Personal Development; Intermediate Workbook 4ed. (PDF)

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. i Copyright © 2020 Michael Carolan Developed and compiled by Michael Carolan Cover by Michael Carolan 1ed. Jan 2011; 2ed. Jan 2012; 3ed. Oct 2015; 4ed. Jan 2020 by DELIVER Educational Consulting, PO BOX 40, Moonee Vale, 3055, Victoria, Australia. Contact: www.delivereducation.com.au [email protected] (03) 9939 1229 Carolan, Michael Personal Development: Intermediate 4ed. (For VCAL and Applied Learning) (ISBN 978-1-925172-57-7 for printed workbook) Images: Originals by Michael Carolan Others: © 2020 Jupiterimages Corporation; or © 2020 Photos.com, © 2020 Depositphotos.com (where noted within text); and Copyright DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. This book is copyright and may only be copied in accordance with the Copyright Act. For information contact the Copyright Agency Limited. Students may copy pages from their own workbooks for their own educational purposes. Personal Development Intermediate: Workbook 4ed. Personal Development: Intermediate Workbook (4ed) By Michael Carolan DELIVER Educational Consulting (978-1-925172-57-7) Available for VCAL and Applied Learning Literacy - Foundation 2ed (2019) Literacy - Intermediate 4ed (2019) Literacy - Senior 2ed (2019) Numeracy - Foundation 2ed (2019) Numeracy - Intermediate 2ed (2019) Numeracy - Senior 2ed (2019) Personal Development - Foundation 2ed (2020) Personal Development - Intermediate 4ed (2020) Personal Development - Senior 3ed (2020) Work Related Skills - Foundation 2ed (2020) Work Related Skills - Intermediate 4ed (2020) Work Related Skills - Senior 3ed (2020) • • • • • • • • • • • • Available for Careers, Pathways and Work Education & VCAL Career Pathways 2ed (2016) Work Placement Journal (2015) Work Experience Journal (2014) Personal Development Activity Planner - Foundation (2020) Personal Development Activity Planner - Intermediate (2020) Personal Development Project Planner - Senior (2020) Available for industry-specifi c work education Retail Trade Industry - Foundation (2014) Retail Trade Industry - Intermediate (2014) Community Services - Foundation (2014) Community Services - Intermediate (2014) Also available for Industry & Enterprise I&E Unit 1: Workplace Participation 4ed (2019) I&E Unit 1: Workplace Participation - e-version (2019) I&E Units 1&2: Towards an Enterprising You 5ed (2019) I&E Units 3&4: Towards an Enterprising Australia 4ed (2019) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • www.delivereducation.com.au [email protected] Personal Development: Intermediate Workbook 4ed. Contents Unit 1 1. Introducing Me ............................. 1 2. Developing My Skills ................. 23 3. Managing Myself Effectively ..... 45 4. Interpersonal Effectiveness ....... 67 5. Becoming a Leader .................... 83 Unit 2 6. Community Issues .................... 103 7. Planning and Organising ......... 135 8. Communication & Team Skills ..153 9. Problem-Solving /Decision-Making 169 10. Environmental, Cultural and Social Issues .................... 187 Copyright notice/License information: All material in this printed workbook may only be reproduced by the school or institution named on each page in accordance with its purchase of a master license. All use of material must include the copyright and license notices at the bottom of each page. You are not permitted to electronically re-engineer or extract material from a page. Please see the Read Me First fi le on the USB/CD for full licensing information in relation to a master license. Unauthorised copying and reproduction of this material constitutes a breach of the Copyright Act. For best results the material has been formatted to be reproduced from the master fi le.     Important: All material, advice and assessment tasks are provided as a guide only and do not constitute offi cial advice. As always you must check with the VCAA and any other relevant authorities about the suitability of a task.  DELIVER Educational Consulting PO Box 40, Moonee Vale 3055 (03) 9939 1229 ABN 80 922 381 610 Check for samples at: www.delivereducation.com.au [email protected] VCAL and Applied Learning (Master sets and eversion masters also available) Personal Development - Founda� on Workbook/text 2ed & Ac� vi� es booklet (2020) Personal Development - Intermediate Workbook/text 4ed & Ac� vi� es booklet (2020) Personal Development- Senior Workbook/text 3ed & Ac� vi� es booklet (2020) Work Related Skills - Founda� on Workbook/text 2ed & Ac� vi� es booklet (2020) Work Related Skills - Intermediate Workbook/text 4ed & Ac� vi� es booklet (2020) Work Related Skills - Senior Workbook/text 3ed & Ac� vi� es booklet (2020) Literacy - Founda� on Workbook/text 2ed & Ac� vi� es skills booklet (2019) Literacy - Intermediate Workbook/text 4ed & Ac� vi� es skills booklet (2019) Literacy - Senior Workbook/text 2ed & Ac� vi� es skills booklet (2019) Numeracy - Founda� on Workbook/text 2ed & Skills Development Booklet (2019) Numeracy - Intermediate Workbook/text 2ed (for units 1&2) & Ac� vi� es booklet (2019) Numeracy - Senior Workbook/text 2ed (for units 1&2) & Ac� vi� es booklet (2019)             VCE: Industry and Enterprise > *I&E Unit 1: Workplace Par� cipa� on 5ed (& e-version) (2022) > *I&E 1&2: Towards an Enterprising You 6ed (2022) > *I&E 3&4: Towards an Enterprising Australia 5ed (2022) Career pathways, work educa� on and personal development (PDF e-versions also available) > Career Pathways 2ed > Work Experience Journal > Work Placement Journal > Personal Development Ac� vity Planner: Founda� on (2020) > Personal Development Ac� vity & Project Planner: Intermediate (2020) > Personal Development Project Planner: Senior (2020) WACE: Career and Enterprise (PDF e-versions also available) > *Career and Enterprise General 11 2ed (2022) > *Career and Enterprise General 12/ATAR 11 2ed (2022) > *Career and Enterprise ATAR 12 2ed (2022) > Career and Enterprise Founda� on 12 > Career and Enterprise Founda� on 11 Current resource list: 2022 (* = new) A� en� on: VCAL and Applied Learning, Careers, Pathways, Industry and Enterprise and Work Educa� on Co-ordinators and teachers. New edi� ons of VCE: Industry and Enterprise resources and WACE: Career and Enterprise resources for 2022 and beyond. All new releases for 2022 now available, more details on the next pages. VCE: Industry & Enterprise new edi� ons to refl ect contemporary work-related issues. I&E Unit 1: Workplace Par� cipa� on 5ed I&E Units 1&2: Towards an Enterprising You 6ed I&E Units 3&4: Towards an Enterprising Australia 5ed WACE: Career and Enterprise new edi� ons to refl ect contemporary work-related issues. Career and Enterprise General 11 2ed Career and Enterprise General 12/ATAR 11 2ed Career and Enterprise ATAR 12 2ed       2022 For WACE Career and Enterprise; and very useful for any Workplace Learning program: The full suite of WACE Career and Enterprise Resources (each with choice of e-version master): Career and Enterprise: Founda� on 11 Career and Enterprise: Founda� on 12 Career and Enterprise: CAE - General 11 2ed Career and Enterprise: CAE - General 12/ATAR11 2ed Career and Enterprise: ATAR 12 2ed      For VCAL, Career Pathways, Applied Learning and Work Educa� on/Work Studies. All resources below are available as printed books or as master e-versions. 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Postage amount $______ Grand Total $_______ VCE: Industry and Enterprise (New editions 2022) Printed text e-version master Total I&E Unit 1: Workplace Participation 5ed. 2022 _____ @ $38 _____ @ $550 _______ I&E Units 1&2: Towards an Enterprising You 6ed. 2022 _____ @ $55 na _______ I&E Units 3&4: Towards an Enterprising Australia 5ed. 2022 _____ @ $68 na _______ DELIVER Educational Consulting PO Box 40, Moonee Vale 3055 (03) 9939 1229 ABN 80 922 381 610 Check for samples at: www.delivereducation.com.au [email protected] VCAL/ Applied Learning Resource Sets Printed text/workbook Printed activities book Master license text/workbook Master license activities book Combined master set license or Master license with writeable PDF e-versions Literacy Foundation 2ed. 2019 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 Literacy Intermediate 4ed. 2019 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 Literacy Senior 2ed. 2019 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 Numeracy Foundation 2ed. 2019 ___ @ $49.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 Numeracy Intermediate 2ed. 2019 ___ @ $49.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 Numeracy Senior 2ed. 2019 ___ @ $49.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 PDS Foundation 2ed. 2020 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 PDS Intermediate 4ed. 2020 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 PDS Senior 3ed. 2020 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 WRS Foundation 2ed. 2020 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 WRS Intermediate 4ed. 2020 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 WRS Senior 3ed. 2020 ___ @ $42.50 ___ @ $27.50 __ @ $275 __ @ $99 or __ @ $330 or ___ @ $440 Totals _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Careers, Work Education & Personal Development Printed text e-version master Total Career Pathways 2ed. 2016 _____ @ $35 _____ @ $440 _______ Work Experience Journal 2015 _____ @ $22 _____ @ $165 _______ Work Placement Journal 2015 _____ @ $29.50 _____ @ $220 _______ Personal Development Activity Planner: Foundation 2020 _____ @ $29.50 _____ @ $220 _______ Personal Development