 Good morning. Welcome to the class of 315 life skills So today we're going to study on the personal development Personal development plan that can help us to grow has a person Did you know that you can make your dreams the aspirations reality by Focusing on your own individual and personal development plan where your potential is limitless and And you're investing in your personal development in a way to harass in your many talents so what happens is when Through this weekend established goals for what you want to achieve in your life or in your ministry where you could Where you would like to go You can set some short-term and long-term goals where you can improve your personal Well in this session They will share a few insights on personal development where We can understand the importance of personal development and we can come up with a plan Which is known as personal development plan or in short they also call it as PDP and why should why should one make this decision or why should When right one need a personal development plan is what we can look into this session or we can Get from this session So what do you think what is a personal development plan for you or PDP for you? Anyone from the class would like to share What is a personal development for plan for you or have you made any such plans and Which level are you in? How well are you progressing in that plan? Is there anyone from the class? Please be raise your hands and you can share your inputs with the class anyone Abhishek Okay, Abhishek has just joined Charles. Would you like to share? So I can I can I'll try. Yes, Maggie, please go ahead personal development is the Is the way we Improve our lives. So it's that we we assess ourselves and see where we are lacking and We either read books or go to seminaries so that we can improve and Yeah, I think yeah, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yes. Yes. Yes, Mr. Charles. You can go ahead Please you can hand what you like Okay, thank you so much faster. I'm for the development for instance me during during the During the COVID-19 When it came on I Said but I cannot sit here and I remain here seated So I had to enroll for two certificate courses Because I needed to learn Them and then it was again during the same period that I also got the opportunity to join this APC Bible college, so it is a way on how you are looking at yourself and you want to improve and then Every year our organization does what they call Performance review and in the performance review There is always a question where you are supposed to talk about how you have Enriched yourself academically spiritually and all that so I have been able to see that at least at the end of the year There is something I've done to improve myself Scholarly Even socially even at family level. Thank you Thank you. Thank you Charles for shedding your inputs Well, that's nice and yeah So personal development well when I look at it I look at it as it is a process where We can improve our self and consciously put an effort and Look into the activities Look into our daily activities and make an effort to grow in that area Well, it is also a personal growth which could enhance Quality life and help us to achieve our dreams and aspirations. So how do we do that? We need to create we need to come up with a personal development How do we do that? So we need to define the person that we want to be and The skills that we need to have and how are we going to accomplish that? How can I achieve that? So I need to list down all these so as I list down The skills and the person that I want to become or I want to accomplish or achieve There would be two ways one would be a long term and one would be a short term So we need to realize that and set our timelines accordingly so that we can reach them So time and again, we need to visit this plan See how are we regressing in that area? So when we visit this plan time and again We will put an effort in the areas where we are unable to focus set some priorities in our schedule and you know, we make an effort to To work on those areas where we need to develop those skills so that we can become the person We desire to be So what happens with the effective leaders the effective leaders focus continuously on improving themselves So how do they do that even they have the same time period what each of us have the only difference is They try to work on it every day. They set the priorities, right? They delegate certain things to others which can be delegated and they focus on the things that Their personal attention is needed. So as a leader We need to have this personal development plan and write down the skills that need to be developed It can be short and long term and focus on it Continuously so that we can we can improve our self So we need to how we can improve how we can do that. It's only by practicing self-discipline by setting a goal making a plan and working on it every day Eventually when we do that by setting small goals and We work on it make sure that we work on it every day We will eventually see our self personally developed or Progressing towards the person So yes So most of the time What may be our challenges in this area Anyone in the class what are your challenges for us to put in that? Put in that effort that is needed on daily basis Are we facing any challenges? Okay, Mr. Shwikawar says he is in is Yes, Mr. Charles, please go ahead some of the challenges one you would be willing you would be willing to do personal improvement and development But you are also having an eat of finances Maybe the