固定表达 “personal goals for professional development” 的意思是 “为工作进步及职业发展而设定的个人目标”。因为是 “personal goals（个人目标）” ，所以一定是某人为自己选择并树立的目标。

• I prepared a list of personal goals for professional development for my appraisal with my boss because I knew she would ask me about them.
  我准备了一张列有个人职业发展目标的清单，以便在与老板的工作评估中使用，因为我知道她会问我相关的问题。
• Raj is very unhappy at work at the moment, so his colleague told him to make a list of personal goals for professional development to help motivate him.
  拉杰目前工作很不开心，所以他的同事让他列一个人职业发展的目标清单，来帮他激发工作积极性。
• Di, would you have time to discuss my personal goals for professional development? I’d love to hear your views.
  迪，你有时间和我讨论我的个人职业发展目标吗？我很想听一听你的意见。