Personal and Social Development

Learning all about yourself can help you make decisions about the career that is right for you. As you learn about yourself, yuour interss, aptitudes, abilaities, personality, habits, and persoal priorities, you will more likely choose a satisfying career.

Before you choose a career, you need to know and understand yourself. You can start by looking at your interests. What do you enjoy doing the most? To be successful in a career, you need to have more than an interest in it. You need to consider your aptitude for ability to perform the duties required for that career as well.

You also need to consider your personality when choosing a career. Matching your responsibility with a suitable career will increase your chances for success and happiness on the job.

Knowing your personal priorities can help you make choices in your career and set goals in your life. You can use your personal priorities to help guide your behavior and give some direction in your career choice. Once you know your personal priorites, you can also use them to help you set goals. The way you achieve your goals will depend on your own personal standards and the resources available to you.

A Look at Me
Life Map
Lifestyle Collage
Reality Budget
Personal Improvement Plan
Wellness Plan


Evaluate individual characteristics/traits, interests/preferences, ability levels, skill acquisition, talents/aptittudes, and values in relation to setting and achieving personal, social, lifestyle, educational and career goals. Write several paragraphs describing yourself by using the following terms: abililities, aptitudes, ethics, habits, interests, personality, resources, self-concept, standards, and personal priorities. List several short-term and long-term goals that you might want to achieve.