Personal development and study methods

Personal culture and regard mannersPersonal development and breeding methods help me to enhance self-development and build up individual personality. to a fault that, it helps me to receive more about myself and developed potential in the future. It helps me to better my weaknesses and enhance the virtue by setting design for the future. On the separate hand, study methods bath help me to make better my showing mis scoop outs and get a better result in exam to achieve my goal in the future.I in any case improve self confidence and self-esteem in social skill from this subject. in the beginning that, I am irresolute and less(prenominal) confidence in handling a t hold and make a decision in each crash of life. however now, I produce self-confidence to make decision in completing a task. ( take heed Tools, 1995) in addition that, I also improve my self esteem in life. Before that, I have a low self esteem, forever destine negative and believe in negative comments. (Perera, 2002) I gives them impression have without confidence to do something and negative influence on the decision making. except now, I have high self esteem by thinking positively and feel confidence to make a decision. (Perera, 2002)Besides that, I also learnt on thinking skill from PDSM. Before that, I always think negatively and emotional. But now, I know how to differentiate the gain and disadvantage when I am thinking independently. I would open my legal opinion to accept another(prenominal) opinions and make the correct decision. (qcda, 1993) Besides that, I exit think logically for every decision made in target to achieve the task. (qcda, 1993)This subject teaches me to set up a personal flight plan. It is to write down my proposed life agenda. (Answer.com, 2009) Before that, I never think about my life planning in future. But now, I know my objectivesand direction after I studied this subject. I pull up stakes easy achieving my goal and I apprizet be hurry i n victorious any shortcut to achieve the goal by doing it randomly. I also have set up short term, middle term and hanker term goal separately to achieve it during period of clock. I also learn the SWOT analysis to evaluate strategic planning method. (Answer.com, 2009) It will help me to overcome my weakness and develop my strength from internal and flavour for opportunities and to occupy superiority in threat from external. (Wikipedia, 2009)In addition, PDSM also improve my personal skill such as listening skill and torso language. Before that, after I listen lectures from lecturer, I cant attend what he taught. But now, I can bring in the lesson. Besides that, I know the difference between hearing and listening. (Fodor, n.d.) After I study PDSM, my remains language has improved. Before that, when I presenting something to them, they do not understand what I want to express. But now, I can present something by using verbal or non-verbal language to transmit a content to som eone. (Mind Tools, 1995) I can attract my audience by using body language during my presentation.PDSM teach me how to improve my involveing skills. So, I can read effectively by using the cultivation techniques. It is to determine objective, skim and glance through the text, and speed reading to understand the text. (Price and Maier, 2008) Now, I can read an article even more smoothly and faster than before. Besides that, I can understand meaning of phrases or sentences substantially. It would help me improve my reading skills effectively for my degree study.I am learning about situation making from PDSM. billhook making is a technique to record pregnant information effectively and recall it at any time. (Student and Community go Unit, 1986) Before that, I am very confused when reading an article. But now, I am using note making technique to take down important information and memorize it easily. Besides that, it helps me to do revision more convenient and easily understand the content of an article. On the other hand, I will take notes in the class from lecturer. I can easily summarising and review the lesson base on the notes that I have made. (Jones and Mort, 1994) different than that, I also learn about mind mapping in this subject. I would know how to make a mind map by using the notes. The note in a mind map is in order and clearly to analyze each part of the topic. It would help me easily to understand and have a direct vision for each part of the main topic. I can imagine the mind map by brainstorming and write down the notes and ideas easily. It helps me to remember each part of the ideas that I list down for examination and to overcome the information overload problem. (Mann, 2003)PDSM also teach me how to manage time. Before that, I always postpones my assignment until outlive minutes, thus I cant finish it. But after I learned the skill, I can overcome procrastination and manage time well. I am able to hand up my assignment on time. Besid es that, I can plan and manage time usance more elastic in setting priorities by assigning and making decision between urgent and important criteria. (Haughey, 2000) In addition, I can set my personal goals via using S.M.A.R.T. principle to achieve lifetime goal in the future. (Haughey, 2000)Besides that, I also study learning method in PDSM. Before that, I do not know where I want to start on learning each subject. After I studied this subject, it helps me to find a ways to improve my study by the types of learning situations. For examples, I can contend with classmates in tutorial and ask questions on lecturer. I will listen lectures from lecturer idea, recorded the notes and discuss with my classmates. I will know and understand the learning outcomes as a result on each courses of study. (Khathijah, 2004) I will manage my study and improve as well and enhance the quality of learning. (Khathijah, 2004)In conclusion, PDSM helps me in studying skills, personality and self-developm ent. 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