thing that you are going to do require money. We do not have the finances to do that So it would be the rail so also the teamwork The worker that the team that you are working with They are not all that are on on good will Some might try to pull you down so that you do not continue to go up But there are also those who can lie to you they put you they allow you to Strive on the ladder as you go up then they will move the ladder and you are left to without for to Come on. So all those can also be challenges of people not trusting you people Wishing you well, but also finances. Thank you Thank you, Charles. I'm sharing that actually that Very valid point and I guess most of us at the workplace ministry many areas We face some challenges. Anyone in the class would like to answer What Charles said how he can do it better how we can accelerate himself in this area anyone in the class Yes, Shrikmar. I see your hand raised Buster, I just want to add something what you are asking me Before so it's not connected with the other child's question. Okay, okay Anyone from the class would like to answer to brother Charles any suggestions How we can do better with the challenges that we shared Okay. Yes. Yes, thank you. Please go ahead When when when there's a challenge or when I face the challenge what I do is I find someone who has gone through this Challenge that I'm facing so that they can advise and also Walk with me so that he can be his help and encourage Yes, anyone else anyone else how we can handle these challenges some of the yes some of them like black resources like finance Yes, yes, please I think Especially when it is finance We can find a right mentor who can help us to how to handle the finances and second thing I believe that you should you know educate ourselves through reading books and And write books which can help him to to become more strong to handle the finances. That's my suggestion. Thank you Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Shrikmar Yeah, that's nice the time management managing the money Yes, we need to be skilled at that me and also you need some finances to Support yourself on the skill development that you need it. Yes, that's where the short-term and the long-term comes short skills That can be achieved through a lot of online tutorials that are available. You can make time and go through it Like if those things that need financial support, you see how you can save up for those skills to be developed And you can maybe you can set that those as your long-term. It might be of months or a year depends on your You know Like the savings and the ability to get those resources collected So accordingly you can set your priorities and plan it that way and how to handle your colleagues who are actually You know trying to pull you down a different ways. Yes You need to have certain skills to have like people's skill to handle them but As we are part of the ministry and we pray we seek God to help us. This is something very Recent sermon pastor shared with us on a Sunday where You will have people working against you at the workplace at the ministry people pointing at you questioning you Or you know complaining or trying to pull you down But then all you can do is seek God seek God like just how the psalms seeks God Psalms to 71 21 shares it saying The scripture says like this you shall increase my honor Greatness and comfort me on every side That is something that you can claim for yourself and seek God God Increase my honor increase my greatness and Lord you comfort me from every side Give me peace from everyone make all those who are against me work for me for the goal That you have put in my hand for the purpose that you have called me So God can change God can take this battle on them and he can change things for you Okay, we can seek God in that area. I hope that answer your that would That answer your question Charles. I hope that would help you Okay, so with that We can do it. Yes That's great. So most of the times what we think is about what we want to become So when we have that in our mind, we need to set goals We need to set some reminders short term goals and set a reminder where You'll remind us time and again to set time to focus and what we want to achieve in our life so when we take that small initiative in our life and That will make a pathway for us to accelerate for us to develop in that area and more head So we can we can strive hard We need to work hard to achieve certain things in our life the new skills that we want to learn And from there we can move on to the next point. How does personal development? What is the difference between the personal development versus personal self-improvement Personal development versus self-improvement So we need to recognize the difference between both It can be little tricky But then they are similar. They both are very instrumental for us to achieve our goals and improve ourselves There are key differences between both self-improvement plan and a personal development plan Well, personal development Is a work that we are putting in to transform our self on a daily basis. It's the effort that we are making To advance our work our lifestyle our attitude or social ability So what we do we set up personal development goals and we create one that could help us grow And we will look forward for any kind of opportunity that could come our way and we take that As an open door and we move further, but then self-improvement is an inner transformation It is a self-motivated Uh study or it is a self-motivated way where we can improve our character