Activity/Project Planner: Intermediate 2020 _____ @ $29.50 _____ @ $220 _______ Personal Development Project Planner: Senior 2020 _____ @ $29.50 _____ @ $220 _______ Order Details Name: Position: e-mail: School: Address: Order No: Approx. Amount $ ABN: email for invoice (if different):  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. ii Use this resource to gain and develop skills to assist your personal development. Complete the tasks in the spaces and pages provided. Use the pro-formas and self-assessments as part of your Personal Development program You will also need to maintain your own work folio to complete other tasks given to you by your teacher. You may need to collect and keep copies of articles, resources, handouts and evidence of your personal development in your own workbooks. You might also use your Student Activities Portfolio to complete tasks as directed by your teacher. This portfolio will give you a body of work to keep as a reference. It will also enable you to review and improve upon personal development and transferable skills. You might be directed to complete some or even all of the assessment tasks listed opposite. Throughout this workbook there are a number of quick-reference Personal Development Superskills. Use the table to locate these. Remember that your personal development and growth will provide you with the tools for a more successful future! So what are you waiting for? Enjoy your study.       Advice to students Activities I am required to organise and participate in for Personal Development Intermediate are... ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment Tasks Unit 1 AT1i PDS Activity Planner ...............................21 AT1 Personal Development Activity ......38-41 AT2 What About Me? ..............................64-65 AT3 The Great Debate .................................81 AT4 Training Activity ................................98-99 Unit 2 AT1 Community Issue and Roles .......130-131 AT2 Community Issue Activity ............148-151 AT3 Issue Awareness Project ..............166-167 AT4 What’s the Problem? ..................184-185 For a be� er way to plan your PDS ac� vi� es and projects why not use the Personal Development Intermediate Planner? Personal Development Superskills 1.08 Icebreakers ......................................................9 2.08 Plan-Organise-Do-Review ......................... 31 2.10 PODR Journal ............................................... 33 2.14 Mentor Plan .................................................. 37 3.04 Managing emotions: Internal ..................... 49 3.05 Managing emotions: External ................... 50 3.11 Managing time ............................................. 56 3.16 Stress management ..................................... 61 3.18 ART goals ..................................................... 63 4.05 Active listening ............................................. 72 4.07 Body language gestures ............................ 74 4.11 Confl ict resolution ........................................ 78 4.13 Rules of debate ........................................... 80 6.17 Researching Information ...........................120 6.19 Analysing an issue.. ...................................122 6.21 Analysing an issue: Ask yourself... ..........124 7.03 Planning a PDS Activity ............................138 7.05 PODR Planning Pro-forma ...................140-3 7.11 Activity Action Roster ................................146 7.12 To-Do List .....................................................147 8.01 Effective communication ...........................154 8.04 PowerPoint Presentations ..........................157 8.06 Feedback ....................................................159 8.07 8 tips for effective teams .........................160 8.09 Tips for effective meetings ......................162 8.10 Meeting agenda ........................................163 9.03 IASM problem-solving ..............................172 9.05 Effective drilling-down ............................174 9.07 Flowchart tips .............................................176  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 1 Self Expression: Introduction Personal Development: Introducing Me 1 Contents Comments: Activities 1: Introducing Me p. Due date/Done? Comment 1.02A Self 3 1.04B Personal development contexts 5 1.04C PDS Unit 1 requirements 5 1.06A Who are you? 7 1.07A Meet the peeps 8 1.09B You and others 10 1.10C Interpersonal relationships 11 1.12A Emoticons 13 1.13B My personality 14 1.14C My personality investigation 15 1.15D Me in summary 16 1.16E I am a Picnic 17 1.18A My ABC 19 AT1i PDS Activity planner 21 1.21 Self-Refl ection 22 1.01 Introduction .................................... 2 1.05 Where Am I At? ............................... 