What is Personal Development

What is Personal Development?

What is personal development?  We hear the term "personal development" get tossed around in the network marketing world as a means of inspiration quite often.  And a quick search on google is bound to lend you a wide range of thoughtful answers.  The problem is, many people will talk about the importance of personal development but never really scratch the surface!  So let's focus for a  few minutes and really think to ourselves, what is personal development?

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The term itself can sound a bit vague, and to be frank, it is.  That's because it will look different from one person to the next.  What needs improvement in your life may look entirely different from what needs cleaned up in mine!  So what is personal development to you?

 

What is Personal Development?

Personal development could include a number of things, such as:

• Increased Happiness
• Gaining Knowledge (Growth)
• Controlled Finances
• Improved Mental Health
• Improved Spiritual Health
• Superior Physical Health
• Fulfilling Career
• Family Focused Lifestyle
• Healthy Relationships
• Effective Goal Setting

These are just a few areas that could fall under what is personal development.  You may have more to add to that list, or you may only have one on the list that you feel is really important to you!  There is no right or wrong answer. 

With the "What is personal development?" question out of the way, how do we begin working on ourselves?  What are the action steps necessary to develop the areas we want to improve?

You can begin by:

• Reading positive books
• Listen to or watch motivational audio sets/videos
• Surrounding yourself with positive-minded individuals
• Pray/Meditate
• Taking Steps towards a better physical state
• Getting adequate rest
• Forming new (good) intentional habits
• Getting out of your comfort zone
• Removing barriers that prevent you from moving forward
• Replace negative thoughts with positive ones
• Set goals
• Take pride in your appearance

As before, these are just a few things that will get you on a path to positive change.  The important part is just to get started!  Don't let yourself get overwhelmed trying to make too many changes at one time.  Decide what you want to change or work towards, and start taking action one by one!  A path of positive change is never a bad one! 

Read more about personal development in the Effective Goal Setting Post. 

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To Your Success,
Brian