MODULE 17 Teen-age Relationships Including the Acceptable and Unacceptable

Expressions of Attractions

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP - is a form of relationship closely linked to a person and which

can only be important to that person.

KINDS OF PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

o PRIVACY and INTIMACY - are two attributes describing personal relationships and level of
commitment to another person/s
o IMPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP - commitment to an organization like a business entity, a
principle or purpose.
o ATTRACTION - it is a force that unites people and can grow into an attachment which
eventually leads to commitment.

Here are some of the attractions you need to remember:

1. PHYSICAL ATTRACTION IS BASED ON INSTINCT

2. PHYSICAL ATTRACTION DOES NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO A GOOD RELATIONSHIP
3. PLATONIC ATTRACTION IS IMPORTANT
4. THE UNATTAINABLE IS ATTRACTIVE

Sternberg (1986) states that a healthy relationship will have all three components of love –
intimacy, passion, and commitment – which are described as consummate love.

The Republic Act (RA) 11313, otherwise known as the Safe Space Act, intentionally prohibits
indecent and unlawful acts of expression. This RA broadens the scope of the RA 7877 or the
Anti-Harassment Act of 1995. This law recognizes that sexual harassment occurs in the
workplace, education, and training environments, and penalizes persons who have authority,
influence, and moral status in those institutions who commit prohibited acts of sexual
harassment.

What Makes a Healthy and Acceptable Expression of Attractions?

1. Mutual respect.
2. Trust.
3. Honesty.
4. Support.
5. Fairness/Equality.
6. Separate identities.
7. Good Communication.
10 Things That Are Unacceptable in Any Relationship
1. Cheating
2. Putting you down
3. Not supporting your dreams
4. Controlling
5. Lack of communication
6. Unnecessary sacrifices
7. Unreliability
8. Forgetting the memorable day
9. Self-destruction
10. Not caring about friends and family

MODULE 18 Personal Relationship – Attraction, Love, and Commitment

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you
courage. —Lao Tzu

Attraction
The Merriam-Webster dictionary, collegiately defined attraction as: the action or power of
evoking interest, pleasure, or liking for someone or something; and a quality or feature that
evokes interest, liking, or desire.

Key Components of Attraction

Physical Attractiveness
Similarity
Proximity
Reciprocity

Love
1.
(a) strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties;
(b) attraction based on sexual desire: affection and tenderness felt by lovers;
(c) affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests.

2. An assurance of affection
According to Sue Carter and Stephen Porges, “love is one of the important components of
a complex neurochemical system that allows the body to adapt to highly emotional
situations”.

(Keverne, 2006). Oxytocin It is a peptide also known as the love hormone, a female
reproduction hormone, which helps to deepen the connection between mother and child through
breastfeeding. This is the reason why it is considered as the first form of love.
Oxytocin, Endorphin, Serotonin, and Dopamine are so-called “feel good” chemicals that
promote strong connections/bonds between people since it releases during happy moments.
Another element that promotes love is Vasopressin. It is also a peptide that conveys the
behavior of an individual’s social engagement (Kenkel et al, 2012).

Intimacy is consisting of affective variables such as closeness, caring, and emotional

support; Passion is consist of physiological and affective variables like physical attraction,
emotional responses that promote physiological changes, and sexual arousal; and
Commitment is a cognitive process and decision to dedicate love to another individual with
the willingness to keep the relationship lasts (Brannan, D. & Mohr, C. D., 2020).

Components of Love:

● Intimacy (emotional closeness)

● Passion (physical attraction and arousal)
● Commitment (decision to maintain a relationship)

Types of Love:

● Liking: Intimacy alone

 ● Infatuation: Passion alone
● Empty Love: Commitment alone
● Romantic Love: Intimacy + Passion
● Companionate Love: Intimacy + Commitment
● Fatuous Love: Passion + Commitment
● Consummate Love: Intimacy + Passion + Commitment (ideal form of love)

Secure Attachment Style – a healthy style wherein the children used to receive care and
easily communicate with the parents since they feel that they are always available to listen and
keep them safe.

