Your Personal and Professional Development Plan
Your Personal and Professional Development Plan (PPDP) should be a living document. As you progress through the programme, you will document important moments in your transformational journey and record important insights, accomplishments and completed goals. In the final weeks of Learning and Leadng in a Dynamic Era, you will reflect on your values, principles and goals, create an action plan to achieve these goals, and plan for your future as a leader; these are the goals of your PPDP.
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At the same time, you should not feel bound by the constraints of only looking forward. As you will discover in Learning andLeading in a Dynamic Era, great benefits can be derived from reflecting on the past, as well as on the present and the future. Accordingly, you will return to your PPDP throughout this programme, stopping in each module to re-evaluate goals and action plans so that they accurately reflect your development as a leader and so that you can create realistic timelines and set yourself up for success rather than disappointment. If it takes you more or less time than you originally predicted in order to accomplish a goal or meet a milestone, that’s simply a cause for an adjustment. The iterative process of revising, reflecting and adjusting is precisely what makes your PPDP a living document.
In each module, there will be new knowledge and new perspectives that you were not aware of before. You will integrate that into your PPDP. You will address questions such as the following:
- What am I learning in this module that is helping me to shape what I already know and what I need to know?
- What other managerial and knowledge gaps has this module revealed?
- How has it helped me to create new goals?
- How will I integrate content from this module into the professional aspect of my PPDP?
For this module, you will work on your PPDP in three phases. In Unit 5, you will complete Phase 1, Values, Principles, and Goals, and Phase 2, Your Action Plan, and submit this document for feedback from your Instructor. You will complete Phase 3, Reflecting on Your PPDP, in Unit 6, and submit the completed PPDP as part of your Final Project for grading.
Phase 1: Values, Principles and Goals
Note: For this section of the PPDP, you can use the values, principles and goals you created in your Unit 4 Shared Activity 2 and Individual Assignment 1.
Goal # 1
Statement of your personal value
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To improve my lack experience and skills to handle the Media and Public speaking |
What principle emanates from this value?
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Self confidence |
What goal did you derive from this value?
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Ability to present interesting subject matter |
Goal # 2
Statement of your personal value
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Improve business skills |
What principle emanates from this value?
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Excellent customer satisfaction |
What goal did you derive from this value?
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Increase of income |
Goal # 3
Statement of your personal value
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Sharing and empathy for the community |
What principle emanates from this value?
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Kindness to those troubled in the community |
What goal did you derive from this value?
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Returning some value to the community |
Phase 2: Your Action Plan
For this section of the PPDP, you should create action plans which you will utilise to achieve each of the three goals listed above. You will first submit this document to your Instructor for feedback in Unit 5. For the Unit 5 submission, be sure to fill in the information for Phase 1 as well as your action plans for Phase 2. Phase 3 will be completed in Unit 6.
You can type your goals, objectives, milestones and steps directly into the white boxes below. If you are confused about the different components of your action plan, please refer to this unit’s media presentation and the example action plan in the week’s learning resources. Also, note that this table is intended as a guide but is flexible in order to best meet your needs. If, for example, you need to meet three milestones to accomplish an objective rather than two, feel free to add an extra row to the table. Similarly, you may need only two objectives for a particular goal rather than three. Add and delete rows as necessary until this action plan is customised to your particular goals.
Note: You can delete the text in the boxes below and replace it with the information described
Goal # 1: Type Goal Here
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Improve Media & Public Speaking (PS) Skills |
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Do research about Public Speaking |
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End Date |
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Do Internet Research about the required skills and technique for public speakers |
02/15/15 |
02/28/15 |
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Read about people reviews and experiences |
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Document my findings and comments that I learned |
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Request friend help who has good record in Public speaking |
03/01/15 |
03/15/15 |
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Discuss the best technique he used to have |
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Lesson learn from his experience and what mistakes to avoid |
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Watch TED experience shows and other media that available on Youtube |
02/20/15 |
04/30/15 |
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Watch the shows and review the best to repeat again |
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Practice same selected show and get the best techniques |
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What is the second objective needed to achieve your goal? |
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Attend special media and public speaking training |
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Search for advanced training available |
03/15/15 |
03/25/15 |
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Define List of certify training Centres |
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Contact them by phone and do short List |
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Visit the short listed training centre and meet with their trainee |
03/25/15 |
03/30/15 |
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Visit best 3 centres and check their centre readiness and courses available |
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Check training schedule and timing |
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Attend special public speaking Course |
04/5/15 |
04/9/15 |
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Practice my earlier findings in the class |
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Get the best learned skills and practices |
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What is the third objective needed to achieve your goal? |
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Attend public gathering |
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Request to attend a weekly gathering of business persons |
04/2/15 |
04/30/15 |
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Select one of the available gatherings for business |
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Request special invitation from friends |
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Arrange internal event within suppliers and partners |
05/1/15 |
05/31/15 |
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Arrange for hotel reservation |
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Invite top suppliers and partners to thank them for value business |
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Invite Media and press company to attend special event for top customers |
06/1/15 |
06/30/15 |
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Arrange with our loyal customers to attend an appreciation event as we appreciate their business |
