Personal Development

Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Developing the Whole Person
 Module 2
Let’s Try
Match column A with the correct answer from column B. Write the chosen
letter on a separate sheet of paper.
Column A Column B
1. These are the tangible aspects or the physical A. Emotional Self
attributes of the self. B. Intellectual Self
2. Include descriptions of your strengths and C. Interactional Self
weaknesses in intimate relationships and D. Physical Self
relationships to friends, family, co-students and E. Spiritual Self
strangers in social settings.
3. An assessment of how well you reason and solve
problems, the capacity to learn and create, and
the general amount of knowledge you have.
4. This could include your feelings about yourself
and organized religion, reactions about your
spiritual connections to others, feelings about
your spiritual development and history, and
thought about your metaphysical self.
5. This refers to the feelings you have within
yourself and for other people.

Write the letter of the correct answer.

6. The process of self-actualization and learning of a person.

a. Personal Development b. Character Trait c. Personal Behavior d. Self-assessment
7. It is tangible, obvious and responds easily.
a. character b. personality c. body d. mind
8. It describes the area of your maintenance of your living environment.
a. Sensual Self b. Nutritional Self c. Contextual Self d. Spiritual Self
9. This is considered to be the most feared aspect of the self.
a. mind b. emotions c. virtue d. thinking
10. Includes your strengths and weaknesses in dealing with other people.
a. Sensual Self b. Spiritual Self c. Emotional Self d. Interactional Self
11. It learns what to do and communicates the information to the body and the feelings.
a. mind b. emotions c. virtue d. thinking
12. The aspect that refers to the senses that we use in taking information.
a. Emotional Self b. Spiritual Self c. Intellectual Self d. Sensual Self
13. It provides a place to house the spirit and mind.
a. character b. personality c. body d. mind
14. He lives in peace with difficult people and difficult situations.
a. rich person b. real winner c. real person d. rich winner
15. This is how you nourish yourself.
a. Sensual Self b. Nutritional Self c. Contextual Self d. Spiritual Self

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 Lesson

1 Holistic Development

Personal development is one of the best ways to protect health, promote

wellbeing and develop a person as a whole. The process of self-actualization and
learning that combines an individual’s physiological, social, cognitive, psychological
and spiritual aspect is called holistic development.

In this lesson, you will be engaged in reflection and action planning in shaping
a holistic plan to prepare you for your future.

Let’s Recall

In the previous lesson, the concepts of Personal Development were discussed.

It is a never-ending process and should start with knowing yourself first. Each one
of us is unique. We may have our own ideal selves but still should nurture our actual
selves. Along our journey towards our goals, we will discover our personal talents,
skills, knowledge and experiences which will help us become more efficient as a
person and will become better in dealing with other people.

Once we already know ourselves fully, we are on our way on becoming a whole
person. However, there are few aspects that we have to understand and that is the
main purpose of this module.

Notes to the Teacher

This unit will us make our students understand the process of
developing themselves as a whole person.

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 Let’s Explore
Draw the diagram below. Each part has its corresponding questions you
have to fill out with all honesty. Write this activity in your journal.

Describe your Describe your

spiritual physical trait
Describeconnection
how to
others Describe your
you react and
problem-
impact in your
solving skills
environment

Describe how
Describe how you feel about
you nourish yourself
yourself
Describe
what kind Describe
of person how you
are you… take…

Let’s Elaborate

Lesson

2 Aspects of the Self

A deeper look on the different aspects of self can identify specific areas of self-
regulation, stability and improvement. The self-concept is represented by several aspects
as enumerated below:
1. Physical Self - the tangible aspects or the physical attributes of the self that
may include the height, weight, body and facial appearance.
2. Intellectual Self – the assessment of how well you reason and solve problems, to
create and learn, knowledge, wisdom and insights you have.
3. Emotional Self – these are the typical feelings you have, try to avoid, enjoy,
feelings from your past and present and associated with each other.
4. Sensual Self – refers to the senses – sight, hearing touching, speaking, smelling
that you use the most in taking information
5. Interactional Self - Include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in
intimate relationships and relationships to friends, family, co-students and
strangers in social settings.
6. Nutritional Self – this is how you nourish yourself

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 7. Contextual Self – describes the area of your maintenance of your living
environment
8. Spiritual Self - include your feelings about yourself and
organized religion, reactions about your spiritual connections to others,
feelings about your spiritual development and history, and thought about your
metaphysical self.
Many individuals put a strong emphasis on the physical aspect of the self. The
body is tangible, obvious and we respond to it easily. It provides a place to house the spirit
(often experienced as feelings) and the mind (often experienced as thought).
It may be important to some that their mind be prominent and well educated. The
mind is important, as it is the part of the self that directs the other two aspects. The mind
learns what to do and communicates the information to the body and the feelings. What the
mind believes, the body manifests or acts on, and the emotions feel, or respond with. On the
other hand, the human emotions are the most feared aspect of the self, as individuals are
reluctant and unprepared to manage them. Managing feelings is like trying to hold water in
the palm of your hand.