Anxious/ambivalent Attachment Style - when children are lacking or seeking more affection
from parents because they are too dependent on them.

Avoidant Attachment Style – it is when children are distant to the parent/s, sometimes due to
unpleasant experiences. These attachment styles have a big effect or impact on how an
individual perceived and expresses behavior with or towards others.

Commitment
Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani and Dr. Hammond Tarry reiterated the Slotter et al., 2011 that
“commitment refers to the feelings and action that keep partners working together to
maintain the relationship”. Any relationship will last through the cooperation of both parties,
without this, the relationship will not last and ends with breaking up.

MODULE 19 Becoming Responsible in Personal Relationships

Some of the importance of relationships are:

1. Lead us to make healthy relationships. All kinds of relationships can give you the
opportunities to establish a stronger relationship with your shared experiences and feelings with
your loved ones.
2. Help us see our potential. People who love you will always see the wonderful things in you.
Through this loving and supportive atmosphere, you little by little grow as a person, seeing your
worth with your capabilities and unique gift and talent.
3. Boost our confidence. It makes you feel you’re the luckiest person in the world whenever
someone trusts you sufficiently enough. It makes your spirit enthusiastic and gives you the
delightful feeling of self-assurance.
4. Give you a sense of direction. The idea and feeling of sense of belongingness is such a
great source of direction. If you care to give yourself the reward of having a good life and
reputation, you will absolutely do more for the people you dearly love.
5. Clear our life goals and aspirations. Relationships will help you focus on one goal and
concentrate in achieving it because as the sun sets you know you have someone whom you
can pleasingly offer and share the blissful feeling of a victorious life with.
6. Build a beautiful person within you. Having all the positive attitudes towards life and one’s
self can really create a good aura. Portraying good personalities can even make you appear
and feel young and lovely.

6 Major Elements of Becoming Responsible in a Relationship

1. Mutual Respect
2. Value Quality Time
3. Trust and Honesty
4. Well-communicated Love
5. Reliability and Security
6. Non-judgmental Listening and Presence

MODULE 20 Various Roles of Different Individuals in Society and How They Can
Influence People Through their Leadership or Followership

A Role defines a set of norms, values, behaviors, and personality characteristics attached
to a status such as leader, follower, or club president. Every leader assumes role in a society.
They are expected to behave a pattern usually determined by individuals in the society.

Roles of an Efficient Leader that can influence people:

1. Set example - a good leader sets the best example. It is the first rule. Walk the talk. Do not
compromise anybody in the organization or team integrity. Never take shortcuts.
2. Assume and do responsibility - you should be guided by your own duties and
responsibilities. Be proactive in guiding, teaching, and developing excellence in everyone.
3. Show Initiative - find out what needs to be done. Do not wait for anyone to tell you what to
do.
4. Life-long learner - capacitate yourself. Learn everything you need to know about the current
job.
5. Show enthusiasm - if you come to work happy and cheerful, it provides motivation.
Enthusiasm is contagious. Never let personal issues affect your performance.
6. Willing to serve - this quality is known of a servant leader. Showing this kind of
characteristics can inspire thought and action of your own constituents.
7. Active listener - to become an active listener, you must maintain an eye contact. Pay
attention to facial expressions and body language, and start a sentence with “I” instead of “You”.
This will enhance a good communication and understanding.
8. Show empathy - Try to understand where people are coming from and their point of view.
Put yourself in the other people’s shoes.
9. Be sensitive to the need of others - as a good leader, you must be the one who should
know and feel the needs of your constituents.
10. Delegate work - sharing work among members at the organization should be divided into a
manageable task. Explain completely what you are asking the person to do.
11. Learn to appreciate - If someone has done great with the assigned tasks, be sure to let
them feel they are appreciated. Simply saying thanks will do. This will motivate them to work
hard.
12. Be patient - Do not get easily annoyed if untoward incident happens. hold your temper. This
might require constant practice.

