Self Improvement, Personal Development or Self Help, there are many phrases used for
personal growth and when many hear them, they groan with despair, as there's often a stigma
attached to them that it's an industry out for nothing but money and that what's taught
is abstract and inapplicable in everyday life, with pseudo-science backing up the practices.
However, if you're here and you want to understand how you can benefit from learning more about
the process, then in this video I intend to explain some of the reasons why self improvement
is a fundamental aspect of life...
1.
Go Past Your Comfort Zone - Most people live life within themselves,
when young they're often young and ambitious with huge dreams, but through experience they
realise that life isn't easy and do what they feel they're capable of
- While there's a sense of security in doing this, it doesn't do anything to help you grow
as an individual and often what you find is people live out their lives in misery, feeling
a sense of disappointment in where they are or seeking comfort and pleasure in other activities
- Part of personal development is to push past what's comfortable and really test yourself
and your capabilities, seeking a true sense of growth and progression
- Both of these points being a fundamental part of feeling happy, because things and
achievements don't give long term satisfaction, it's the sense of making progress and growing
as an individual that do
2.
Overcome Weaknesses - Many of us feel insecurities and have issues
with self-perception about our weaknesses, which is something that's directly addressed
when you aim to grow - It's not a case that you have to become
a formost expert in a field that you feel is a weak one for you, but rather that you
grow to feel a level of competency and acceptance in these areas
- This is fundamental in accepting ourselves and not feeling a sense of shame, from which
you'll develop confidence, grow stronger as an individual and feel happier about yourself
- It's from developing our self awareness and understanding that we can then push on
to really focus on areas of our lives where we excel and can really help people
3.
Develop Strengths - Part of the point of self improvement is
to understand about yourself, understand what you excel in a develop these areas of your
life by developing techniques to help you progress in them
- When you understand what you want and why you should pursue it, it's important to double
down and really grow in this aspect of your life to help you achieve growth
- ...and this is where personal development is of value, because the point isn't teaching
you a specific skill, but it's about teaching you core skills that will help you accelerate
your growth in that field - This might be teaching you ways to learn
faster, to improve memory, to develop a growth or problem solving mindset or to do practices
helping you perform at your best
4.
Increase Self Awareness - I think the best way to explain this is
to reiterate something I've learnt from Dandapani, which is asking the question of how often
do you spend time with yourself - The thing is, we spend a huge amount of
time in our lives doing things, giving time to others and their problems and focusing
on events external to us - However, what people don't do enough is
to spend time with themselves, dedicating time to check in with themselves and really
going deep internally to understand if their life is in alignment to what they want, where
they hope to go and what they want to do - This is a critical element of personal development,
a process to help develop self awareness and understanding to ensure you live life in accordance
to what's within you
5.
Have Self Love - Self Improvement means a process of developing
acceptance and love for yourself, who you are and what you can offer in your life to
the world - This compassion for ourselves is fundamental
to giving the best of yourself to others, because if you don't accept yourself for who
you are, then how is it possible for you to give true value to others?
- It's a bit like the emergency procedure on planes whereby you're always told to put
on your mask before you tend to others, which is done to ensure you're in a fit state to
care for others - The same occurs in life in general, if you
care for yourself first, you put yourself in the best place to care for the needs of
others and their wellbeing.
So with this in mind, focus on self improvement, as doing so will allow you to give the best
of yourself to the world
As you're here, I presume you have an interest in self improvement, but why got you interested
to begin with?
Let me know in the comments section below.
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