Interpersonal development project
In fourth quarter, there is a significant project calls 'Interpersonal Development Project' which is ,in my own words, about 'improving' myself in different fields. My learning outcomes are ,firstly, I had to improve 2 of my emotional intelligent and I chose self management and relationship management. Secondly, I had to create my personal statement for applying to colleges. Thirdly, I had to improve my interview skill which was also required for the colleges. Therefore, to archive all the goals, I needed to do some researches, record progresses, and practice skills.
Goals setting
Wish : What is important wish that you want to accomplish in the next ____ (time period)?
Ans I wish I could be able to keep smooth relationship with my best friend in my previous school ,and I want to be able to control myself from speaking everything in my mind. Outcome : What will be the best result from accomplishing your wish? How will you feel? Ans First, I can maintain strong relationship with my friend, and second, I protect myself and other people from being hurt. Obstacle : What is the main obstacles inside you that might prevent you from accomplishing your wish Ans The two mains obstacles are, first, laziness because I usually feel that I tired to answer her texts ,so it makes me and my friend rarely have conversation ,and this create a space between us. Secondly, my anger, always, makes me cannot control myself from keeping my thought because I ,sometimes, feel that this help me release my feeling. Plan : Select an effective action to take the obstacle. Ans - If I am not lazy talking to my best friend, I will be able to keep her company for a long time. - If I can control my anger, I will be able to think carefully before speak the words that harm myself and others. |
" Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”- Tony Robbins |
self management
After I had done creating my goal setting, I started doing the first part of my project which was self-management. The first thing I did was finding some fundamental information about self-management to understand about it more clearly and to be able to practice it correctly. The pictures below are my process journal for this part.
relationship management
While I was doing my self-management, I did relationship management also. In this part, I really took a lot of times to done because I had to keep talking with my friends and recording the process. I think that this is one of the most successful parts in the project because I archived my goal that my connection between my best friend and I was stronger.
After finishing all tasks , I wrote the reflection to summarize what I did, what I archive, and what I need to improve in self management and relationship management.
Personal statement
Pre-knowledge : I have heard that personal statement is necessary for people who want to attend to the university and to apply for the career. However, I have never done it before and seen the real personal statement before. The things that I know about creating personal statement are it has to include personal interests, education, and aim. Therefore, I hope that I would have more knowledge and be more professional in writing personal statement.
Note : While I was writing the personal statement, I had struggled in some parts such as in the first paragraph, I didn’t know what should I start, what should I write, and what would make my personal statement interesting, so I found some example from the internet which guided me and helped me with the idea a lot. Also, I asked my sister a little bit about personal statement about language that I wrote and she gave me good advice. I think that I have tried to write it as well as I could.
This is my personal statement first draft.
After I had finished my first draft, I sent it to 3 of my friends ,who are Tonhom, Pin,and Tanya, to read and write the recommendation for me.
Tonhom's Recommendation
18 May 2017
Note : Today, I received a recommendation about my personal statement first draft from Tonhom as you can see in the picture below. After I read Tonhom’s recommendation, I agree with what she said. I think that she could tell my mistakes frankly and I can see them clearly ,so I decided to re-think in some parts and start writing the new one today.
Note : Today, I received a recommendation about my personal statement first draft from Tonhom as you can see in the picture below. After I read Tonhom’s recommendation, I agree with what she said. I think that she could tell my mistakes frankly and I can see them clearly ,so I decided to re-think in some parts and start writing the new one today.
Pin's Recommendation
Tanya's Recommendation
I think you should give some more specific examples and delete the quote part or explain more about hoe the quote related to your life but overall I think it is good because your story was very interesting, the way you write this personal statement is easy to understand, and it contains all of the information that the reader needs to know.
Therefore, after I read all of my friends' comments, I rewrote the new personal statement by fixing all the problems that my friends mentioned such as chiche and grammar mistakes.
Interview
Pre-knowledge : Since I was born, I have been interviewed only once when I was attending MUIDS as one of the admission requirement. In that time, I was having hard time preparing about the interview because I didn’t know anything about it except I had to introduce myself, however, I was lucky that the interviewer didn’t ask me a lot of questions, just basic ones. From this situation, it made me realize that it is necessary for me to have to know how to prepare it to be able to perform the interview well when I attend to the university and find job.
My journal
My first and second interview
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These are my recommendation which I received from Praew, Dada, and my older sister for the first interview.
From Dada :
In my perspective, you should use less gesticulation because it will interrupt how you express your idea and your emotion during an interview. Notwithstanding, your voice and tone is really clear that can deliver hour speech effectively. In some parts, you lose your eye-contact that show your nervousness. Also, you should concentrate on the interviewer.
In my perspective, you should use less gesticulation because it will interrupt how you express your idea and your emotion during an interview. Notwithstanding, your voice and tone is really clear that can deliver hour speech effectively. In some parts, you lose your eye-contact that show your nervousness. Also, you should concentrate on the interviewer.
From my older sister :
I think the overall contents which you spoke are fine. However, I think this is too long for the introduction part. Maybe you can improve by saying only important details.
I think the overall contents which you spoke are fine. However, I think this is too long for the introduction part. Maybe you can improve by saying only important details.
After reading all the recommendations, I used all the comments such as body languages and how I spoke to improved myself in the second interview.
Reflection
" Success is steady progress toward one's personal goals"
- Jim Rohn