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The key to sustained professional stability begins with foundational personal development. By this, we mean that the individual must focus on the general life skills as some of these skills also have career implications. Essentially, the psychologist must make sure that they take care of themselves before they can effectively work with their patients or employers. This takes place in a variety of forms. The goal of this chapter is to provide a variety of personal development areas in an effort to advocate for consideration for each. Obviously, as humans we have flaws, but the identification of these areas serves as a vehicle for exploration and growth. Before the psychologist embarks on this journey, we recommend “learning how we learn”; this is also addressed in this chapter. This chapter includes elements of personality such as motivation, locus of control, emotional intelligence, introversion, and extraversion. This chapter also has a skill development focus; topics include embracing change, goal setting and time management, communication, and stress management. Authors recommend a dedication to exploration of all these personal development areas to improve quality of life and the ability to best serve their patients and work with their employers.
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Bohall, G., Bautista, MJ. (2017). The Personal Development Foundation. In: The Psychologist's Guide to Professional Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63013-7_2
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