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What is Personal
Development?
See also: Practical Steps to Personal Development

Personal development is a lifelong


process. It is a way for people to assess
their skills and qualities, consider their
aims in life and set goals in order to realise
and maximise their potential.

This page helps you to identify the skills


you need to set life goals which can
enhance your employability prospects,
raise your confidence, and lead to a more
fulfilling, higher quality life. Plan to make
relevant, positive and effective life choices
and decisions for your future to enable
personal empowerment.

Although early life development and early


formative experiences within the family, at
school, etc. can help to shape us as adults,
personal development should not stop later
in life.

This page contains information and advice


that is designed to help you to think about
your personal development and ways in
which you can work towards goals and your
full potential.

‘Personal Development’ and


‘Personal Empowerment’ are two
areas that overlap and interweave,
so it is recommended that you read
this page in conjunction with our
page on Personal Empowerment.

Why is Personal Development


Important?
There are many ideas surrounding personal
development, one of which is Abraham
Maslow's process of self-actualisation.

Self-Actualisation
Maslow (1970) suggests that all individuals
have an in-built need for personal
development which occurs through a
process called self-actualisation.

The extent to which people are able to develop


depends on certain needs being met and these
needs form a hierarchy. Only when one level of
need is satisfied can a higher one be
developed. As change occurs throughout life,
however, the level of need motivating
someone’s behaviour at any one time will also
change.

At the bottom of
the hierarchy are
the basic
physiological
needs for food,
drink, sex and
sleep, i.e., the
basics for
survival.

Second are the needs for safety and


security in both the physical and
economic sense.

Thirdly, progression can be made to


satisfying the need for love and
belonging.

The fourth level refers to meeting the need


for self-esteem and self-worth. This is
the level most closely related to ‘self-
empowerment’.

The fifth level relates to the need to


understand. This level includes more
abstract ideas such as curiosity and the
search for meaning or purpose and a
deeper understanding.

The sixth relates to aesthetic needs of


beauty, symmetry and order.

Finally, at the top of Maslow’s hierarchy is


the need for self-actualisation.

Maslow (1970, p.383) says that all individuals


have the need to see themselves as competent
and autonomous, also that every person has
limitless room for growth.

Self-actualisation refers to the desire that


everybody has ‘to become everything that they
are capable of becoming’. In other words, it
refers to self-fulfilment and the need to reach
full potential as a unique human being.

For Maslow, the path to self-actualisation


involves being in touch with your feelings,
experiencing life fully and with total
concentration.

Maslow, A. H. (1970), Motivation and


Personality, (2nd Edition), Harper & Row, New
York.

For more on motivation, see our pages: Self-


Motivation, Motivating Others and try the
How Self-Motivated are You? Quiz.

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Managing Your Personal


Development
There are a number of steps to take in
managing your personal development.

1. Developing a Personal Vision


Personal development can simply be for fun.
Most of us, however, find it easier to motivate
ourselves to learn and improve if we have a
purpose in doing so. Developing your personal
vision - a clear idea of where you want to be in
a few months or years, and why - is a crucial
part of developing this purpose.

There is more about this in our pages on


Developing a Personal Vision, Refining and
Narrowing Your Vision, and Setting Personal
Goals.

2. Planning Your Personal


Development
Once you are clear about where you want to
be, you can start planning how to get there.
Drawing up a personal development plan is not
essential, but it does make the planning
process more realistic.

For more about this part of the process, take a


look at our page on Planning Your Personal
Development.

If you are struggling to identify which areas to


target for development and improvement, you
may find it helpful to read our pages on
Personal SWOT Analysis and Identifying Areas for
Improvement.

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3. Starting the Improvement


Process
There are a number of different ways in which
you can learn and develop.

Our page on Improving Performance – Some


Specific Techniques explains some ways of
learning, including a technique called expertise
transfer.

Our page on Learning Preferences suggests


how different types of learning process may be
more effective for certain people. You may also
find our page on Learning Styles helpful in
understanding how you like to learn.

4. Recording Your Personal


Development
It is often a good idea to keep a record of your
personal development. By writing down key
developments in your learning and
development as and when they occur, you will
be able to reflect on your successes at a later
date.

There is more about this on our page,


Recording Your Personal Development.

This reflection may well help to motivate you to


learn more skills in the future. Try keeping a
learning log or journal as you develop your skills
and knowledge.

See our page on Reflective Practice for some


ideas of how to do this.

5. Reviewing and Revising


Personal Development Plans
Our page on Learning Styles uses Kolb’s
Experiential Learning Cycle to show that
learning is a cycle. For more effective learning,
it is important to reflect on your experience,
and consider what you have learnt from it.
Regular review of your personal development
plans, and your development activities, will
ensure that you learn from what you have done.
It will also ensure that your activities continue
to move you towards your goals, and that your
goals or vision remain relevant to you.

There is more about this in our page on


Reviewing and Revising your Personal
Development Plan.

Further
Reading
from
Skills
You
Need

The Skills
You Need
Guide to
Personal Development
Learn how to set yourself effective
personal goals and find the motivation
you need to achieve them. This is the
essence of personal development, a set
of skills designed to help you reach
your full potential, at work, in study and
in your personal life.

The second edition of or bestselling


eBook is ideal for anyone who wants to
improve their skills and learning
potential, and it is full of easy-to-follow,
practical information.

Continue to:
Practical Steps to Personal Development

Personal Development Top Tips

See also:
Positive Thinking

Setting Personal Goals

Journaling for Personal Development

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