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Invite Media and press company to attend this event |
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Goal # 2: establish an E-commerce company
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What is the first objective needed to achieve your goal? |
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Understanding the process of setting up an E-commerce company |
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End Date |
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Research and identify procedures for establishing company |
06/15/15 |
06/31/15 |
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Access some of the popular e-commerce companies |
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Establish steps used to set up the companies |
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Identify areas of inetrest for the proposed company |
07/01/15 |
07/20/15 |
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Assses the available resources for the company |
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Asses compettion and other companies providing the same service |
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Establish ideal distribution patterns |
07/5/15 |
07/30/15 |
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Identify a bench mark company for distributon and delivery |
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Fashion the most ideal system for distribution |
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What is the second objective needed to achieve your goal? |
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Establish resources required for the company |
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Identify available sources of financial resources |
07/30/15 |
08/15/15 |
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Establish the easiest and low cost method to fund the bsuinesss |
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Create budgets and projected income schedules to determine the amount of capital required |
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Asses possible supply routes for E-commerce |
08/16/15 |
08/23/15 |
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Identify low cost supplies for products and services |
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Negotiate and establish deals for supplies |
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Understand possible income and other resources required |
08/24/15 |
08/30/15 |
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Establish how the projected budget will be funded |
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Generate possible and realistic income and expenditure ledgers |
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What is the third objective needed to achieve your goal? |
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Establish and register the E-commerce company |
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Define the niche for the ecommerce company |
09/01/15 |
09/06/15 |
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Identify areas of inetrest for the company |
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Establish gaps in the market which could be profitable for the company |
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Build a quality webcite for the company |
09/01/15 |
09/20/15 |
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Find an established and affordable website technician |
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Design and create the web page layout |
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Drive traffic to the site |
09/20/15 |
09/30/15 |
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Use various techniques to increase SEO status |
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Keep the site active, and new clients satisfied |
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Goal # 3: BEGIN A COMMUNITY PROJECT
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Identify problems within the community |
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End Date |
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Take time to learn more about the community |
10/10/15 |
10/24/15 |
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Rank the information identified and received |
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Create rapport with major community stakeholders |
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Identify areas where the community is struggling |
10/24/15 |
10/30/15 |
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Create a problem tree of the areas of concern |
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Find key informants for the information on community problems |
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Narrow down to problems not being addressed |
10/30/15 |
11/05/15 |
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Analayse the problem tree and identify crucial areas of need |
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Identify community problems that are not rceving attention |
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What is the second objective needed to achieve your goal? |
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Plan for the project |
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Seeting up the goals and scope of the project |
11/06/15 |
11/16/15 |
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Who will benefit directly from the project |
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What activities will the project undertake |
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Identifying potential sponsors |
11/06/15 |
11/20/15 |
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Finding other interested parties for the project |
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Establishing contracts for funding |
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Host a dinner party for awareness and funds |
11/20/15 |
11/27/15 |
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Identify a suitable venue for interested parties |
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Establish the cost of tickets to the event and advertise the same |
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What is the third objective needed to achieve your goal? |
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Establish the project |
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Put together the venue, and other asects of the project |
11/01/15 |
11/30/15 |
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Find a suitable venue |
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Find willing volunteers to run the project |
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Open doors to the community |
12/01/15 |
12/05/15 |
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Community members within the scope of the project find solutions |
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Change begins to be seen in the community |
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Community participation in project |
12/05/15 |
12/12/15 |
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Community members volunteer in the project |
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Evaluation shows decrease of the problem in the community |
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Phase 3: Reflecting on Your Personal and Professional Development Plan
You will submit this phase of the PPDP in Unit 6 of the module, being sure to submit the entire document, including Phases 1 and 2. In future modules in this programme, you will continue to refine and reflect on your PPDP, making any necessary revisions to encompass goals based on future modules and material. Please be sure to save this plan so that you can use it in subsequent modules.
Use the space below for an approximately 500-word reflection in which you do the following:
- Describe how you came to select these values, principles and goals, and explain how you think they will further your personal and professional development. You may wish to refer to your own transformational story or other assignments completed for this module.
- Describe any obstacles you anticipate in achieving your goals and how you will mitigate them.
