one of the best ways to continue growing
as a person
is to focus on yourself or to focus on
self-improvement
if you're just starting a
self-improvement journey it might seem
scary
but the thing is that self-improvement
is an ongoing process
there's no pressure to meet deadlines or
to achieve a million accomplishments
self-improvement is all about learning
and growing
this could mean taking more steps to
reach your goal or
adding extra things into your day to
make you feel better
this video will go over a step-by-step
guide to help you get started on your
self-improvement journey
first off the very first thing you
should do in your self-improvement
journey
is to clean your room this sounds like a
joke but i'm serious
here self-improvement is all about
overcoming obstacles
to become better and grow as a person
for example if you want to be more
attractive you need to
go to the gym clean up your diet and get
a skincare routine
since you want to accomplish a big goal
it makes sense that the obstacle is huge
this is why a lot of people struggle
with self-improvement
most people want to start off with a
huge goal but they struggle to
accomplish it because they don't have
the necessary skills
if you ever played video games
specifically rpgs
you know that you can't just fight a
super strong boss in the beginning
or you'll get one shot you need to level
up
and get strong enough before you even
stand a chance
the same concept applies in real life
you need to overcome small
obstacles before you can deal with big
ones
when you're cleaning your room and doing
every little thing from
rearranging to taking out the trash
you're leveling up your skills
by increasing your motivation work ethic
and discipline
by taking care of your immediate
environment you can then take on bigger
challenges
one of the biggest advocates for
cleaning your room before taking on
bigger challenges
is jordan b peterson if you want to
learn more about this subject
you should listen to his episode on the
joe rogan podcast
second figure out your next place to
start if you're feeling goalless
you should look at the four pillars of a
good life and think about which one you
want to work on first
the four pillars of a good life are
health
wealth love and happiness
health refers to your physical health so
if that's your area of concern
you want to look into getting more
exercise and fixing your diet
wealth refers to your finances and
career so you want to look into getting
a side hustle
starting a business saving money and
other personal finance topics
love refers to relationships so you want
to look into
finding a significant other and
improving the relationships you have
or forming new ones happiness refers to
your mental health
and i think it's the most complex pillar
if you want to improve your happiness
you want to look into adding things into
your day that make you feel better
or building habits that can make you
happier
you also might want to look into how to
handle your emotions better
which is a complex subject find out
which area needs some attention
and start from there third
once you know where to start it's time
to do some research and learn
everyone has their preferred way of
learning so there are many ways to
approach this step
some people learn best by reading books
on the subject while other people learn
best by video tutorials
one thing to watch out for is the
dopamine rush when you finish the
material
you'll feel good and your mind thinks
that you improved yourself
but the truth is that just learning
doesn't mean you did any
self-improvement
you need to apply what you learn to
actually grow as a person
this is a common trap that people who
are on a self-improvement journey fall
into
they keep consuming material but they
don't apply anything
which doesn't do anything for them when
you're going through the materials i
suggest you take notes on the things you
strongly agree with
and start thinking about how to apply
what you learn
by the way it's okay to not agree with
everything you learn
in fact it's a good thing it's not very
effective to try to apply things you
don't believe in
after all fourth execute and apply what
you learn
this step is pretty self-explanatory
after you apply what you learn take note
of the result
if the result isn't what you desired
think about what went wrong
from there you can either improve from
the failure last time and try again
or you can try something else to try to
achieve your goal
it's up to you to make the decision on
what the best move is
you'll probably spend most of your time
here on this step since you can only
move on to the last step
once you achieve your goal and get what
you want
fifth find other areas you want to
improve in and start the process from
step three
you basically have a goal you want to
achieve learn how to achieve it
and then do what you need to do to
achieve it remember that
self-improvement is an ongoing process
and you will constantly be doing things
to improve yourself
some people might not agree with the
first step about cleaning your room
but i strongly suggest you do it or at
least give it some more dot
the idea of doing smaller challenges
before bigger ones
is something you should think about and
apply if you believe in it
other than that most people's
self-improvement journey will be similar
to what i outlined in this video
by the way if you are interested in an
online course
there are several online courses i
linked in the description that are done
by practical psychology
he's one of the biggest self-improvement
youtube channels and his courses are
effective
check them out and see if the course
interests you
are you new to self-improvement leave a
comment below and check out the video
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if you like this video and want more
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