This document provides unconventional advice for improving one's personality through lessons from cognitive psychology, branding, positivism, life coaching, and marketing. It encourages the reader to see themselves as a unique brand and focus on developing their strengths. Key advice includes treating yourself as a brand to be developed, defining your vision and values, and focusing your time and energy on activities that help you achieve your goals.

1. PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT QUICKCOURSE Unconventional Advice to Improving One’s Personality

2. Why the Heck Are You Here? Your teachers told me that you are required to be here. =P

3. Why the Heck Are You Here? This is a time-saver. Ideas hand suggestions here came either from books that many of you will not be interested to read and thus miss out on great learnings OR are things I had to learn the hard way (sucks for me but good for you)

4. Why the Heck Are You Here? If you think you don’t need to improve your personality then you are the perfect audience for this. If you actually want to improve your personality you are still the perfect audience for this.

5. WHAT IS IN STORE FOR YOU? Contemporary lessons based from various topics such as Cognitive Psychology, Branding, Positivism, Life Coaching, and even Marketing. All of these designed to help you make better sense first of yourself and then your role in your environment.

6. Why the Heck Are You Here? You’ve got nothing to lose and something to gain.

7. HOUSE RULES Respect is the gold standard. My training orientation is based on adult-learning thus I expect adult-like behavior. There is a 15-minute break for every 2-hour block. There is a 45 minute lunch break each day If you need to go to the john then just go Participation is highly encouraged.

8. DO YOU HAVE A PERSONALITY? The BIGGER QUESTION is…WILL IT WORK FOR YOU OR AGAINST YOU? OF COURSE YOU DO!

9. The quality or condition of being a person. The totality of qualities and traits, as of character or behavior, that are peculiar to a specific person. The pattern of collective character, behavioral, temperamental, emotional, and mental traits of a person: Though their personalities differed, they got along as friends. Distinctive qualities of a person, especially those distinguishing personal characteristics that make one socially appealing:

10. BEING PECULIAR PATTERN COLLECTIVE DISTINCTIVE SOCIALLY APPEALING

11. LET’S GO ROCK THE BOAT WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THE NEXT 3 MONTHS HOW ABOUT IN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING BY THE NEXT YEAR? ARE YOU SURE? WHAT IF…THINGS DON’T WORK OUT?

12. Typical Explanation for Behavior

13. Cognitive Explanation for Behavior

14. DEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE INTERDEPENDENCE

15. It’s a thing Called Perception What you See is What you Get Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

16. Ponder These: How much time do you spend JUDGING or ASSESSING others? Do you spend as much time THINKING how the WORLD judges or assesses you?

17. “ It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change .” – Charles Darwin

18. MEDIOCRITY = AVERAGE a 5 out of 10. What happened to the other 5? MEDIOCRITY = VACUUM Prolonged mediocrity = Unhappiness

19. SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT “ the quickest one way trip to disappointment”

20. SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT I deserve it just because I feel so or I say so. It must happen the way I want it to happen.

21. Behavior that Indicates a Sense of Entitlement You get angry because of heavy traffic even though you know it’s rush hour. Your curse at the heat when you know you live in a tropical country. You get annoyed with reports and exams when you know it’s part of being a student.

22. VERY WRONG

23. But isn’t it normal to be annoyed or irritated? ABSOLUTELY! Whining is Fun. But utterly USELESS Unless ...

24. You do Something About It

25. Which Way Are you Looking? Circle of Influence and Circle of Concern Proactive vs Reactive Plan Stoppers Practical Application 1

26. BECOME PROACTIVE CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE CIRCLE OF CONCERN

27. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem

28. Be the change that you want to see in the world

29. REACTIVE THINKING CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE

30. PROACTIVE THINKING

31. Time To Bring Out the Microscope!

32. Instead of the usual fearful question “Can I do it?” try this one… “ Who is going to stop me?”

33. TWO POSSIBLE PLAN STOPPERS THE OUTSIDE WORLD Well meaning friends, family, colleagues, peers Damn you if you do, damn you if you don’t

34. TWO POSSIBLE PLAN STOPPERS YOUR SELF Learned Helplessness: TYING DOWN THE ELEPHANT The Lost Identity: THE EAGLE AND THE DUCK The Gold Within: DAEMON

35. It’s not what you’re parents gave you but what you do with what you’re given that matters

36. Where you are right now does not determine where you go. It only tells where you start from.

37. PROACTIVE THINKING

38. Be Proactive SEE DO GET A breakthrough to extraordinary results MEDIOCRE PERSON: This is the best that I can do given my resources (upbringing, family background, etc) EFFECTIVE PERSON: There’s always a way to get it done. See Alternatives instead of roadblocks Focus on what you can influence Expand, don’t limit your resources

39. Practical Application Create a Resource Finder PEOPLE Find a mentor Find a muse KNOWLEDGE What do you know / what do you NEED to know TECHNOLOGY The Web is the Key

40. Is your vision 20/20? Do you have a Vision? Seeing Yourself as a Brand Bringing out your Telescope Bringing out your Mirror Writing a Contribution Statement Practical Application 2

41. Very few people have a specific image of what they want to achieve. Most people’s sights are only toward the next run, the next increment of money -Judith M. Bardwick, International Management Consultant

42. You: The Ultimate Brand

43. TWO years ago, what were your top concerns. What were goals were you trying to achieve, habits you wanted to strengthen or remove, skills you wanted to learn, or relationships to nurture or end. List the top 5. Do the same for your goals last year, this year, and the next year. You have 5 minutes to complete this activity

44. Time To Bring Out the Mirror

45. Thinking Like a Brand Use the SWOT Analysis on yourself What do you stand for? What are your top three values? What is easy for you but difficult for others? What can you improve on? What compliments do you get that you brush aside? What do others have that you don’t?

46. I DARE YOU TO SWOT YOURSELF! PHYSICAL It’s a visual world out there Invest in the details EMOTIONAL Will you go for the Cookie? Coffee, Egg, or Carrot MENTAL Got talent? Texting is not a hobby Communicate or Evaporate SPIRITUAL What are your non-negotiables? What do you stand for?

47. Bringing out the Telescope

48. Team up with your M&M

49. Be inspired then aspire

50. If you try and failed, call it version 1.0

51. Define terms using YOUR own Dictionary

52. Be Selfish in order to become Selfless

53. Define terms using YOUR own Dictionary

54. Gasoline in a Diesel-run engine and vice-versa What will Happen? Why does it happen?

55. You cannot borrow someone else’s vision. Why be the next whatever when you can be the BEST YOU?

56. Channel your Inner Madonna: Aspire to be a Hyphenate

57. CAREER CHOICES SUPPORT SYSTEM ADVOCACIES

58. Forge an Inner Vision SEE DO GET Fearlessly Create your version 2.0 MEDIOCRE PERSON: I am a product of my environment EFFECTIVE PERSON: I choose what influences me and I create my image and reality. Define the unique brand that is YOU – solid but flexible enough to adapt Define practical outcomes – everywhere, every time.

59. Practical Application Create a Resource Finder Treat your self as Brand Research Find a muse KNOWLEDGE What do you know / what do you NEED to know TECHNOLOGY The Web is the Key

60. Time To Bring Out the Stop Watch!

61. List down the top 10 activities that receives your time.

62. Where do all these activities lead you? Do you think the time you invest in these activities are worth it? Or do you think it would be better to redirect some of your resources to other activities?