personal development

• Personal development


  The process where individuals cultivate their dispositions of themselves and attain their full potential
• Personal development


  • Addresses the crisis that teenagers experience in their exploration and creation of their self-image and identity
• Self-esteem


  An individual's overall sense of self-worth or personal value
• Low self-esteem


  Impedes you from attaining success in life because you do not believe in yourself
• Healthy self-esteem


  Can make you optimistic and contented in life because you trust yourself that you can accomplish your goals
• Signs of low self-esteem


  • Fear of new things and avoidance of new opportunities
  • Teasing, name calling or saying negative things about others
  • Putting the blame on others for their mistakes
  • Seeks for attention
  • Negative self-talk and comparisons to others
  • Fear of failure or embarrassment
  • Difficulty with making friends
  • Low levels of motivation and interest
  • Cannot take compliments and shows mixed feelings of anxiety
• Causes of low self-esteem

  • Parents who are neglectful of their children
  • Peer pressure
  • A traumatic experience
  • Anxiety or stress
  • Depression
  • Occurrences in life that may be hard for them to cope with
  • Academic pressures
  • Victim of bullying
• Classification of people


  • Moviegoer
  • Actor
  • Scriptwriter
• Moviegoer


  Watches the movie of their lives, admires some parts and criticizes others, but does nothing else
• Actor


  Realizes they are the Actors and can control a big part of their lives, can make or break the movie
• Scriptwriter


  Creates the entire movie from their mind, determines what they will say, what they will do, and how the movie will end, realizes they have enormous control over their life
• Hierarchy of needs (Abraham Maslow)


  • Physiological (Health, food, sleep)
  • Safety (Shelter, removal from danger)
  • Belonging (Love, affection, being part of groups)
  • Esteem (Self-esteem and esteem from others)
  • Self-actualization (Achieving individual potential)