel uncomfortable, speaking so low that the audience is not able to hear an word… Am a really confident person which enables me to be good at presentations. I speak out loud and keep eye contact at all times.

I walk round (not exaggerating) to keep the audience engaged with my presentation. Have no fears about that, I am aware that the worst could happened to me is to bore the audience. I know in this century people do not throw tomatoes or any vegetable to the person on stage. Nevertheless, because of my confidence I am naturally good at it and have learned the proper behavior of a good presenter. Covey matrix: People tend to mix duties due to the lack of organization. This is why found this tool really useful. I am natural organizes; this is why I always have my agenda with me at all times.

I need to write every single duty/task down; otherwise I will feel completely disorganized. Though I am organized the covey time procrastination grid enabled me to analyses the relevance of my duties. Pay rent and buy underwear do not have the same importance and if you have a to-do list mixed by all your duties you will not differentiate the significance of them. I have started to have four sections in my to-do list which enables me to prioritize my daily tasks more efficiently. Comfort zone: There are times when you have to learn how to guide yourself and wonder here you want to go and if you are going through the right path.

The session I had to fill my comfort Zone sheet I did not feel really proud of myself as I realized that I was not following the path I should have. I realized that was not making the most of my potential. Delayed my move from Oxford to London due fear of being outside of my comfort zone however now I wish I had made that move earlier as I would have had so many more opportunities. Now that I have moved I have accomplished two of my three points of my action plan which I am really proud of. I decided to go through the fast lane as t takes me exactly where I want to be at the right time.

Now I feel more useful and motivated to achieve my next goal. Values: Values are intangible as it’s something not material. It is what something material can make you feel or believe in. The personal value matrix enabled me to analyses my values. My top value is love. I believe that people need love, that love provides you happiness. The love your own mother makes you feel, your partner, your kid… Or even better; the love you can give to them. I doubt the world would work without love. A lonely person does not have honest motivations.