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The values highlighted in this plan have developed over time and stemmed up from experience. The main thing to not in my personal development is that nothing is static or etched in stone. Experience and new life challenges have brought on many changes in the values that I hold important and consider vital to my success and profession. The most important experience has been moving from my home town to attend school. The choice in itself was not easy. Having been born an only child in a small town; a close knit family and society was hard to give up. The move brought on the value of patience. During my first year I faced challenges that were profound. From the change of living conditions to new courses as part of my caseload, patience became a second persona. To adjust to the various changes that we encounter in life today, to be able to learn and adjust we must allow patience. Patience is not just a value exercised to ourselves but also various people we interact with. Severally, managers and people in authority must exercise patience with their workers and other people whom they are managing. A lack of patience could lead to loss of tempers and often situations of conflict. I have often been termed as persistent by friends and even family. This is a value that I have found will be helpful in my ambitious personal development plan. Persistence is the only way for example to succeed in establishing an e-commerce business. Clients and suppliers in this arena can pose various challenges. Further exceeding competition in E-commerce may provide challenges in terms of ensuring growth and income increase in the first year. Further, persistence will ensure that I master the art of public speaking despite previous episodes of stage fright. One of my most valued of principles is honesty. Honesty is often used freely and in many cases misused. May people term themselves to be completely honest, yet a crucial examination of their lives shows episodes some minor and others major where they have engaged in dishonesty. I do not ride myself as a completely, one hundred percent honest person. However, I am an individual who actively values honesty and therefore strives to give honesty in all situations. Dishonesty to me is not the norm but rather the exception of my own personal code of ethics. I value relationships, professional and otherwise and these can only be maintained through honesty. All these values and principles come together neatly to ensure that the personal development plan has a chance of success. Through empathy and honesty, the business will grow and the projects expected in the community will be a success. Of course as time continues, there are chances and indeed it is to be expected that new values will be developed. One of the expected values to develop would be confidence and especially confidence to speak in public. Each of the values will be internalized to ensure success of the personal development plan. |
Old assignment I submitted
I feel It is not correct, Please feel free to change
To Create Goal # 1:
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To improve my lack experience and skills to handle the Media and Public speaking |
1) State one value based on this managerial gap.
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Self confidence is a value that would make public speaking much easier. |
Create a principle based on this value.
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I need to build on simple self esteem and assurance of who I am and the knowledge I have. |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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I need to be persistent even when fear threatens to strangle me |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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I need to practice and rehearse presentation and speaking in small gathering |
2) State a second value based on this managerial gap.
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I value possible training to build on my public speaking skills |
Create a principle based on this value.
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There is need to learn from the motivational speakers and public speaking trainers in order to sharpen the necessary skills |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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Understanding the voice tonations, dramatizations and skills of engaging the sudience |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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A complete turn around from fear and panic which causes stage fright. |
3) State a third value based on this managerial gap.
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Inspiration and creativity in the speech delivery |
Create a principle based on this value.
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Lack of nervousness which in turn reduces the amount of time preparing and delivering the speech |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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Creativity is vital in ensuring the presentation remains interesting |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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Uniqueness in public speaking will leave the audience desiring more. |
4) Choose one principle to use as the basis of a goal.
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Creativity and uniqueness |
5) Create a goal based on this principle.
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Be more confident and relaxed to speak for public, this will help me improve my skills and avoid been panic. By time I will reach my goal to be good public speaker |
To Create Goal # 2:
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To start my own ecommerce company |
1) State one value based on this managerial gap.
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Business minddness |
Create a principle based on this value.
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Understanding the new business trends and future trends. |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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It is important to be flexible with plans and expectations as they will change periodically |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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It is important to develop persistence to ensure the business grows despite challenges |
2) State a second value based on this managerial gap.
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I value cutomer service |
Create a principle based on this value.
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I need to understand customer needs |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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I need to learn how to utilize social media |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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I need to have inventive idea that people love to use |
3) State a third value based on this managerial gap.
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Empathy for children and especially young people |
Create a principle based on this value.
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Establishing a community project to assist in education of orphans |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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Developing a free transition website for children with a past involved in drugs |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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This project will be developed as a legacy for my name |
4) Choose one principle to use as the basis of a goal.
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It is important to read and research about emerging trends in ecommerce and Technology |
5) Create a goal based on this principle.
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Knowing the ecommerce future direction and the best investment sector will help me to build the right ecommerce solution that can be used globally |
To Create Goal # 3:
3. Creativity |
1) State one value based on your first character strength.
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I value patience with all people. With patience, it is easy to see through the challenges that people are experiencing and develop fairness. |
Create a principle based on this value.
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It is important to give people a chance to work through their challenges. |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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Everyone should be given a chance |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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Every person has strengths, each of these should be recognized |
2) State a second value based on your second character strength.
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I value giving hope to individuals |
Create a principle based on this value.
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I usually expect the best in the future. Without hope, the first challenge will cause stagnation |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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I work to achieve the best hoping to be successful |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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As per Christopher Reeve, Once you choose hope, anything’s possible |
3) State a third value based on your third character strength.
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Thinking of new ways to do things is a crucial part of who I am. As I have discovered from the VIA survey. |
Create a principle based on this value.
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I believe every problem is an opportunity for success |
Create a second principle based on this value.
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I like to manage ideas as a way, to leverage motivation |
Create a third principle based on this value.
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I like to think out of the box, think big and start now |
4) Choose one principle to use as the basis of a goal.
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I like to think out of the box, think big and start now |
5) Create a goal based on this principle.
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I believe that is nothing impossible in this life. Everyone can reach his goal and objectives if he plan well and focus on how to achieve this. |
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