our status or Our knowledge by our own effort We decide it is a decision that you make and then you work on it And self-improvement is a lifelong process where we constantly keep checking ourselves and try to change our habits so that We can become that single potential person that we desire to be So there are certain efforts that we need to put in for personal development That would lead to self-improvement So there are seven categories of personal development. Let me share that I just made those points on a Power slide Let me share that give me a minute Okay Hope every can everyone can see that is it visible So there are seven categories of personal development where We focus on our personal development category. So it can be a personal skill Or personal growth and personal power that would create a habit for personal improvement Personal growth Is founded on the education and skill So through our education and experience being trees of skill level and our ability to suck feed in that particular field Now there are seven main categories here to develop our Personal development to achieve our personal development. So first one Personal skills. So personal skills can be Can be the ones that we were born with Or as the skills that we gained through uh, you know deliberate practice They are often referred to as a soft skills Example personal skills are it can it can involve decision making or teamwork or teamwork or being very organized and Being good in communication So if you're interested in growing your skills at work or ministry We need to try to work hard on these personal skills So knowing what area we need to excel in That area needs to be developed We need to put in an effort to develop. So that would lead to personal growth So this personal growth involves Personal growth involves the first step for personal growth is we need to step out of our comfort zone We we should step out the minute we step out of our comfort zone to see the growth happen Growth starts As a human mind They're constantly evolving thinking about it We are not the same person We were a year ago a month ago or a week ago or a day ago We are learning something new We are learning something new we need to make a difference We need to have more experience in our life which can shape us shape up personality our belief system And help us to move further So in order for us to experience this Personal development or the personal growth in us We need to strive to have to be a better version of ourselves on everyday basis. So how is that? We need to have the personal power within us that gives us the authority To believe ourselves and handle ourselves So it gives the uh, it fuels us It gives us we need that power That can help us to believe in us and you know make us to achieve greater goals Set goals and help us to achieve that And also when we work on On ourselves we see that we develop and we widen our circle It can be a circle of influence. It can be the circle of context We know we seek to learn more and more on every day and grow So when we expand our network when we look out for people and expand our network Yes, we grow in knowledge. We grow in skill We learn from other people by seeing and by uh, just watching them Watching them how they handle different situation Especially in the skills that we need to develop and we need to grow when we look at certain people Learn from them the way they lead the life the way they talk the way they handle their life By through books through some videotapes through the lecture video seminars We try to learn and expand ourselves in that area So when we expand our network the knowledge that we get from others It increases our personal power and opportunities for personal development and That we will move on to the fourth point personal improvement But before I go to that Yeah, Charles What's a comfort so I see a question from Charles asking what's a comfort zone Comfort zone is something that you're comfortable with where you are. You don't want to change. You don't want to step out You don't want to do anything new You're very comfortable in the place where you are And you're not adapting for change Nor you want to learn something nor you want to want to develop any new skill within you You're comfortable where you are That is a very dangerous position Being comfort and staying where you are being what you are not ready to learn or upscale our cell I think that is all the comfort zone. They also say that comfort zone is a place if you're not putting any effort to come out of it up skill yourself It is also equal to backsliding So if you need to check on the comfort zone, what is the comfort zone that you're already in are we putting in any effort Are we stepping up are we up skilling ourselves are we upgrading ourselves to the world that is moving are we up to the phase that our days are So that we can upgrade and develop ourselves Did that answer your question Charles? Yes, please you can unmute With that we will move on to the fourth point. We're talks about personal improvement personal improvement others Are the good habits that we can work on or that we already have For example, like having the positive attitude positive thinking Despite my situation. We have this positive attitude that could spark us that could strive us to do something So thinking before we act is critical to develop a strong amount of personal So what we need to do To help us think first we need to try to set up priorities right on the list And then we need to consider the consequence before beginning that so working on a