Understanding Self

Knowing oneself is critical to being an effective team member as well as being

successful in life, work and relationships. Your personal identity influences
everything you do, and it changes and evolves over time.

The purpose of this module is to help you deepen your understanding and
appreciation for who you are as a person. You will explore how you see yourself
through the lenses of personal identity, your skills and talents, roles, values,
personal core, and how you meet your psychological needs. You will also examine
how you respond to the pressures of changes and transitions in your life.

You will have an opportunity to examine how your personal identity has been
shaped by a variety of people and experiences. You will also have opportunities to
think about and discuss your values, interests, hopes for the future, as well as,
your strengths and challenges. You will learn about how your psychological needs
are the primary source that motivates and drives your behavior. You will also
learn critical knowledge about change and how important it is in today’s
workplace to be adaptive and to embrace change as a personal and professional
growth experience.

You will be invited and encouraged to take risks, to step outside your comfort
zone, and to challenge your thinking and the thinking of others. You will be
engaged in reflection, partner activities, storytelling, discussion groups, self-
assessment, and giving and receiving feedback.

Name: Aubreydane Kyle S. Villadolid

Department: BSHM-1
 Words That Describe Me

Choose words that describe you. Add additional words.

Adaptive Self-Aware Tolerant

Dependable Intelligent Fearless

Compassionate Hard Worker Capable with Hands

Respectful Calm Humble

Energetic Eccentric Clever

Creative Confidant Thoughtful

Complex Realistic Cautious

Balanced Cooperative Shy

Quiet Attentive Picky

Other Words that describe you: Soft Hearted, Introvert, Kind, Have Anxiety
 Your Personal Identity
“Who Are You?”

Roles

Living a life of purpose and intention

also entails accepting responsibility
for our actions. It entails having a
clear sense of what we want from
life, having a strategy for getting it,
and actively making choices that
move us in that direction.

Personal Core Learn

I am ambitious. I thrive on In life not everyone around

challenge and constantly set goals us is true, even our own
for myself, so I have something to family, our closest friend and
strive towards. I am not our beloved can betray us.
comfortable with settling, and I I’m hoping to learn how to be
am always looking for an strong and face more
opportunity to do better and challenging in life not being
achieve greatness. taken down.
 Your Personal Identity
“Who Are You?”

Family Values

I’m from Sacro-Gonzales- True people and God are

Villadolid family important to me

Strengths Hopes for the Future

I can cook, dance a I am successful and

little bit and sing powerful women

Interests

I am most interested in
galaxies and sea
creatures
 A Portrait of Yourself
• The best thing(s) I ever did was (were) loving myself and knowing my worth

• I wish I could lose my fear of social anxiety

• I know I have the talent to cooking and singing

• I enjoy people who are being true to themselves

• I admire people who are confident in public speaking

• I feel most productive when I understand the statement

• I am motivated by the people who truly loves me

• I almost never ignore character

• My idea of fun is spending time with my family and loved ones

• Work is exciting when you have a good manager and workmates

• The best advice I ever got was surrender your life to the lord

• The thing I value most is my family and God

• If money were no object, I would live peacefully knowing money has no worth

• It is easy for me to focus on quiet place

• My idea of a perfect life is knowing I am blessed with everything, even in the smallest things

• My best days are rest days

• My dream is to be financially stable so that my parents would not live a stressful life

• I always wanted to become an agent

• I look forward to being successful

• I spent too much time in my cellphone

• The thing my friends like about me is my personality, being a joker

• When I try to change something, it would be my confident in facing public speaking

• In a group I like to feel that I am belong

• If I ever win a prize it will be for my family, because my success is also their success
 Setting Priorities about Values
Values are beliefs, feelings, and principles that guide a person’s actions and give those actions

meaning.

Values

1. Money – the main source of evil, many people would love to die to have such a big amount
of money

2. Peace of mind – reducing our emotions of anxiety, worry, and overwhelm, it can assist us in
maintaining our composure in the face of stress.

3. Happiness – a feeling that comes over when we know that life is good and yet we can’t help
but to smile.

4. Success – a key in everything, a word that can slap the people who drag you down and
discriminate you.

5. Nature – addition to bringing me and others joy, equilibrium, and awe at its beauty, nature
also sustains all our existence.

6. Spiritual Life - link to religious ideas, ideals, and practices that give life purpose,
encouraging and motivating people to reach their highest potential.

7. Friends – one of the people who gives us happiness.

8. Taking on Challenges – makes you stronger, helps you to be a better person and builds
resilience capacity.

9. Satisfaction with Work - reduced employee turnover, increased organizational productivity,

and lessened workplace stress.

10. Learning – it gives you satisfaction in life knowing that you learned more that you ever
know and helps us to keep pursuing our personal and professional development goals.

11. Balancing Your Life (work and play) – your health is protected by a good work-life balance,
so you'll take fewer sick days and have more energy for your activities.

12. Physical Health - enhance your ability to carry out daily tasks, help you control your
weight, lower your risk of disease, build your bones and muscles, and your cognitive health.
 Success Stories

Think about and write two or three of your success stories.

1. My first success in life was when I graduated in elementary.

2. My second success is being saved in depression, I almost kill myself that day, I was thankful
that my fam is there to help and save me.

3. My third success is I graduated junior and senior high school, life is hard because of
pandemic, we have some financial issue but I was thankful that my family didn’t give up so I
can graduate, hoping for more success in life.

What does this say about who you are and what’s important to you?

“Who you are” are talking about yourself, what’s your personality, your beliefs, etc., that
only you can answer. “what’s important to you” are talking about the important matters like
people, things, etc.

Share with your group “why” these success stories are important to you.

REF: GE Foundation Workplace Skills Program