Aspects of Development
Aspects of Development
1. Physical Self- descriptions of your height, weight, facial appearance, and quality of skin, hair
and descriptions of body areas such as your neck, chest, waist, legs.
2. Intellectual Self- an assessment of how well you reason and solve problems, your capacity to
learn and create, your general amount of knowledge, your specific areas of knowledge, wisdom
you have acquired, and insights you have.
3. Emotional Self- these are typical feelings you have, feelings you seldom have, feelings you try
to avoid, feelings you especially enjoy, feelings from your past and present, and feelings which
are associated with each other.
4. Sensual Self- how you feel as a sensual person and feel about the different ways you take in
information - through the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, pores, and skin.
5. Interactional Self- descriptions of your strengths and weaknesses in intimate relationships
and relationships to friends, family, co-students and strangers in social settings.
6. Nutritional Self- nourish yourself
7. Contextual Self- maintenance of your living environment: reaction to light, temperature, space,
weather, colors, sound and seasons and your impact on the environment.
8. Spiritual Self or Life Force- This could include your feelings about yourself and organized religion,
reactions about your spiritual connections to others, feelings about your spiritual development and
history, and thought about your metaphysical self.
win over his/her battles and difficulties in life and turns them into a learning and
glorifying experience;
find meaning in pleasant and unpleasant events in his life;
live in peace with difficult people and difficult situations;
win the goodwill of others, their respect and admiration;
get what he wants using win-win strategies; never at the expense of others;
discover and use opportunities to his best advantage;
develop and use his talents and abilities to the best advantage and in so doing,
make meaningful contribution in making this world a better place to live in.