Role of an Effective Follower that Leaders Need

1. Courage to do responsibility - Effective follower feels a sense of personal responsibility and
ownership for his or her own behavior in the organization.
2. Courage to challenge - If the leader’s actions contradict the best interest of the organization,
effective follower takes a stand. Do not sacrifice your own integrity or the good of the
organization just to maintain harmony.
3. Courage to participate in transformation - Effective followers view the struggle of change
and transformation as a mutual experience shared by all members, support the leader and does
not afraid to confront the changes.
4. A can-do attitude - A leader’s job becomes smoother when he or she has followers who are
positive and self-motivated, can get things done, accept responsibility, excels in required tasks,
and willingly accept difficult assignment.
5. A collaborative approach - Each follower is a part of the leader’s larger system and should
realize that his or her action affect the whole. Work effectively as a team member.
6. Courage to serve and subservient - Effective follower understands the needs of the
organizations and seek to serve those who need.
7. The passion to drive personal growth - Leaders want followers who seek to enhance their
own growth and development rather than depending on the leader to do it.

MODULE 21 Social Influence

Social influence is characterized by a change in your behavior caused by the people that
empower you to adjust to a particular situation. Whether someone agrees or disagrees with you,
it influences your behavior that may help or hinder your social roles. Social influence also
happens when you change your behavior to adapt to social demands. Social influence is
categorized by conformity, compliance, and obedience.

Conformity is changing your behavior to be the same with the others in the group. For
example, when you visit your friend’s home. To show respect, you both ask for the
grandmother’s blessing because you were told that it is courtesy. This situation engages you to
deal with it by adapting to the shared norms and values to gain social approval rather than
rejection. You were able to conform to the group standards.

Compliance is granting a request or demand asked by another individual in exchange of

either a reward or a punishment. For example, during examination day, you are required to take
the test to finish completing the grading period and failure to do so may result in a failing grade.

Obedience means changing your behavior to follow the demand given by an authority or
an adult you have high regards with. For instance, as a maturing adolescent, you want to
contribute to development through inviting other friends to exercise proper waste disposal.
Whether you do it purposely as you try to give the leader your respect or purposefully as it
empowers you to participate actively as a follower. Whatever your reason is for obeying; it leads
to social facilitation. This happens when you are given a sense of responsibility that allows you
to perform better if you are with other individuals

MODULE 22 Conduct a Mini-survey on Filipino Relationships (family, school, and

community)

Filipino Relationship (family, school, and community)

Filipino’s perspective in building family relationship is focused on establishing close ties.
Filipinos are very hospitable and friendly people. They always smile no matter how they feel.
Meeting someone for the first time, Filipinos do not hesitate to give a smile before starting a
conversation. Filipinos have close family ties and always wanted to talk about their extended
family. Filipinos are very family-oriented.

Conducting a mini-survey

Some uses of the mini-survey are:

● To get a picture that will help you to design the next stages of your research
● To assess the feasibility of a project
● To get reactions from beneficiaries
● To evaluate projects.

Advantages of mini-survey
A mini-survey can be completed in three to seven weeks compared to large surveys that can
take a year, before the whole process to be completed and the results analyzed.

1. Technically, mini-surveys for development research are usually structured interviews rather
than questionnaires, because questionnaires exclude people who cannot read. Interviews have
the added advantage of allowing you to help people through a process that may be culturally
alien, confusing, or intimidating.
2. The respondents are few.
3. A mini-survey may not give you great precision, it may be good enough to give you a general
picture of the situation, trends, and patterns.

