Self-Directed Learners

Describe the essential aspects of a self-directed, intrinsically motivated, active learner?

The self-directed learner is a highly self motivated individual who also has good time management skills. This person is capable of translatting gained knowledge into practical applications in their life and work. A self-directed learner takes full responsibility for their actions avoiding to blame external factors for their failures and constantly seeking to actively improve on their current situation through acquiring new and useful knowledge. Probably at the heart of the all this is self-confidence and self-esteem which tend to then build all the other attributes neccesary to develop a self motivated learner.

Identify two areas of personal strength

My key strength is that I am mostly driven by knowledge and I constantly seek to improve my knowledge sometimes even at the expense of better earnings. Secondly I have managed to develop a strict time management habit that ensures that most of my time is spent doing productive things such as work and learning with intermitent breaks for exercising and other basic things.

On the other hand I have a tendency of not finishing some courses that I start especially once I feel that I have acquired the skills that I was originally interested in. Also, I tend to have too many courses running at the same time and that impacts my ability to give enough time to each of the courses.

Plan at least 5 strategies for personal growth and explain how you will implement your plan.

Time Management Planning: I am going to have to sit down and come up with a detialed plan of how I intent to devide the little time I have to achieve my goals. That will involve assigning time period for each activity.

Time Allocation Adherence: Next would be to strictly follow on the planned time allocations. In the first few days I may need to be flexible and adjust time allocations based on the realities of