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August 7, 2001 Individual Development Plan Each individual is just that: individual. We all have our strengths and weakness. Life is about exploring and improving on those. Growth never ends. It is expanding our minds and attitudes to make life happy and peaceful. My development depends what I do to accomplish my life goals. My carrier path will depend on how I can grow and develop in my field and management capabilities. I like to think I have many strengths. After review of my character/ personality test, I can see what they are. I am a task-oriented leader, which drives me to finish a project. I have a strong individual work ethic, which allows me to be responsible and not rely on others. I am good at building and leading …show more content…

I have a low emotional stability. I also have a high amount of neediness, which can me extremely unsatisfied. Tommy Wood's Independent Improvement Plan August 2001 - Read Celebration of Discipline - Practice a new discipline each month August 2002 - Review Tools for Teams - Apply one section from book each month January 2003 - Read Bridges Not Walls, a Book About Interpersonal Communication - Try a technique from the book each month January 2004 - Read The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership Follow Them And People Will Follow You - Apply a law each month I believe reading is the key to finding success, whether it's work or play. I found several resources to improve on my weakness while enhancing my strengths. The four resources are Celebration of Discipline, Tools for Teams: Building Effective Teams in the Workplace, Bridges Not Walls: A book about Interpersonal Communication, and The 21 Irrefutable Laws Of Leadership Follow Them And People Will Follow You. It has been said that it takes twenty-eight days to develop a habit, I have decided to pace my self a month for developing each new technique I have researched and determined that these three resources can help find the growth I am looking for. Celebration of Discipline by Richard F. Foster is a book about the path to spiritual growth. This book will help me train myself to be emotionally stronger while reaffirming my ethics and

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