Steps in conducting a mini-survey

Step 1: Clarify Your Objectives

Step 2: Find Out What Else Has Been Done
Step 3: Choose the Respondents
Step 4: Develop the Questions

MODULE 23 Family Structures and Legacies

Family defined
● Family came from the Latin word familia which means group of people living in the
household. Family could be related by blood, or birth or by other relationship.
● Family is the basic unit of society. It is the smallest organization in the community. It is
said to be a group of individual living together in one household.
● Family comes in different forms. It could vary from one family to another. It is usually
composed of mother, father and children, some other includes grandparents, aunts,
uncles, cousins, and other relatives.

Types of Family Structures

Family Structure Definition Example

Nuclear Family It is also known as "conjugal" or Mother, father, and children

"traditional" family, consisting of
married couples and their offspring.

Extended Family This type of family includes all relatives A family living together:
in proximity, such as grandparents, mother, father, children,
aunts, uncles, and cousins. These grandparents, aunts, uncles,
relatives typically live together, and all and other relatives in one roof
share daily household duties.

Single Parent This family type includes one parent Father with his children or a
Family and their children only. A single-parent mother with her children living
family could be the result of a divorce, in one household.
the death of one parent, or even a
single-parent adoption.

Step Family A family where the parents have Mother, children, stepfather,
divorced and remarried, bringing and his kids. Father, children,
children from other unions together to stepmother, and her kids.
form a new nuclear family. It is also
known as a "blended" family because
two families were combined.

Foster Family A family includes a parent who serves Parents, children, foster child
as a temporary guardian for one or
more children to whom they may or
may not be biologically related.
 Adopted/Adoptive A family wherein parents may adopt a Parents (mother and father),
Family child to whom they share no blood adopted child
relationship, or one parent may adopt
the child of the other parent.

Bi-racial or A family wherein parents are from Filipina mother, American

Multi-racial Family different races. father, children

Trans-racial A family wherein parents adopted a American parents, adopted

Adoptive Family child with a different race. Filipino children

Conditionally A family wherein one of the family Family members are together
Separated Family members is conditionally separated except for the father working
from the others. This separation may abroad. Family is living
be due to their job or employment or together, except the eldest
could be due to hospitalization. child who is serving in the
military.

Childless Family Married couple without children. Mother and father only

Gay or Lesbian A family wherein one or both parents A lesbian mother and her
Family has a different sexual orientation and is children with a gay father.
part of the LGBT community.

Migrant Family It is a family who settles together in a A family who migrated from a
different place; it could be from one place because the father is a
place to another due to some military officer.
circumstances such as the father's job.

Immigrant Family A family wherein one or both parents A family whose mom is
are already an immigrant of another already an immigrant of
country. Their children may or may not Canada. Their mother is
be an immigrant. already a Canadian citizen,
but the rest of the family
members are not.

This heritage is transferred to us by our parents whether good, bad. This heritage is also
called legacy, and this could be passed to us socially, emotionally or spiritually.

The Emotional Legacy

The Social Legacy
The Spiritual Legacy

MODULE 24 Make a Genogram and Trace Certain Physical, Personality, or Behavioral

Attributes through Generations
Genogram Defined
A genogram (pronounced: jen-uh-gram) is a graphic representation of a family tree that displays
detailed data on relationships among individuals. A genogram is a more complex family tree
because it describes not only the family physical and social relationships but also the
emotional connections and other family attributes are described.

Genograms were first developed and popularized in clinical settings by Monica

McGoldrick and Randy Gerson through the publication of a book in 1985.

Genograms are now used by various groups of people in a variety of fields such as medicine,
psychology, social work, genealogy, genetic research, and education. A genogram also known
as a McGoldrick–Gerson study, Jolly, W.; Froom, J.; Rosen, M. G. (1980).

