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Personal Development Plan: At WorkPersonal Exercises to Help Access and Develop Your Less Preferred Modes

Analyze and solve a technical problem. Read and understand a budget or financial report. Calculate your salary per minute/second. Learn a new computer program that would enhance

your job performance. Clearly define work goals for next quarter. Learn to use a spreadsheet and develop a budget

report for your department. Conduct a statistical analysis. Use logic in your decision making.

Use a "time log" to record your daily activities with precision.

(Re-) organize your filing system; your desk. Create a "things-to-do" list and check off items when

done. Plan out a project in detail and follow through with it. Arrive on time at work or for appointments all day. Create a highly detailed job description. Read the policy manual and keep it accessible for

reference. Be conservative and safekeeping in your decision

making.

Spontaneously recognize another employee in a way that is personal and meaningful for them.

Be aware of your non-verbal communication and make it friendlier; e.g., smile, be relaxed.

Motivate others to have a fun, "people" event. Volunteer to assist a co-worker on a company

project. Try playing a "music" radio station in the back ground

while you work. Spend at least 15 minutes per day getting to know

others personally. Make a decision using team consensus.

Set aside time for idea generation and think of at least one "crazy" idea per day.

In your "mind's eye" (with eyes closed) imagine your organization ten years from now.

Re-decorate your office; add creative toys and/or posters to the decor.

Design a "logo" for your job. Instigate a brainstorming session on an important

issue. Illustrate a memo to a colleague. Make a decision based on intuition. Conceptualize a new program or product.

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Predict what will happen tomorrow based on what you know about today.

Find out how a frequently used machine works. Take a current problem situation and analyze it into

its main parts. Review a recent impulsive decision and identify its

rational aspects. Convert your retirement dreams into a quantitative

formula. Join an investment club. Engage in some logic games. Learn to set up and use a personal computer. Play 'devil's advocate' in a group decision process. Write a critical review of your favorite movie.

Assemble a model kit by the instructions. Develop a personal budget. Prepare a personal property list. Jog, don't run. Organize your CD's, videos or audio tapes in sequence according to categories Prepare a family tree. Go "square dancing." Find a mistake in your bank statement. Organize your home and garden tools. Be exactly on time all day. Organize your picture files.

Play with your children the way they want to play. "Dance" without moving your feet. Take a 10 minute "feeling break" every morning, afternoon, and evening. "Love" a pine cone or any other natural thing. Play the music you like when you want to hear it. Allow tears to come to your eyes without

feelings of shame or guilt. Experience your own spirituality in a non-religious

way. Discover things your children have taught you; find

way to thank them.

Fly a kite the way it is meant to be flown. Invent a gourmet dish and then prepare it. Play with clay and discover its inner meaning Take 15 minute break before getting out of bed. Drive to "nowhere" without feeling guilty. Run, don't jog. Take "500" photographs without worrying about the

cost. Create a personal logo or mandalla. Go dancing at a local club. Allow yourself to daydream; Imagine yourself in the

year ____.

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Personal Development Plan: At HomePersonal Exercises to Help Access and Develop Your Less Preferred Modes