TY - BOOK AU - Kumar,Arti TI - Personal, academic and career development: SOARing to success SN - 0415423600 (pbk.) U1 - 371.42 PY - 2007/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Educational counseling KW - Self-evaluation KW - Success N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introducing SOAR -- Defining key concepts and principles -- Realizing the potential of SOAR -- Building a "self map" : who am I? -- Motivation in the self-map : what do I want and need? -- Ability in the self-map : what am I capable of achieving? -- Personality in the self-map : how do I interact with others and with my environment? -- Researching and engaging with "opportunity" -- Understanding the changing world -- Aspirations, decisions, plans -- Demonstrating results -- Evaluating results and some concluding thoughts; pt. 1. A theoretical and applied model: integrating and enabling personal, career and academic development -- pt. 2. Self in the SOAR process: building a map for the journey through life -- pt. 3. Opportunity in the SOAR process -- pt. 4. Aspirations in the SOAR process -- pt. 5. Results in the SOAR process ER -