It goes beyond a traditional family tree by allowing the user to visualize hereditary patterns and
psychological factors that punctuate relationships. It can be used to identify repetitive patterns of
behavior and to recognize hereditary tendencies. (Friedman, H.; Rohrbaugh, M.; Krakauer, S.
(1988),

Murray Bowen invented the concept of the genogram as part of his family systems model
in the 1970s. Genograms were later developed and popularized in clinical settings by Monica
McGoldrick and Randy Gerson through the publication of a book titled Genograms:
Assessment and Intervention in 1985.
Figure 1. Basic Genogram Symbols

● Square: Male symbol

● Circle: Female symbol
● Triangle: Pregnancy
● Upside-down triangle: Gay symbol
● Diagonal line through a relationship: Divorced
● X: Death
● Zigzag line: Conflictual relationship
● Double solid line: Very close relationship
● Dotted line: Distant relationship

Additional Genogram Symbols

● Square with an X inside: Death

● Square with a question mark inside: No Gender
● Small diamond: Pet
● Square with dashed lines: Adopted child
● Square with a dotted line outline: Foster child
● Triangle: Pregnancy
● Triangle with an X inside: Miscarriage
● Circle with an X inside: Abortion
● Two squares connected with a single line: Fraternal twins
● Two circles connected with a single line: Identical twins

Figure 2. Emotional Relationships Genogram Symbols

● Three red parallel lines: Hate

● Two green circles linked by a line: In Love
● Red zigzag line: Distrust
● Green zigzag line: Best Friends
● Red wavy line: Violence
● Red wavy line with arrows: Physical Abuse
● Purple wavy line: Emotional Abuse
● Purple wavy line with arrows: Sexual Abuse
● Red X: Manipulative
● Square with an X controlling a circle: Controlling

Figure 3. Medical Genogram Symbols

● Square filled with red: Heart Disease

● Circle filled with pink: Breast Cancer
● Square filled with green: Diabetes
● Circle filled with blue: Alzheimer’s Disease
● Square filled with yellow: Down Syndrome
 ● Circle filled with gray: Depression
● Square filled with purple: Smoking
● Circle filled with red: Substance Abuse

MODULE 25 Plan on How to Make the Family Members Firmer and Gentler with Each
Other

Family Relationships
Family relationships are meaningful relationships in life and society. It is the basic relationship
people have in life. They play a vital role in shaping and developing an individual’s well-being
throughout his/her life.

Types of Family Relationships

1. Couple relationship - is an intimate connection between partners as husband and wife or
two people living together through the bond of marriage or by cohabitation (live-in partner).
2. Parent-child relationship - the connection between parents to the child/children either
biological or adopted.
3. Sibling relationship - the connection between or among the brothers or sisters in the family.
4. Extended family relationship - refers to the connection between the nuclear family with
other members of the family like aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, and other relatives.

Family Members and Their Roles

Couple To provide the needs of each other physically, emotionally, financially, etc.

Parents The provider of the basic needs of the family such as food, clothes, shelter, education,
safety needs, love, acceptance, and care

Children Must honor and obey their parents, respect each other, help the household chores,
study, etc.

Siblings Older siblings assist in taking care of the needs of the siblings, while younger siblings
should listen and learn from them

Extended members May extend support to the unmet needs of the family like the grandparents
taking care of grandchildren, giving advice to the members of the family if necessary.
ACRONYM of FIRMER and GENTLER PLANS

Foster unity.
Involve each other.
Respect individuality.
Model the behavior.
Explain expectations and consequences.
Reward good behavior.

Give love and forgiveness.

Express gratitude.
Nurture trust.
Take time together.
Listen attentively.
Ensure safety.
Remember God.

Pray always.
Learn good communication.
Accept failures.
Nourish each other.
Serve one another.

MODULE 26 Factors Influence Career Planning and Decision Making

Interests are areas that provide enjoyment and learning which result to a feeling of reward to
an individual.
Skills are talents or abilities that can be learned or acquired through training or day to day
experience. .
Values are stable life goals that people have. It is an individual belief that are honed from
childhood and throughout his life.
Personality is blended characteristics that are evidently displayed and are important in
expressing and communicating. These are the feelings, thoughts, and behavioral patterns a
person has.