personal improvement And generating a positive attitude will also reduce the amount of time that it would take for us to achieve certain goals And That we will move on to the next point personal Empowerment What do you mean by personal empowerment? Is a saying there's a saying by Mr. Love Tizzo L a o t z So he says it this way Knowing others is intelligence Knowing yourself is true wisdom Mastering others is strength and mastering yourself is true power I repeat knowing others is intelligence Knowing yourself is true wisdom Mastering others is strength Mastering yourself is true power So personal empowerment Yes, it is also similar to personal power Except for the empowerment empowerment is the power that we see within ourselves Instead of how others view at us we view at ourselves first So what happens it promotes a positive image We're trying to adopt a creativity within us in our daily life that could speed up Our learning ability to achieve our personal Personal growth or personal goals that we have set to achieve. It could also help us to increase The new areas that we want to consider and it could also make the Growth faster for us to achieve it Why because we're having this positive mentality that within us which empowers us It gives us an ability or it changes our attitude not to give up on certain areas But then encourages us to develop that area So there is some kind of power within us that we need to boost it up By believing on our self and saying you can do it There's no one else sometimes you will not find others coming and patting your back and saying hey, you can do it But then we need to develop this positive mentality positive empowerment within you to develop that To put in that effort extra effort that you need to walk that extra mile that you may have to walk to achieve your goal So when we don't give up on certain areas you see That you walk that mile you see though that you take that step out You see that you achieve your goal sooner Later, but you will try to achieve it without any compromise That we will move on to the secret point but before I could move on I see it mindy you have raised your hand Thank you pasta. I just I have difficult understanding the difference between improvement and empowerment Since improvement will empower you and empowerment will also improve you. Please Just explain a little bit like the difference between those two. Thank you pasta Thank you You want to understand the difference between improvement and empowerment? Yes improvement Are the areas that you notice that you need to improve that you need to develop It can be yourself or it can be from others Okay, that you notice these are the certain areas that I need to improve But empowerment is something that is within you a kind of positive attitude within you that helps you Not to give up on the areas that you need to improve saying that hey, I just cannot do it. This is not my cup of tea I cannot do this Okay, it's not that empowerment will help you to improve the areas that you need to achieve So it will say don't give up man. You can do it There's something a power within you which is not letting you to give up But looks out for different ways or different skills that you could learn Improve in that area. Okay. We also have charles raised his hand charles. Would you like to add anything? for what mangy mangy's question Yes, um on improvement Um according to the characters that you might be having Uh, maybe you are not good at recording things You are not good at Time tabling You are not good at some things that are really good The skills that help you to get organized And you are not doing them, but you understand that they are of help for you to Your services very well Then you from them to improve yourself improve yourself personally and maybe you You you you quickly jump into a situation without digging to know what is the cause such things Every time you there is a case or an issue in your ministry You jump into it without to Researching then you can improve yourself by Now learning on how to do the research the underground work. That's what comes in my mind when it comes to self-improvement Thank you. Thank you charles mangy to that answer your question Yes, thank you. Thank you very much. Okay So improvement is the area that you look to improve on and empowerment that happens within you that you Give up to develop a personal positive attitude to improve the areas that you need to Well with that we will move on to the personal analysis Personal analysis are very important And these are the areas that we need to consciously visit every time Some of us are naturally gifted where we can analyze of the areas that we need improvement And yes, this is called as personal analysis where we analyze ourselves It can be day to day or month to month or year to year We set certain goals and we analyze ourselves. Did I achieve these goals? It can be a yearly goal Of purely or monthly Do you analyze yourself? Am I improving on achieving certain skills? certain areas Or am I improving? To the person whom I want to see myself Down the line So being truthful about where we currently stand is the first step of moving forward Knowing our weaknesses knowing our strength When we know our weaknesses, we need to know how we can overcome those weaknesses So when we do this personal analysis We come up with these are my weaknesses and these are my strengths. What strengths are good? We can develop and grow well Now weaknesses Needs more attention We need to constantly evaluate ourselves on developing these weaknesses as a strength