Personal Development Plan

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Personal Development Plan Process Chart

Exploring Youself

Explore Your Dreams

Make the right choices

Create Powerful Goals

Organize for Success

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SECTION I: Exploring Yourself

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What makes you HAPPY? Happiness Situation 1:

Factors Contributing:

a. b. c. d. e. Happiness Situation 2:

Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e. Happiness Situation 3:

Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e.

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What makes you PROUD? Pride Situation 1:

Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e. Pride Situation 2:

Factors Contributing: b. b. c. d. e. Pride Situation 3:

Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e.

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What gives you a sense of FULFILMENT? Fulfilment Situation 1:

Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e.

Fulfilment Situation 2:

Factors Contributing: c. b. c. d. e. Fulfilment Situation 3:

Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e.

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What situations you could have HANDLED BETTER or you REGRET? Scope for improvement Situation 1: Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e.

Scope for improvement Situation 2:

Factors Contributing: d. b. c. d. e. Scope for Improvement Situation 3:

Factors Contributing: a. b. c. d. e.

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5. What VALUES are dear to you? Please search for Values on the internet a. b. c. d. e. 6. What are my NEEDS? a. b. c. d. e. 7. What are my Key Skills? Why do i rate them as my key skills? a. b. c. d. e.

8. What are my Key Strengths? Why do i rate them as my key strengths? a. b. c. d. e. 9. What are my Areas of Improvement? What have i done to improve on these areas? a. b. c. d. e.

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10. What are my key work motivations and why? a. b. c. d. e. Summary of Section I Exploring Yourself 1. Things that make me HAPPY (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors) a. b. c. d. e. 2. Things that make me PROUD (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors) a. b. c. d. e. 3. Things that make me feel FULFILLED (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors) a. b. c. d. e. 4. Things i could have HANDLED BETTER (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors) a. b. c. d. e.
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5. My Most Important NEEDS a. b. c. d. e.

6. My Most Important VALUES a. b. c. d. e. 7. My key SKILLS a. b. c. d. e. 8. My key STRENGTHS a. b. c. d. e.

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9. My immediate AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT a. b. c. d. e. 10. My key WORK MOTIVATIONS a. b. c. d. e.

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SECTION II: Explore Your Dreams

Make a List of your top 100 dreams. Please use the List of Categories at the end of this section to categorize your dreams My Top 100 Dreams

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72
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73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98
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99 100

List of categories you can mention your dreams under

Artistic Pursuits: Dreams about your creativity, for its own sake, or for fame or reward. Career: Dreams of how you want your career and working life to develop. Education and Self-Development: Dreams about acquiring knowledge, qualifications, and expertise, and how youd like to grow in the future. Relationships: Dreams of a happy family, and of being a great parent to happy children. Finances: Dreams of acquiring wealth, of enjoying special experiences during your working life, and of living a happy, secure and enjoyable life in retirement. Health and Fitness: Dreams of physical or athletic achievement, and of good health. Passionate Pursuits: Things that would be fun and enjoyable to do, perhaps things you want to enjoy, places you want to go, or interesting experiences. Possessions: Things that youd like to own and enjoy. Public Service: Dreams of things youd like to do to make the world a better place for other people. Spirituality: Dreams of how you want to develop your mind or soul, or your relationship with a supreme being or beings. Lifestyle: Life style products that you would like to try

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SECTION III: Make the right choices

Select top 2 or 3 dreams from each of these Life Areas: 1. Artistic pursuits

Dreams: a. b. c. 2. Career

Dreams: a. b. c. 3. Education

Dreams: a. b. c. 4. Self-development

Dreams: a. b. c. 5. Relationships

Dreams: a.
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b. c. 6. Finances

Dreams: a. b. c. 7. Health and fitness

Dreams: a. b. c. 8. Passionate pursuits

Dreams: a. b. c. 9. Possessions

Dreams: a. b. c. 10. Public service

Dreams: a. b.
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c. 11. Spirituality

Dreams: a. b. c. 12. Lifestyle

Dreams: a. b. c. My top 10 dreams : It is important to ensure that these dreams are not skewed towards one or two life areas. Try and make a balanced list of top 10 dreams 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

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SECTION IV: Create Powerful Goals

Please plan a goal for each dream. Have milestone goals for each goal. You should have a first step milestone goal for each dream. Do this exercise for top 6 dreams

SMART GOALS
A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART mnemonic. While there are plenty of variants, SMART usually stands for: S Specific M Measurable A Attainable R Relevant T Time-bound

Dream 1

Goal

Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal First Step Goal

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Dream 2 Goal

Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal First Step Goal

Dream 3 Goal

Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal First Step Goal

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Dream 4 Goal

Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal First Step Goal

Dream 5 Goal

Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal First Step Goal

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Dream 6 Goal

Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal Milestone goal First Step Goal

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Example for your reference: Dream: I want to be very successful in my career Goal: I want to be Worldwide CEO of a multinational in Retail Sector by 2035 Milestone Goal: To be a direct reportee of the Chairman and Managing Director by 2032 Milestone Goal: To become a part of worldwide executive leadership team by 2030 after heading P&Ls for at least 2 regions like Europe/ APAC etc. Milestone Goal: To move up to Executive Leadership level by 2026 with P&L responsibilities for more than one country. This role would look like Regional Head India and Middle East Milestone Goal: Be at a senior management role by 2023 with P&L responsibilities. A Vice President/ General Manager kind of a role where i will be responsible for P&L for a country Milestone Goal: To be a senior middle level manager by 2021. This position might look like head of stores for a small region with Profit and Loss responsibilities Milestone Goal: To be at a middle management level by 2019. This might look like a Head of a store at a smaller location or a zonal head (sales) kind of a role. Milestone Goal: Ensure movement from an individual contributor to a team contributor in first two years of my work career that is by 2017. Entry in a Junior Management Role Milestone Goal: To get a placement on Day 1 on the campus with a package not less than INR 800000 (2015) Milestone Goal: To be the topper of my MBA college (2015) Milestone Goal: To do my internship training with one of the top 5 companies in retail industry with an intention of getting a Pre Placement offer 2014) Milestone Goal: To do my MBA from a premier B School with specialization in Marketing (2013-2015 batch) First Step Goal: To pass my graduation with at least 70% marks by 2013

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SECTION V: Organize for SUCCESS

SMART TIME MANAGEMENT
A useful way of making Time Management more effective is to use the SMART mnemonic. SMART stands for: S Schedule Time M Make Time A Allow Time R Ration Time T Take Time This section is all about getting organized and breaking Milestone goals/ First Step goals into action items. You are expected to do this only for the first step goals for your top 6-10 goals

Dream 1 First Step Goal: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Dream 2 First Step Goal: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item:
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Dream 3 First Step Goal: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Dream 4 First Step Goal: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Dream 5 First Step Goal: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item:
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Dream 6 First Step Goal: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Action Item: Example for your Reference: Dream: I want to be very successful in my career Goal: I want to be Worldwide CEO of a multinational in Retail Sector by 2035 First Step Goal: To pass my graduation with at least 70% marks by 2013 Action Item: To ensure 100% attendance Action Item: To ensure more than 70% marks in every assessment Action Item: To regularly interact with faculty and understand their perspective of good work Action Item: To request faculties to show samples of work those have got more than 70% marks Action Item: To regularly motivate group members in group assignments and ensure that group performance stays above the mark that i have set for myself Action Item: To be a whistle blower whenever somebody in a group assignment tries to be a free rider Action Item: Ensure two hours of study time at home everyday

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