Career paths are small tasks that lever to career goal.

Career is defined as what you do for a living using your profession or occupation that undergo
education or training to master knowledge and expertise.
Career planning is wise decision-making of steps and process for continuous 7 development of
learning of achieving his/her professional and personal goal. There are traits also that you need
to be empower, so that you will not be shaken when there are trials and challenges.

Here are some traits that are needed in developing one’s career in achieving life goal.
a. Self-concept is an individual’s perception on different roles, behavior, and opportunities.
b. Self-determination is when a person decides to act based on intrinsic motivation. Intrinsic
motivation comes from your inner self.
c. Self-monitoring is the capability of a person to watch over his/her behavior and the
relationship that he organized within his environment.
d. Proactive Personality is when people have the capacity to take actions without being told
and use thoughtful analysis to solve problems.
e. Self-esteem it is an accumulated life perception of social acceptance or avoidance
f. Self-efficacy is the ability to finish a task successfully within the time frame.
g. Locus control People who have a high sense of responsibility in controlling lives have High
internal locus control. They believe that they can control their own destiny.

Factors that Influence Career-planning and Decision-making

a. Parental Autonomy
b. Financial Hardship
c. Change in Family roles
d. School Location
e. Academic Performance
f. Employment Rate
g. Herd Mentality
h. Self-sabotage

MODULE 27 Career Options Based on Career Development Concepts and Personal Life
Goals

Career Development Concepts

Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory

The Social Cognitive Theory of Albert Bandura elaborates “self-efficacy,” an individual’s

characteristic where a person performs in a certain level of work according to his/her confidence
to accomplish a task. This “confidence” is an outcome of someone’s past activities, experiences,
and accomplishments where he/she develops a certain level of performance. The concept of
self-efficacy in social cognitive theory acknowledges that an individual perceives reality and that
this perception may be a greater determinant of performance than the objective reality itself.

Super’s Career Development Theory

Donald Super’s theory postulates that a person undergoes several stages incareer
development. Synthesizing into five, Super outlines five developmental stages that occur in the
career development of an individual.

Growth (around 4 to 13) - children develop their wants, capacities, behavior, socialization skills,
and general view of the world.
Exploration (14 to 24) - people try to “find” themselves in the world through identifying their
hobbies, groups, and experiences. In this stage, they identify tentative choices until they reach
their permanent occupation.
Establishment (25-44) - individuals are set to their appropriate positions but still strive for
advancement.
Maintenance (45-65) - people proceed to continual adjustments, challenging themselves to
explore to better grounds. They try to update their competencies and innovate ways by which
they can approach their field of work.
Disengagement (over 65) - people start to disengage themselves from the workforce; they
concentrate on retirement planning and retirement living.

Holland’s Theory of Vocational Choice

Proposed by John L. Holland, this theory emphasizes the relationship between personality and
the world of work. Essentially, the Theory of Vocational Personalities in Work Environment
discusses that an individual looks for an environment that is attached to his/her personality,
personal characteristics, and view of the world. In a nutshell, the theory explicitly identifies that
the more related the personal orientations of a person is to his chosen career, the higher the
degree of satisfaction and persistence is seen in his/her performance.

Career Development Factors

● Personal
● Academic
● Familial
● Other factors:

❖ Work values are your principles and ideas that are related to your career. These cover
honesty, service, self-respect, respect for others, peace, and success.

❖ Personality types are also factors to consider in identifying career options. One of the
ways to identify your personality is by using the E-N-F-P Personality Type Code. These
mean the following:

Extroversion - motivation comes from the outside and you are fond of interactions.
Intuition - possibilities in the future are given heavy considerations because you can sense
evidences more than the five senses can provide you.
Feeling - decisions are accounted for by consulting your feelings and values.
Perceiving - planning is not considered because you take spontaneity and flexibility as your
strongest edge.