6 1.07 Meeting People ............................... 8 1.11 Personality Traits ......................... 12 1.17 Attitudes and Behaviour .............. 18 1.19 Planning an Activity ..................... 20 1.20 Assessment Task Planner 1i ....... 21 1.21 Self-Reflection .............................. 22 Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 2 Personal development Personal Development Skills is a specially developed unit to assist you in all facets of your life. Don’t think of Personal Development Skills as a subject that just exists on its own. Of course the subject does have a set of learning outcomes that you need to complete in order to pass units 1 and 2. However, many of the skills you develop in this subject can be applied generically across all units in your VCAL or applied learning program. The concept of ‘self’ is the basis for Unit 1, whereas the concept of ‘community’ is the basis for Unit 2. Your teacher will have designed your learning program for Unit 1 so that all activities will link to one or more of these contexts. Self (personal) development, resilience, self-esteem and efficacy. Health and wellbeing. Family and social responsibilities. Environmental responsibilities. Participation in a democratic society. Some of the key personal developmental skills areas that you will be expected to develop are listed below. How about discussing these as a class right now?      Introduction 1.01 Personal Development PDS can act as a launch pad to success across all areas of your life. environmental awareness physical health & wellbeing self-awareness emotional health & wellbeing mental health & wellbeing self-esteem community engagement Image: mandygodbehear/ Depositphotos.com  decision- making problem- solving interpersonal skills resilience leadership collaboration planning and organising family connectedness social connectedness democratic participation critical & crea- tive thinking Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 3 Introduction 1.02 Self Have a think about your ‘self’ right at this moment. How would you describe your ‘self’ in relation to these different areas of personal development? Identify a way in which you’d like to improve your ‘self’ development over the course of this year for each of these. Outline an action or a strategy that you could do, to develop yourself further in each of these areas of personal development. 1. 2. 3. A Personal Development: How would I describe my... What could I improve about myself? What action(s) could I take to improve? Self-awareness Self-esteem Family connectedness Social connectedness Physical health & wellbeing Mental/Emotional health & wellbeing Environmental awareness Planning and organising skills Critical & creative thinking skills Problem-solving skills Resilience Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 4 Introduction 1.03 Family and social responsibilities People have a right to enjoy positive family relationships and to experience social connectedness. But circumstances can prevent this, such as looking after or caring for family members, achieving work/life balance, doing household chores, managing personal and household fi nances, shifting friendship and peer networks, social media intrusion, and varied types of confl ict with people. Environmental responsibilities Environmental issues are an area of great concern for young people. Issues include the impact of climate change, sustainable use of resources, energy generation from renewable sources, over-consumption and waste, recycling, and many other issues. These issues impact globally, nationally and in some specifi c local areas. So how do you feel about this? Participation in democratic society This involves an understanding of your rights and responsibilities as a citizen, and as a community member. This also extends to you behaving in a way that does not impact on the rights of other people. Issues might include your human rights and freedoms, voting, law and order, safety, expressing your opinion, equal opportunity and anti-discrimination. Health and wellbeing Healthy personal development requires a balanced approach to physical, emotional and mental health and wellbeing. You can take positive actions related to your lifestyle, diet and nutrition, physical fi tness, drug and alcohol use, participation in society, dealing with anxiety, medical health, emotional support, mental health issues and accessing support services. Building resilience and self-esteem, and achieving effi cacy Positive self-development relies on personal, social and emotional maturity. It also relies on an ability to accept responsibility, as well as improved emotional intelligence and empathy. Effi cacy refers to developing better and more eff ective ways to achieve personal, social and