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Three Steps of Personal Development
(14)Posted on October 19th, 2007Lyman ReedUncategorized
My friend Gleb over at the Personal Development blog has started a writing project. He’s asked people in the Personal Development Community to define what they are writing about, by asking us to answer the following question: What Is Personal Development?
For me, personal development can be broken down into three steps:
Looking at your life, deciding what you want to change, and taking the action necessary to change it.
That makes it sound pretty easy - in my experience, it isn’t. It takes a constant commitment to relearning new habits and beliefs, discarding old ones, and trying again, and again, and again when you
faildon’t get the results you were looking for.Look At Your Life
It’s very important that you start off with an accurate picture of yourself and your current situation in life. You need to know your strengths and your weaknesses. You want to be able to capitalize on what you are good at, while at the same time developing those things that you want to develop.
Decide What You Want To Change
One of the keys here is to develop what YOU want to develop. While you may want to consider them because of the value that they add to your life, what your spouse, your parents, your children, your boss, your spiritual leader, or your friends think that you “should” work on may not necessarily be in your best interest. Change what you think it’s important to change in order to live the life that you want.
Take the Necessary Action
“Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.” — Jim Rohn
If you want to change something, develop a new skill, let go of an old habit, you’ve got to take action.
Because of the renewed interest in the Law of Attraction, the whole idea of “action vs. vibration” has really been up for debate. I’m going to go ahead and go out on a limb here and try to succinctly state how I see it.
I don’t think that, as a human being, we can separate our vibration from our action.
You aren’t a tree. You can move. You can do things. So to sit around and wait for things to change while you “work on your vibration” just doesn’t cut it.
One of the best ways to raise your vibration is to take some kind of action.
Wrap Up
So that, in a nutshell, is what personal development is all about for me. Each of these three steps deserves much more of a treatment than I’ve given them here, so I’m going to go ahead and turn this into a series so that I can expand on each of them. Be on the lookout for the next article in the coming days.
Thanks to Gleb for starting this project. Be sure to check out the latest entries here.
And if you want to participate, the project is running through the end of October, so there’s still plenty of time to let us know what you think personal development is.
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14 Responses to “Three Steps of Personal Development”
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Lyman,
Very well put; short and to the point (and there certainly is way more to say on each topic). I look forward to the continuation of the series.
Mike
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I would also like to add: Finding a mentor or other positive people in your life who is reaching for the same things. This will help inspire us and keep the energy going.
Love & Gratitude,
Tina
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Thanks, Mike. I’m looking forward to writing the rest of it. I realized just how long it could get… didn’t want to subject people to that.
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Great point, Tina! That would probably fall under #3 - Taking The Necessary Action. I wanted to keep this as general as possible, since there are a nearly infinite number of things we can do. I’m definitely going to be including that as an option the follow up post, though!
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Yes, very well put! I think you have touched something essential here. Realizing-deciding-acting. Excellent!
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Thanks, Attila! And great to see you!
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Hey Lyman,
Just a note to let you know that I’ve added you to my list of tags to join in Alex Shalman’s “Caring Compassion Charity”.
The idea is for you to write about something you’re passionate about.
You can find my article post here: http://thinksimplenow.com/happiness/the-causes-that-make-my-heart-sing/
Love, Tina
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Thanks for the tag, Tina.
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I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for visiting my blog, I appreciate it. I also may consider joining in on the next carnival…I am looking forward to reading all the entries for the 21st. Again, thanks for stopping by!
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Hi Danielle, and thanks for dropping in to comment. I hope you do choose to join in the next carnival… you got some great stuff on your blog.
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hi can any1 please send me their personal development plan…as a sample for me…thanks for ur help…thanks!
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