❖ Interests Since it is difficult to thrive in a workplace where you are not passionate about,
you have to ensure that your career choice is inclined to your interests in order for the
tasks to be lighter, to be enjoyable at that.
 ❖ Aptitudes are also a factor to take a look into in choosing a career. Accurately
identifying your aptitudes may give you wider opportunities to fit yourself in your career
choice. Since no shoes fit all feet, you have to think and rethink whether your aptitude is
what your career choice requires or your career choice is what your aptitude is suited to.

Causes of Job Dissatisfaction

1. Loss of motivation/lack of interest/frustration
2. Poor productivity/absenteeism-
3. High turnover rates-

MODULE 28 Identifying Career Option Leading to Attaining One’s Personal Goal

Career Planning

Career planning refers to the process of making educational and career choices based
on knowledge of self and of the environment. The career planning process can be divided
into four stages. These stages include (1) self-assessment, (2) knowledge of
academic-career options, (3) in-depth evaluation and goal setting, and (4) career plan
implementation.

Self-assessment refers to an individual’s ability to gather information about his or her

interests, skills and abilities, values, and personality type.

Knowledge of academic-career options refers to an individual’s ability to gather

information about the world of work. Knowledge of specific jobs, occupations, and
organizations; work conditions; required education; job outlook; and chances for advancement
are important factors in choosing the right career.

Career plan implementation involves making an initial choice and taking steps toward
reaching career goals. The primary focus of this stage is on job and educational preparation.
Individuals at this stage should make deliberate efforts to (1) apply to various education and
training programs, (2) gather information on specific companies, (3) develop a job search
strategy, (4) develop resumes and cover letters, and (5) prepare for job interviews.

1. Knowing yourself
Assess yourself to know who you are and what you want. It also means understanding your
strengths and weaknesses, your passions and fears, your desires and dreams, your likes and
dislikes, and your tolerances and limitations.

2. Exploring your options

Discover careers to find what you really want. Assess your skills and interest. Focus on what
you want to do and how to get there. Learn the skills needed to pursue the career of your
dreams.

3. Making Decisions
It is the process of making logical choices from the available options by identifying a decision,
gathering information, and assessing alternative resolutions.

4. Moving On
It is more about learning to live and managing your career to help yourself succeed.

There are six steps to make a career plan:

1. Assess yourself to know who you are and what you want.
2. Explore careers to find a career you want.
3. Set goals to reach the career.
4. Expand your skills to prepare for your career.
5. Find a job that matches your goals.
6. Manage your career to help yourself succeed.

Tips to increase your chances of successfully following your plans.

1. Write it down. Write down your career plan so that you will remember it and you can track
your progress. You are more likely to commit to your plan that is specific, measurable,
achievable, realistic, and timely (SMART).
2. Set deadlines. Make one of two goals that you can achieve within a few days or a week.
Then make other short-term goals that only take a few months to complete. Over time you will
see how many tasks you have completed and how much closer you are to accomplishing your
long-term goals.
3. Reward yourself. Working toward your goals is hard work. Think of small rewards to give
yourself when you accomplish something big or small. These bonuses will help you stay
motivated.
4. Have an accountability partner. It's important to not try to complete your goals alone. Find
one or two people who will help you stick to your plan. This can be a friend, a job coach, or your
supervising agent (or corrections agent). Your partner will remind you of deadlines and give you
encouragement when you face setback.
MODULE 29 Factors in Personal Development: Guide in Making Important Career
Decisions

Here is a simplified guide in preparing for important career decision.

Process Questions to ask yourself

Finalize your goal Am I going to pursue college courses, enroll in short-term

TESDA courses, work while studying, or open a small
business?

Work on your values What values do I need to achieve my goals?

My personal mission and vision.

Consider the options What other choices do I have (second and third choice) for a
career if first choice would not be possible?

