Introduction to Personal

Development
Lesson 1
Do you know
anyone like
these?
Walking with
head down.
Not making eye
contact when
talking.
Teasing others.
Saying negative
things about
others.
Speaking very
loudly.
Excessive
boasting about
their
achivements.
Personal Development
is a process that
helps teens overcome
these challenges.
Personal
development is
an on-going
process.
Signs of low
self-esteem
1. Walking with their head
down.
 Teens who feel that they
are not worthy find it very
hard to make eye contact
when communicating.
 They avoid making a
connection because they
assume others have the
same negative view of
them as they do.
2. Not making eye contact
when talking
 This is usually a physical
expression of shame and
embarrassment.

 Teens with low self-

esteem feel they need to
hide and survive public
situations unnoticed.
3. Using negative “I am”
statements
 Teenagers who commonly
use phrases such as “I am
useless”, “I never get it
right”, “I could never do
that” or “my family would
be better off without me”
are examples of someone
expressing negative
beliefs about who they are.
4. Teasing, name calling, or
saying negative things about
others.
 Teenagers who feel bad
about themselves often find
negative things about others.
 This is usually a defense
mechanism. Most times it is a
simple case of making
themselves feel or look better
by making others look bad.
5. Excessive boasting about
their achievements or
appearance
 Teenagers seeking to fight
feelings of worthlessness try
to convince themselves and
others the reverse by
continually talking about
how good looking they are
important.
6. Speaking very loudly and
aggressively

 Teenagers who feel

insignificant or worthless
believe that others see them
as unimportant too, to
counteract these feelings,
they will try to verbally
dominate communications
to seek attention or
recognition.
7. Evading social
interactions.
 When the teenagers feel
they are bound to be
rejected, they will avoid
situations that will reinforce
this beliefs.
7. Evading social
interactions.
 Teens who have no friends
or very weak interpersonal
relationships with other
teens would most likely have
low self-esteem.
 Peer bonding is an
important element of how
teenagers develop self-
worth.
8. Constantly apologizing
 This is associated with
feelings of guilt. When a
teenager believes he always
makes mistakes or does not
make expectations, he feels
guilty.
Going through personal
development process
will regain self-worth
and confidence.
The End
ASSIGNMENT
Research the
branches of
philosophy.