Personal Development Lesson 1.2.

Understanding
Yourselves as Adolescents
Personal development covers activities that improve
In this lesson, it will help you to discover some
awareness and identity, develop talents and potential,
things about yourself and provide you some knowledge
build human capital and facilitate employability, enhance
and awareness about the stage you are currently in.
the quality of life and contribute to the realization of
dreams and aspirations. As a senior high school students, you are considered to be
in the developmental stage called “adolescence.”
Chapter 1: KNOWING ONESELF
HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT
Lesson 1.1.: My Mirror A. PHYSICAL CHANGES
B. SOCIAL CHANGES
The Story of the 12 Spies
C. EMOTIONAL CHANGES
We saw Nephilim there (Giants/Anakites). We seemed D. EMOTIONAL CHANGES
like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the E. SPIRTUAL CHANGES
same to them.

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Lesson 1.3. KNOWING ONESELF’S
 STOP FACING THE WRONG MIRROR
STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
 We have to accept our strengths (what we can do)
The Belief Cycle and weaknesses (what we can’t do).

Remember: “It doesn’t mean you can’t, you

won’t.”

 Sometimes God place inadequacy or dysfunction

in our lives is for us to depend more on Him.
 We call it insecurity, but God call it “insurance.”
Because if He has given us all, we might not need
Him anymore. God knows that we call to Him
whenever we need something.
 Examples of strengths and weaknesses

Do these questions arouse on you?

 WHO AM I ?
 WHY AM I LIKE THIS?
 WHAT AM I FEELING?
 WHAT’S HAPPENING TO ME?
 WHAT IS MY PURPOSE?
 WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?
 The Four Personality Types
Defines by Hippocrates, Greek physician, Father of
Medicine in 400b.c.

1. SANGUINE (Super Salesman)

Strength:
 Warm
 Friendly
 Outgoing
 Witty
 Optimistic and fun to be around with
 Good at communication
 Public relation entertainment and
Why should I know my own strengths and weakness?  Short bursts of energy
Basically, a people person
 Knowing your own strengths and weaknesses Weakness:
gives you a better understanding of yourself and Can be superficial, quickly discouraged, and
how you function. easily hurt by rejection. Often covers up deep feelings of
interiority and inadequacy with a happy-go-lucky façade.
 It helps you to grow more.

 Knowing what you can excel at enables you to 2. MELANCHOLIC (Super Philosopher)
aim higher and achieve much more.
Strength:
 Knowing your weaknesses gives you a clearer  Imaginative
understanding of things that may be holding you  Creative
back, and you can then work around finding ways  Sensitive and artistic-a real lover of beauty
to not let your weaknesses pull you behind.  Solitude and perfection
 Usually quiet
SELF- it is the union of elements: body, thoughts,
 Gentle and philosophical
feelings or emotions and sensations that constitute the
 Able to concentrate
individuality and identity of a person.
 Feel deeply
BODY- constitute your physical attributes, your health,  Go to the heart things. Stay at something a long
and your posture and poise. time
 Remain calm in adversity
THOUGHTS- the way you think, and how you perceive Basically, an ideal person
things around you affect how you feel about them and Weakness:
bring sensations.  Can be moody
 touchy
EMOTIONS- and SENSATIONS- prompt you to act  withdrawn
and behave the way you do.  Extremely shy
 easily hurt to broken relationship
 NO TWO INDIVIDUALS ARE EXACTLY  Capable and extreme depression
ALIKE!
 YOU ARE UNIQUE, and THAT MAKES YOU 3. CHOLERIC (Super Leader)
SPECIAL!!!
 You must understand yourself first before you Strength:
can maximize your full POTENTIAL  Self-confident
 Disciplined
 Determined and dedicated
 Usually successful in whatever is undertaken
 Good at organizing, taking risks
 Planning great endeavors following with zeal
Basically, a born leader
Weakness:
 Can be cruel sarcastic
 Hot-tempered and intolerant
 Something ruthless
 Unscrupulous
 Insensitive and often “burned out” before like is
over.
 4. PHLEGMATIC (Super Friend) 2. Set your personal goals.
Self-awareness
Strength: is basically for self-
 Easy going improvement, so it is
 Likable sensible that you set
 Dependable your personal
 Loyal, ever cautious objectives. Writing
 Conservative and practical your own manifesto is a
 A good follower, friend, and partner for a strong- good way to push
willed person yourself into identifying what you want to improve about
 One who’s inclined towards unselfish service, yourself.
peacemaking and the simple life.
Basically, is a support person 3. Keep a journal
Weakness: Documenting things through a journal helps as it
 Can be lazy, half-hearted, easily stepped on and makes you more aware of what you are doing and where
abused by other personalities. problems might be coming from.
 Open has deep feelings of low self-esteem and
self-worth.
4. Make a self-review
One good way to do self-review is this: instead of
The Importance of Self-awareness thinking about what you must improve about yourself,
 Self-awareness- understanding our individual think about what your teacher, parent, or
character & how we are likely to respond to situations. boyfriend/girlfriend thinks you should do and what your
 Self-awareness or self-knowledge about understands friends might say. This way, you can see yourself from
your own habits, needs, desires, failings, and someone else’s viewpoint and achieve a little extra insight
everything else that matters in your personality. about yourself.
 The more you know yourself, the better you are at
adapting to life changes that suit your needs. PROJECT: “LOOK BACK. AND LOOK FORWARD”
 The Greek philosopher Socrates said, “Know thyself.”
 The more you listen to your emotions and how these Make like a scrap book/timeline. Collect your picture
affect your behavior, the better you will understand from your infancy to now, write captions/ stories/
why you do the things you do. experiences. And write how you see yourself 10 years
 The more you know about your own passions, the from now.
easier it is to improve on those urges or habits.
 Empowers you to make personal improvement by
building on your areas of strength. BEING IN THE ADOLESCENT STAGE
 Better you will understand why you do the things you
do.
The term “adolescence”
 The easier it is to improve on those habits.
 Better you are adapting to life changes that suit your came from the Latin term
needs. adolescere which means
 Boost self-confidence ‘grow.’ G. Stanley Hall (1844-
 Gives clearer direction in achieving your goals in life. 1924), the Father of
Adolescence who coined the
term “adolescence,” defined it
Best Steps to know yourself as “the period of storm and
Perfectly knowing yourself is difficult as repelling every stress of human life.”, “this
single cognitive bias you have about yourself is nearly period is characterized by a
impossible. Nonetheless, the suggested ways below can teenager’s conflict with
help you to have self-awareness:
parents, mood disruptions, and engagement in risky
behavior”.
1. Make an effort to look at
yourself objectively. Adolescence implies a stage if extreme transformation
and growth in an individual which encompass various
Be as impartial and unbiased as aspects of development such as physical, mental, social,
you can be in evaluating and emotional.
yourself. In decision-making,
study and fairly criticize the Puberty signal is the beginning of adolescence.
decisions you make. It will help
to look for some reliable friends The whole period of adolescence may be roughly
to talk with and listen to their divided into three stages.
criticism.
Early adolescence (approximately 11-14 years of age)

