Week Two Discussion Question 3 What is the benefit of a personal reflection How do you think personal reflection will help with career development Please read the Week Two discussion question above this question is also posted in the Course Materials Forum Develop your thoughts and post your response into the Main Forum following this thread Please do not start a new thread for this discussion question As well you may find it helpful to review the requirements for posting a response which can be found within your syllabus You are required to post a response to two 2 DQ each week in the Main Forum Each response is to be 100 150 words One of the many benefits of personal reflection is that it allows a person like myself to evaluate their life This technique has allowed me to set goals for myself as far as school work and my responsibilities at home During the program I learned how to discipline myself when it came to studying writing post and just simply turning in assignments Many people tried to discourage me from going to school online I had to make up in my mind that its not hard its just a challenge Learning to improve my organization skills over the past two years has taught me how to approach employment with a positive attitude Although I set a goal for myself and I am almost their midway I know that I can continue to reflect and set goals and pursue my dreams What is the benefit of a personal reflection I believe that one of the benefits of a personal reflection is to be able to effectively evaluate where I am in my life versus where I intended to be The decision of where I intended to be at this stage may have been made when I was in high school and planning for college or for the purposes of this class it may have been made when I began this program two years ago So the questions I might ask myself could be Have I been able to attain my goal of degree completion Did I learn anything throughout the program Did I learn what I wanted to along the way What else did I learn besides academic knowledge Was there anything that hindered my learning experience and how did I address those Having learned what I have thus far do I still want to do with my degree what I originally planned or do I have other options now obstacles Etc How do you think personal reflection will help with career development I think personal reflection will help with career development in that I can apply the same methodology of asking myself questions about what career I m working in at that time For example if working on a project to fruition I can ask myself if I did my best what I could have done differently and how I will do better next time Personal reflection will also help me to understand if I m meeting my career advancement goals and if not I can work on identifying and resolving the issues that may be blocking my path whether self imposed or imposed by others