So there is something called progressive learning No matter how much we grow, there's always will come across these two areas weakness and strength And there's a constant learning to overcome these weaknesses and make them as a strength How we can do that by setting small goals putting in our effort learning learning from The resources that is available online through people Through See to it that you get some training if needed skill new skills to be developed There is something that is involved here is constant learning to achieve those goals and Reach your ambition With that we will move on to the last point personal objectives ambitious Could go to waste but there is no clear goals set ahead So what do we do for that So we need to develop a short term and a long term goals and have small steps to achieve them So that eventually we will accomplish and grow as a person In that area So how we can do that we need to set a plan which could help us clearly understand and look out for new strategies It may not be the same What works to a person may not work to another So according to our own Understanding and according to the area how we can develop ourselves We need to come up with some new strategies to work and achieve and reach our desired destination So why do you think we need to make this pdp personal development plan? Do you think it is important for us without the plan? Do you think that we cannot achieve the areas that we need to improve? Do you think this plan is needed? I believe it depends on the on the type of person because we We are different and we do things differently Thanks anyone else the class do you think this plan is needed for us to develop personally Yes, please Yes, I believe that yeah, it is it is needed for us As long as as we are in christ and As jesus said that you are the light of the world And god wants us to excel in everything. So I believe that this is Something very important factor Which we have to look into it. Yeah, that's my opinion. Thank you Yes Both can be right mangy answering one mangy if somebody has the strong ability or attitude and being Focused a man who's very focused. We don't have to have a plan and follow that or Time and again come back analyze Go ahead But this is for somebody who needs help The reason that we need to have a personal development plan is to For us to make a plan that could help us that could guide us to make us make a decision making better To help us remind ourselves Where we need to go By this time I need to achieve this many levels, but here I am I'm lacking two levels down. That means I need to push myself. I need to Prioritize my things on daily life. I need to Give up on certain things that is taking a lot of my time It helps me to check on myself to analyze myself On my daily routine and make time so that I can grow Progressively my growth is progressive. So if I don't have a plan and if I don't have If I don't do this Personal analysis over myself. I think down the line. I'll be wasting my time or in other words A good preparation could increase The probability of success and it could also decrease the risk of things That may go wrong on a long way instead of me regretting later. I can better plan it now so I feel personally that creating a plan A personal development and help me Grow a better Can would help me to be focused Or help me to analyze Exactly on which level am I in And what are the things that I need to do to achieve this certain goal that I wanted to or I desire to be in My future So we can consider a few benefits of having the personal development plan is by Having a clear vision bringing our vision to reality. This is what in the book of apricot chapter two verse two says Have a vision and write it down on your tablet The scripture says that write it down It may tarry for some time, but there will be a time where it will Fulfill so when you look back you'll praise god because that vision has become a reality The scripture says writing down is very important That's why god asked even moses to write down all that he went through the first pen to do the first five books He wrote it down So I think writing down and setting up personal goals and working on it and Breaking it down to small goals and having a strategy planning a strategy according to your Ability or your will your way of work is very important for us to reach the long term So when we reach the short goals, eventually we reach the long goals. So first is It would bring our vision to reality. Let me check if I have that in my Let's see what it is The second is it ensures You to take an appropriate and a logically planned action And the third it helps us to improve our time management skill So that we can achieve our goals, isn't it? And the fourth we see Yes, there is a plan that we could keep track of our progress Which serves to motivate us when we want to give up Very very important to have this friend of us saying that yes, I have this vision I'm almost here now the two steps to go. I think I can do what I I should not be giving it This is not the right time to give it. I yet. I need to Press hard or I need to seek help from others. So whatever needs To reach my goal, I need to do that So writing it down will help us to keep our track of progressiveness And that also helps us to motivate Within us empower us to achieve that goal The last point we see here is it's been proven to reduce our stress And improve our balance in life and increase our self confidence If we boost our self confidence saying that when you have reached the certain small goals, come on, you