Personal Essay Examples

Brief It is a real experience that I had in my father’s company. This spring, our company planned to add one floor on the top-storey of their 3-floor office building. Before construction, our Company needed to obtain an inn owner’s permission, as the addition floor will block light shining into some rooms of his inn–…

I’m 17 years old, and I still can’t dangle my feet over the edge of the bed in the dark. I know that clammy hands with coarse hair across the knuckles will grab my ankles and drag me down to a black hole of terror. Of course, this is never a conscious thought when my…

In an individual’s ethical development takes place through guidance and advice from within the community he or she lives in. Factors like family, religious teachers, peers and teachers at school contribute toward the development of personal values. Personal experience differ from individual to individual due to their culture and religion hence the outcome or solutions…

An empirical study was conducted to test the relevance of personality trait theory in the Indian context. The objective was to define the scope of personality trait theory for research and marketing strategy by overcoming the limitations of past studies. The findings indicated that differences in brand use could be explained by personality theory under…

Personal development and growth seem to come from a combination of life experiences, including interaction with others. It is also enabled and enhanced through increasing yourself awareness of your thought, feelings, actions and behaviours, based both on the past and what we might intend for the future. By growing our self awareness we gain a…

Wright Mills, the radical Columbia University sociologist who died 50 years ago (March 20, 1962), has been defined by some as the pioneer of the new radical sociology that emerged in the 1950s, in which his book, The Sociological Imagination (1959), has played a crucial role (Restivo 1991, p. 61). Mills was a meticulous researcher…

Be able to provide support for personal care safety 2.3 – Explain how to report concerns about the safety and hygiene of equipment or facilities used for personal care Everyone who works with the equipment all has the responsibility to ensure that it is clean and working correctly and if it’s not then this all…

A person’s identity is shaped by many different aspects. Family, culture, friends, personal interests and surrounding environments are all factors that tend to help shape a person’s identity. Some factors may have more of an influence than others and some may not have any influence at all. As a person grows up in a family,…

Compare and Contrast the personality theories of Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler It is evident that when bodies of formulations as numerous and complex as personality theories are examined there are many qualities by which they can be compared and distinguished. Here we shall point the more important as basis for what ever generalizations may eventually…

Introduction A philosophy is usually used as a guiding principle or statement which motivates an individual or an institution towards the realization of goals. Teaching is one of the practices which need the adoption of a philosophy. In clinical teaching, a personal philosophy can be necessary as it helps in the delivery of the best…