Middle adolescence (approximately 15-17 year of age)

Late adolescence (approximately 18-21 years of age)

 Lesson 2: SELF UNDERSTANDING Developing Self-Empowerment
Your strengths as adolescents, among others, are your 1. Developing trust
physical health, energy, youthfulness, optimism, bravery
to try different endeavors, fearlessness, open-mindedness,  Be open
good memory, and lack of cynicism. On the other hand, In the sharing of information, ideas,
your weaknesses are your lack of experience, thoughts and emotions (when appropriate).
unestablished values and identities, low self-concept and Aim to reciprocate appropriately
self-esteem, sensitivity, and insecurity. You are subject to
hormonal mood swings, confusion, expectations, and  Share & co-operate
pressures from the people around you, especially the older Share resources & knowledge with other
ones. to help them achieve their goals. Work together
BASIC CONCEPTS: to achieve mutual goals.
 Be trustworthy
Self-actualization When other people place their trust in
you, do your best to achieve positive outcomes.
 The desire that everybody has “to become
everything that they are capable of becoming.”  Be accepting
 The extent to which people are able to develop Hold the values and beliefs of others in
depends on certain needs being met and these high regard.
needs form a hierarchy.
 Achievement of your potential through  Be supportive = Support others when necessary
creativity, independence, and an understanding but also recognize their strengths - allowing
of the real world. them to work towards goals without your
intervention as appropriate

Personal Empowerment 2. Understand our strengths, weaknesses,

 Looking at who you are and becoming more and limits
aware of yourself as a unique individual.
 Identifying these will lead to improving your
 Involves developing the confidence & strength
weaknesses and building on your strengths.
to set realistic goals and fulfil your potential;
 Empowered people know their own limits and
many times people undermine their true
have no problems with asking for help or
abilities.
guidance.
Dimensions  The more empowered you become, the more
you will be able to help others to become
 Self-awareness empowered.
Understanding our individual character & how
we are likely to respond to situations. 3. Developing confidence
 Values
 Confidence acts as one of the greatest motivators
Opinions & beliefs important to us but of which
or most powerful limitations to anyone trying to
we are not always aware.
change their behavior and become more
 Skills empowered.
the main resource that enables people to reach
their goals.  Self-empowerment involves people constantly
 Information challenging their own beliefs and what they are
capable of undertaking.
Necessary for the development of self-awareness
& skills.
 Goals
Setting goals is a means by which an individual
can take charge of his life. Setting goals gives
people a sense of direction in life.
 IDENTIFYING YOUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESS
 Being aware of how you look, think, feel, and act
helps you to know more about yourself.

A. In knowing the strengths, one can be more

empowered to do development tasks.
TASK:

1. capacity to establish mature relationships with others,

2. emotional independence,
3. ability to demonstrate responsible behaviors

B. You will be equipped with skills essential in making

wise decisions in life.
 You are able to analyze complex situations
logically and sensibly.

C. You can be more confident in doing your tasks

and become more competent in achieving your goals.
DETERMINING YOUR WEAKNESS

 Gives you opportunity to know your limitations or

boundaries.
 You can identify situations where you can say NO!
 THIS IS YOUR STARTING POINT!- have to find ways
to enhance your capabilities.
 Develop positive ATTITUDES in dealing with life’s
challenges.

UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF

 Become more capable of actualizing your

potentials to the fullest.
 Appreciate and value who you are.
 Respect others and relate with them more
meaningfully.
 Empowered to cope well with the demands in
school, at home and your relationships.

INTROSPECTION
- ability to reflect and think about your own thoughts,
feelings, and actions, is essential in understanding and
improving yourself

FEEDBACKS
 Feel energized and you become more
enthusiastic because you are affirmed.
 Your worth as a person was recognized thus;
feel confident with yourself.
 Allows you to validate your perceptions who
you are.

CRITICISMS
 Negative feedbacks
 Tend to get angry
 Even deny the observation about you