Tuesday 19 March 2013

Honing Your Personal Development Skills

By Zoe Smith


Personal development is a process in an individual's life wherein he endeavors to improve his own self by increasing awareness of self, developing talents and potential, building personal value and fulfilling dreams and aspirations; thereby achieving a better quality of life for himself. Here are essential personal development skills that will get you on your way to your goals more effectively.

1. Understand who you are. This is an integral step in personal development. Sit down and take an honest assessment of yourself. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What do you like and dislike? What are your beliefs, or better yet-why do you do the way you do with the passion that you have? When you understand yourself you can better leverage your strengths to your advantage.

When you take this step in personal development, understand that as you get to know yourself better, you need to embrace yourself fully-regardless of what station in life you find yourself in. Too many people are hindered in their progression because they compare themselves with one another. Everybody is made differently and it is useless and detrimental for you to get into harmful competition with other people. You have your purpose, they have theirs.

2. Develop a positive attitude. There is perhaps nothing more important than for you to nurture and maintain a good attitude in everything. Positive thoughts attract positive things and circumstances to manifest in your life. When something bad happens, cultivate the ability to see the good in it, learn and move on immediately. Self help motivation will propel you to a higher level of success not just financially, but personally as well.

3. Be honest. Honesty and integrity is the foundation of any personal growth. After all, you cannot begin to progress in anything if you build on something that is false. Be honest with yourself in your assessment in areas you need to improve on-however personal or uncomfortable it may be at first. Then carry this quality over to EVERY area of your life in such a way that even other people will associate you with integrity. People naturally give more of their time, money and effort to people they can trust.

4. Embrace change. We all know that change is inevitable-so kicking against it will not only prove futile, but painful as well. Take it a step further and initiate positive change that will help you and other people. Be excited and look at situations as opportunities to improve yourself in different areas in your life.

5. Connect with your spiritual source. There is more to life than just getting- it is in giving that we discover true happiness and fulfillment. Be generous and grateful with all that you have as it connects you to the source of all supply and life. No matter how much material wealth you may amass, it is meaningless if you are not happy. When you take the time and effort to improve yourself, you will be surprised with all the richness of life available to you. Maximize your personal development skills and live the life you're meant to live today.




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