work goals. This helps you to develop as a more productive and supportive member of society. It is important to focus on developing positive self-esteem by refl ecting on your strengths, and celebrating your triumphs. But you need to balance this against the increasing wave of self-focused narcissism (often driven by social media interaction). In life, people will experience stress, hardships, setbacks and failures. This is a natural part of living, learning and growing. So it is important that you build resilience. Not everything will go perfectly to plan! You have to learn to deal with adversity, make improvements and move on. Personal development contexts Throughout PDS Intermediate you will undertake activities and tasks related to one or more of these focus areas. So let’s take an introductory look at these. Along the way, reflect on and discuss, how these personal development focus areas relate to your own personal development.  Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 5 Introduction 1.04 Personal development contexts Briefl y describe what each of the ‘personal development’ contexts on p.4 mean to you. B PDS Unit 1 requirements C After consulting with your teacher, list the tasks that need to be completed for you to satisfy the Learning Outcomes for this unit. Update this throughout the semester. Personal Development activities and projects I will need to complete. LO(s) By when?  Building resilience and self-esteem, and achieving effi cacy. To me this means.... Health and wellbeing. To me this means.... Family and social responsibilities. To me this means.... Environmental responsibilities. To me this means.... Participation in democratic society. To me this means.... Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 6 Generic skills As part of your personal development you will develop a set of generic or transferable skills that can be useful when you deal with different situations. These generic skills can be applied to make you more successful across all of your school and VET subjects, as well as in your personal, social and working life. As people, we develop skills by completing various tasks and activities associated with our day-to-day personal lives. Can you cook? How did you learn to do that? Can you drive - how are you developing that complex skills-set? Can you play an instrument, draw, dance, play sport, look after animals, fix computers or even speak well in public? If so, how did you learn and develop those transferable skills? Social skills are vital to develop as a well-rounded person. We build social skills by connecting with others. This occurs through having positive family, social and personal relationships. We also build social skills through team activities such as sport and recreation, community activities, by working, and from other forms of social connectedness. Apparently, the world of tomorrow will be run by digital devices! But digital apps are making us somewhat less able, and also somewhat lazy. Digital over-reliance can lead to de-skilling of people, especially in problem-solving and decision-making skills. Digital communication is also limiting some people’s ability to communicate face-to-face, as humans. So will you develop as the person, who can lead the people, that manage the technologies, that control the masses? If so, the future is yours. But first, you have to start with your ‘self’. Where Am I At? 1.05 Generic/ Transferable skills Generic/ Transferable skills accepting responsibility planning resolving confl ict using technology solving problems communicating organising working in teams  building task skills making decisions Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 7 Where Am I At? 1.06 Who are you? A 6 things/tasks/activities/subjects, etc. that I’m quite good at are... i. iv. ii. v. iii. vi: 6 things/tasks/activities/subjects, etc. that I need to become better at are... i. iv. ii. v. iii. vi: At this stage of my life: very good good reasonable basic poor i. My communication skills are... ii. My planning skills are... iii. My organisational skills are... iv. My confl ict resolution skills are... v. My technological skills are... vi. My team skills are... vii. My problem-solving skills are... 9 words that describe me include... i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. 6 words that don’t describe me include... i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Complete these activities to start to build a profi le of yourself. Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 8 Meet the peeps You must fi nd out and list the following information within the time allotted by your teacher. Meeting people One of the most important skill-sets you will develop throughout this year involves your ability to communicate, connect, engage and work with people more effectively. So make a start by finding out who is in your class. Find out all the people in the class who: Have a combined fi rst name and surname of more than 11 letters. Have the same number of people in their im- mediate family as you. Have at least 2 hobbies, likes or interests similar to you. Share the same mobile phone carrier as you. Meeting People 1.07 A  Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 9 Meeting People 1.08 Do... Approach someone and introduce yourself. Off er to shake hands with both men and women (if culturally appropriate). Compliment someone on what they are wearing. Ask them, “What brings you here?” Have three ‘icebreakers’ ready that you can talk about.      Don’t... Crunch knuckles or give a ‘fi sh’ shake. Stare like a wild beast. Ask questions that are too personal. Criticise what someone is wearing or how they look.     Icebreakers Take the initiative - start conversations. “So how do you know (whoever?)”, or “What brings you here?” “That’s a nice jacket (or whatever), where did you get that?” “This looks good (the food), what can you recommend?” So, how about you list 2 more... ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________     Furthermore... Don’t stay with the same person for the whole time. Introduce someone you have just met to someone you haven’t yet met; and then you are all meeting lots of new people. Use open stance body language. Include people who are alone or who are being isolated.     PDS SUPER SKILLS Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 10 Meeting People 1.09 You and others Indicate whether these statements sound like you or not. When fi nished, discuss the statements and results with the class. That’s me! That’s not me! i I have over 200 social media ‘friends’. ii When I walk in the room the party gets started. iii In my life I have just a few good friends, but I really have strong friendships with these people. iv I get bored very quickly if I’m not talking, texting or chatting with someone. v There’s quite a few people on my text list that I don’t even know. vi I don’t use social networking sites that much. vii If I am approached by someone I generally wait for them to start the conversation before I speak. viii If a driver was stuck in an intersection trying to push their car, I would help them. ix I would never go to an event if I didn’t know anyone there. x I’d hate to have to give a speech for a friend at their birthday party. xi I’d like a job where I get to deal with people a lot. xii I text my friends more than 30 times a day. xiii I generally let other people handle introductions. xiv I have lots of people who follow me on Insta. xv I don’t like going out somewhere new unless my friends are also going. xvi I fi nd it easier to chat online with someone I don’t know, than to strike up a conversation with a stranger in public. There’s nothing wrong with being alone, but being lonely can lead to problems. Interpersonal relationships Enjoying successful relationships is a part of effective personal development. You need to build relationships that enrich your personal, social and working lives. We live in a complex world with people communicating and co-existing in a variety of ways. So how well do you get along with others? Do you have the skills to make a positive contribution? B   Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy  PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERMEDIATE 4ed. - FOR VCAL AND APPLIED LEARNING Written by Michael Carolan. Copyright © 2020 DELIVER Educational Consulting and its licensors. All rights reserved. 11 Meeting People 1.10 Interpersonal relationships Do you remember sending text messages back in the old days using a Nokia? Translate these tips for effective interpersonal relationships, and then discuss them as a class. Interpersonal Tip Translation? i trEt ppl w rSpCt. ii bn Sertv dz nt mEn bn aGro iii jst cz sum1 z nt yr frNd t dosnt mAk dm yr nME. iv Try 2 b < crTcl o jdgMntl f othRz. v b snsTv f X-cultRl isUz. vi b opn-mindD 2 nu ppl & nu XprENsz. vii ‘s d dFRncs n ppl dt mAk dm mo ntRStN. viii GoZp fl Oz 2 wAs. ix lowd ppl R dfNtLy lowdR, bt nt neSSrLy mo ntRStN. x wn n thR dEthbd nbdy eva wshz dey hd mAd mo $. C Social networking The internet is great for developing online relationships, but many psychologists and social researchers are suggesting that while young people are busy collecting online friends, they are losing the ability to develop meaningful face-to-face friendships. Do you agree? In response, some schools have now banned students using their phones at recess and lunchtime. Has yours? Research these issues online, and then bring back some research material to discuss in class. Image: belchonock/ Depositphotos.com   Preview Draft Sample: Do Not Copy