Lesson
The Power Triad: Thoughts,
3 Feelings, Actions
The Story of the two Wolves
The following is an old Cherokee Indian story that is enlightening and helpful. One
evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said,
"My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all." "It is a terrible fight and it is
between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity,
guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego." He continued, "The other
is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy,
generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside
every other person, too." The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
grandfather, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed".

Knowing which wolf to feed is the first step towards recognizing you have control over
your own self. Have you ever had thoughts, feelings or acted in ways that were unacceptable
to yourself but felt powerless to control? The purpose of this story is to help you find ways to
manage your mind so that you can live your life more in accordance with what your own
judgment says is best for you.

As we grow up, we gradually become aware of the many things in the external world
which are largely beyond our ability to control. These include other
people in general and most events in our lives. Initially this is difficult to accept, but a more
shocking realization is that there are many things about ourselves that we
seem powerless to control.

But are we indeed really powerless to control our own maladaptive thoughts, feelings
and actions? The grandfather’s answer "The one you feed" is deceivingly simple. The results
of psychological research indicate that there are at least four important concepts or ideas
implied by the answer:

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 1. The mind is not the unitary entity it seems to us but consists of different
parts. For example in the story there are the two wolves and the “you” that
chooses between them.
2. These parts of the mind/brain can interact and be in conflict with each
other i.e. the two wolves fight for dominance over our mind and behavior.
3. The “you” has the ability to decide which wolf it will feed.
4. Having made a choice, “you” can decide specifically how to “feed” or nurture
the selected wolf.

Source: http://www.psychologymatters.asia/article/65/the-story-of-the-two-wolves-
managingyour-thoughts-feelings-and-actions.html

Let’s Dig In

Activity 1.1 It’s a success!

Read and analyze the success story below. In your journal, answer the
questions that follow.

My Hero: Efren Peñaflorida

“In the Philippines, teenage membership in urban gangs has surged to an estimated 130,000
in the past 10 years.” Children are pressured to join a gang as early as 9 years old. Efren Peñaflorida
was one of those children.
Peñaflorida was born into a poor family and grew up next to a city dump site in the slums of
the Philippines. Gang activity was rampant in the streets, and Peñaflorida was often afraid to walk the
streets. He remembers being pressured by a gang leader, and refusing to join. The confrontation gave
him a new outlook and he realized that he could help divert other children like himself from joining
gangs and instead help them become productive members of their community. At age 16, Peñaflorida
and several of his friends started Dynamic Teen Company.
Dynamic Teen Company was created in 1997 to offer his classmates “an outlet to lift up
themselves and their community.” Peñaflorida and his friends worked on their high school campus,
diverting the students’ attention away from joining violent gangs and instead encouraging self-
development activities and community service. In 1999, the Dynamic Teen Company started Care of
Impoverished Children, a program to reach out to slum children. Every weekend, Dynamic Teen
Company pushes a cart filled with school supplies through the slums. Children between the ages of 2
and 14 flock to the cart every Saturday to learn reading, writing, arithmetic, and English from
Peñaflorida and his volunteers. They teach the children to love learning, and the value of education in
the hopes of diverting them from joining gangs. They also started a hygiene clinic, where children can
take a bath and learn basic hygiene, such as brushing their teeth.
At first, Dynamic Teen Company had difficulties convincing others to support their cause, so
they learned to be self-sufficient. They fund their efforts by recycling old bottles and newspapers, and
creating and selling crafts. Dynamic Teen Company now has more than 10,000 members and has
helped more than 1500 children living in the slums. Where others see problems, they see potential, and
have successfully mentored former gang members, addicts, and dropouts. These former gang members
and dropouts are now serving as volunteers, mentoring other children and helping to raise funds.
Dynamic Teen Company currently has four pushcart classrooms, and they hope to expand so they can
give more children an opportunity to learn and to stay out of gangs.
"I always tell my volunteers that you’re the change that you dream & I am the change that I
dream. And collectively we’re the change that this world needs to be."
Source: https://myhero.com/Efren_Penaflorida_2009/

Processing Questions:
1. Can you relate from the character? In what way?
2. What lessons can you learn from the story?
3. How would you like your life story to be told?

