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。

例句

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。