Strategize My parents are not financially stable, yet I have the “drive” to
pursue, and possess the knowledge, how will I be able to
support my studies?

After considering all the I am done in evaluating my goal and all the possibilities,
possibilities, modify your what is the best possible scheme for success?
plan.

Personality Trait Facets and Career Choice

Openness concerns with the desire to Facets: imagination, curiosity, originality,

explore and enjoy novel experiences; broad-mindedness, and intelligence
preference for change and variety Career Choice: tour guide, pilot, writers,
entrepreneurs, artists, actors, musicians

Conscientiousness deals with high levels of Facets: reliability, orderliness, impulse

effort, motivation, being organized, control, decisiveness, deliberation,
systematic, punctual, and dependable punctuality
Career Choice: lawyers, doctors, CEOs,
accountant, sales managers, scientists,
engineers

Extraversion involves traits relating to Facets: Dominance, Sociability, positive

sociability and dominance; concerns on how emotions
eager an individual is to have social Career Choice: manager, personal trainer,
interaction and in constant contact with the news presenter, radio jockey, public
outside world speaking, entertainment, event planner
 Agreeableness includes being Facets: nurturance, trust, modesty,
compassionate and cooperative toward tolerance, likability, straightforwardness
others; shows likability, kindness, and Career Choice: HR Specialist, Teacher
courteousness nursing, social work, counseling

Emotional Stability/Neuroticism refers to a Facets: anxiety, hostility, depression,

person’s tendency to become emotionally vulnerability, low self-esteem. If you can
upset; proneness to experience emotional stay calm under pressure,
distress Career choice may be: social work,
psychiatric nursing

MODULE 30 Importance of Personal Development in Making a Career Decision

Since there are factors that contribute to this fear, there are suggested ways on how to deal with
this personal issue in order to help you in making career choice.
1. Conduct Personal Research
2. Invest in Acquiring Necessary Skills
3. Refrain from Abrupt Decision

MODULE 31 Creative visualization of personal development through the various stages

that you went through

Culture. It refers to the shared values, beliefs, and norms of a specific group of people. The
culture in which you live is an important factor that forms your personal development. Culture
influences the manner we learn, the decision we make, and the behavior we project.

Gender, Beliefs, and Behavior. Greenwood, 2017 cited in the “Child Psychology: A
Contemporary Viewpoint Updated,” children learn values, motives, and behaviors from their
parents and the culture within which they live. This includes their beliefs about gender. The
author notes that typical male behavior expectations are independence, assertion. and
competitiveness, while girls are expected to be passive, sensitive. and supportive.

Economic and social conditions. This includes income, education, community safety, and
social supports. These factors may influence the formation of personal development, but
economic status of a family does not define the character of a person. You can be whoever you
want to be in spite of the financial condition of a family

The article “Steps in Personal Development Planning Process” by Prachi Juneja, various
steps in the whole process of personal development planning were stated:

1. Know your goals and aspirations in life. Define your goals, whether they are short-term
goals or long-term goals. Remember, goals need to be realistic. Write your goal on a piece of
paper. You need to be very clear and confident about it. Be honest to yourself.
2. Do a SWOT analysis of yourself. Understand your strengths. There are very few people
who actually know their weaknesses and areas of improvement. Sit and jot down what all new
things you would like to learn which would eventually help in your career.
3. Understand what would be the best available option. You must be ready that you cannot
get all the things you want. If the first option didn’t work-out at least you prepared yourself for
the second option.
4. Look at the positive and the negative side. Learn to weigh your decision. What would be
the effect and what might the result. This would help you choose the right decision.
5. Be patient enough. This may be a cliché that patience is a virtue, but having a long patience
always results the positive feedback. Always give your hundred percent to whatever you do
because anything you work half-hearted result negative feedback.
6. Do not get demotivated if the results are not positive at the first attempt. You need to give
yourself some time.