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 A REAL WINNER is one who is able to:
• win over his/her battles and difficulties in life and turns them
into a learning and glorifying experience;
• find meaning in pleasant and unpleasant events in his life;
• live in peace with difficult people and difficult situations;
• win the goodwill of others, their respect and admiration;
• get what he wants using win-win strategies; never at the
expense of others;
• discover and use opportunities to his best advantage; and
• develop and use his talents and abilities to the best advantage
and in so doing, make meaningful contribution in making this
world a better place to live in.

Activity 1.2 Share Your Power Triad

Let us share our thoughts, feelings and opinions on the following questions. By
taking time to do this, you will learn to better manage your mind, feelings, and
actions and consciously feeding the good wolf in you. Write your answers on your
journal.
1. How aware are you of the two different opposing “wolves” operating
within your mind, one of which leads to pain and a diminished sense
of life and the other to a joyous, meaningful, and fulfilling life?
2. When was the time you feel disappointed by the choice of behaviour
because you knew that there was a more positive option but you just
didn’t choose it?
3. What ways or techniques or exercises do you use to strengthen yourself
so as to increase its potency to choose and hence control your life?
4. In what specific ways do you feed the negative wolf?
5. What specific ways do you use to feed the positive wolf?

Activity 1.3 Bloom where you planted

In your journal, draw a pot with an 8-

petal flower in it. In each petal, write down
the ways on how you are going to develop,
nurture and take care of the different
aspects of your self. Create this activity in
your journal.

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 Let’s Remember

Question to ponder:
What is the relationship of the different aspects of development with your
thoughts, feelings and actions in dealing with life situations? Write your answers on
your journal.

Let’s Apply

We all dreamt of reaching success in the future. A successful person has

his/her own recipes in achieving his/her goals in life.
Even though you are still a student, as early as now, you can list down the
recipes you need to achieve success someday. In your journal, make your personal
recipe for achieving personal goals. Identify your goal and break it down into a recipe.
Here are two samples of recipes:

Let’s Evaluate

Choose the letter of the correct answer in each item. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.

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1. Many individuals put emphasis on this aspect of the self.
a. Contextual Self b. Nutritional Self c. Physical Self d. Spiritual Self
2. This refers to the areas of maintenance of your living environment and your impact
on it.
a. Contextual Self b. Nutritional Self c. Physical Self d. Spiritual Self
3. It is not a unitary entity as it consists different parts.
a. character b. personality c. body d. mind
4. The process of self-actualization and learning that combines an individual’s
physiological, social, cognitive, psychological and spiritual aspect.
a. Personal Improvement c. Character Identity
b. Holistic Development d. Values Development

5. It Include descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate relationships

and relationships to friends, family, co-students and strangers in social settings.
a. Sensual Self b. Interactional Self c. Nutritional Self d. Spiritual Self

6. He lives in peace with difficult people and situations.

a. rich person b. real winner c. real person d. rich winner
7. This includes how you nourish and nurture yourself.
a. Sensual Self b. Interactional Self c. Nutritional Self d. Spiritual Self
8. These are the most feared aspect of the self.
a. mind b. emotions c. virtue d. thinking

9. It is represented by several aspects of the self.

a. self-aspect b. body c. mind d. self-concept
10. This includes how well you reason and solve problems, wisdom and insights you
acquired.
a. Physical Self b. Intellectual Self c. Sensual Self d. Contextual Self
11. The process of self-actualization and learning of a person.
a. Personal Development b. Character Trait c. Personal Behavior d. Self-assessment
12. It is tangible, obvious and responds easily.
a. character b. personality c. body d. mind
13. This is how you nourish yourself.
a. Sensual Self b. Nutritional Self c. Contextual Self d. Spiritual Self
14. It learns what to do and communicates the information to the body and the feelings.
a. mind b. emotions c. virtue d. thinking
15. The aspect that refers to the senses that we use in taking information.
a. Emotional Self b. Spiritual Self c. Intellectual Self d. Sensual Self

Let’s Extend
Research two (2) more Filipino success stories of your choice or inspired
with. Read and analyze each. Enumerate the characteristics, values, and the
recipes for success that they used in order to achieve their dreams. Also, include
how they managed to control their thoughts, feelings and actions as they work
toward their goals. Use a separate sheet of paper to answer this activity.

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