Personal Development Plan

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SECTION I:
Yourself

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2. What makes you PROUD?

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3. What gives you a sense of FULFILMENT?

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4. What situations you could have HANDLED BETTER or you REGRET?

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5. What VALUES are dear to you? Please refer to List of Values at the End of Exploring
Yourself Section

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6. What are my NEEDS? Please refer to List of Needs at the End of Exploring Yourself
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Summary of Section I – Exploring Yourself

1. Things that make me HAPPY (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors)

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2. Things that make me PROUD (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors)

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3. Things that make me feel FULFILLED (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors)

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4. Things i could have HANDLED BETTER (Mention top 5 Contributing Factors

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 5. My Most Important NEEDS

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6. My Most Important VALUES

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List of Values

Accountability Excitement Persistence

Accuracy Expertise Philanthropy
Achievement Exploration Piety
Adventurousness Expressiveness Positivity
Altruism Fairness Practicality
Ambition Faith Preparedness
Assertiveness Family-oriented Professionalism
Balance Fidelity Prudence
Being the best Fitness Quality-oriented
Belonging Fluency Reliability
Boldness Focus Resourcefulness
Calmness Freedom Restraint
Carefulness Fun Results-oriented
Challenge Generosity Rigor
Cheerfulness Goodness Security
Clear-mindedness Grace Self-actualization
Commitment Growth Self-control
Community Happiness Selflessness

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 Compassion Hard Work Self-reliance
Competitiveness Health Sensitivity
Consistency Helping Society Serenity
Contentment Holiness Service
Continuous Improvement Honesty Shrewdness
Contribution Honor Simplicity
Control Humility Soundness
Cooperation Independence Speed
Correctness Ingenuity Spontaneity
Courtesy Inner Harmony Stability
Creativity Inquisitiveness Strategic
Curiosity Insightfulness Strength
Decisiveness Intelligence Structure
Democratic Intellectual Status Success
Dependability Intuition Support
Determination Irreverence Teamwork
Devoutness Joy Temperance
Diligence Justice Thankfulness
Discipline Leadership Thoroughness
Discretion Legacy Thoughtfulness
Diversity Love Timeliness
Dynamism Loyalty Tolerance
Economy Making a difference Traditionalism
Effectiveness Mastery Trustworthiness
Efficiency Merit Truth-seeking
Elegance Obedience Understanding
Empathy Openness Uniqueness
Enjoyment Order Unity
Enthusiasm Originality Usefulness
Equality Patriotism Vision
Excellence Perfection Vitality

List of Needs

Accomplishment Friends Pleasure

Acceptance Fun Power
Adventure Honesty Quiet
Authority Humor Recognition
Balance Influence Respect
Belonging Justice Responsibility
Clarity Knowledge Safety
Competence Love Security
Connection Mastery Self-Esteem
Control Morality Service
Discipline Opportunity Significance
Duty Order Spirituality
Fairness Peace Trust
Freedom Participation Variety

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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

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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 you’d like to grow in the future.

Relationships: Dreams of a happy family, and of being a great parent to happy

children.

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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 you’d like to own and enjoy.

Public Service: Dreams of things you’d 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.

SECTION III: Make the right choices

Select top 2 or 3 dreams from each of these Life Areas:

1. Artistic pursuits

Dreams:

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5. Relationships

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9. Possessions

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10. Public service

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Divide the dreams in these 11 life areas into:

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My top 10 dreams :

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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

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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

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Dream 1

Goal

 Milestone goal

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 First Step Goal

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 First Step Goal

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 First Step Goal

Dream 5

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Dream 6

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 First Step Goal

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&L’s 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

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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

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

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First Step Goal:

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Example for your Reference:

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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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