can do it It'll help us to push further. It'll boost our confidence where we no more have this attitude of giving up at the beach Harry embrace the positive attitude to move further so Developing this personal development goals For work or for ministry it could be any area It will eventually make a difference between the success and failure So we need to create the self growth plan for our personal life You know that could bring a difference on long time long time Achieving this long time goal, which will eventually bring out happiness within us and there won't be any regrets Because we have planned it well anyone In the set the class would like to share That you have set certain goals and that helped you to achieve So with that we will move on to the next part how to set this personal development goals So even before we could set we need to set a plan We need to know To do this To do you know self reflect To reflect on ourselves And answer some of these personal questions to set the goals So the few questions that we could or we should develop we should ask before we lay out A specific plan or action are the three questions. What do I want to make out of my life? What do I want to make out of my life? And the second question we can ask is what are my goals and ambitions? very So that I can set things and third What is currently standing in my way of achieving these goals? So I need to know my hurdles my obstacles so that I can work So after We answer These questions we can create a personal plan that can contain few key components like That uh, that would develop us that would develop our personal development plan to work and so that we can focus on Smart goals. So when we say smart goals, what is that? So here we are I just put a small activation Yes smart stands for specific measurable achievable relevant At time it's very easy Something that is specific when I set a goal. I want to be specific Then that is measurable And achievable in my limit in my standard in my ability in my capability And those need to be relevant to me And it should be When we keep this smart elements in our mind and set the goal, I think eventually we can How When we say specific we write goals Um in detail that are clear instead of broad or general. We are specific to the part What I mean, this is what I want to achieve. This is where I want to see myself in a year And this is what it is So keeping that in mind You set some small milestones on one clear basis that will help you achieve your goal After you make these goals achievable. So what are the challenges that I'm facing? What are the realistic challenges and how I can overcome those challenges for me to achieve that goal is what you will Look into it. So you'll come up with a strategy To overcome your challenges and then to check is it relevant? How we need to align our goals with our personal self-improvement So that it can be relevant to what you are moving towards and then we check the time out You pick an end date to end it if you do not have an end date We will be working on it, you know forever eternity So we will not do that. We will have an end date set By rich You will press on work towards achieving that set goal I think almost we have come to the end of the session So some personal Development plan that we can do by using all these steps and I I hope this session has helped you to plan to set your goals right down Break it down into small categories and have a strategy how you can work towards this goal and achieve it So I feel this pdp is very important for us to have Develop ourselves personally and achieve the skills Or Or be the person whom we desire to be in a certain period of time So if there's any question Yes, please feel free to unmute and ask Okay, I don't see any question or hands raised So with that I leave this class with an encouraging word. So let's create a personal development plan today Let's not wait for us to start improving in our life and then have a plan But then just let's create let's create a plan with the things that we need to work on We can improve our personal life. We can accomplish The desired person we want to be or we want to learn the skills that we want to achieve In our life So we can set certain goals and improve on those areas and be empowered live a empowered life So with that I end this session and yes, we can end this class with a word of prayer Can I request one first to please Unmute and pray Shall I prima? Yes, please Thank you, father god We are so thankful to you father for the way you're teaching us lot father the way you're leading us about father In every detailing whatever we are learning about father made enrich us equip us enable us And help us to grow in your word in your truth and do things the way you want us to do And lord we can avoid so many pitfalls when we are applying this word of our father lord Let your holy spirit continue to remind us of those detailed Study that we are doing about father. Thank you for all the teachers. Thank you for ma'am Thank you for the the detailing that has come into father And we believe lot father that it is your divine plan for us that we grow in it about father and be blessed in it About father and we are blessing to our city to our nation and to nations We are so thankful to you for every every provision that you have made Thank you for all the people who are joined in We give you glory honor and praise and we ask this prayer in the precious and miraculous name of jesus our saviour amen Amen. Amen. Thank you. Thank you each one for joining in. God bless Thank you Thank you