It’s All About You – 7 Areas Of Personal Development

Is the phrase ‘personal development’ clear to you? If your answer is ‘No’, you’re not alone. On the one hand, you say a lot with a statement like, “I’m into personal development,” because you’re saying that you’ve made a commitment to living more than a mediocre life. On the other hand, the phrase is pretty vague. That’s why we decided to make a list of the 7 most common areas of personal development.

1. Your Spirit:

How do you want to grow spiritually? Do you want to meditate more often? Do you want to have a deeper sense of purpose, participate more actively in your church, synagogue or spiritual community? Would you like to build your intuitive skills or simply trust the wisdom and guidance of your higher self? Getting clear on your spiritual goals and what you plan to do to achieve them is foundational to overall personal development.

2. Your Creative Genius:

What do you want to be, do and have in the realm of your creative self expression? Maybe you love painting, writing, dance or underwater basket-weaving … It doesn’t really matter what. What matters is developing your creative genius in ways that challenge and stretch you.

3. Your Relationships:

Spouse, kids, parents, siblings, neighbors and close friends all come under the category of relationships. How do you want these relationships to look. What do you value most about your friendships? What do you want to have more or less of? What are your goals for love, friendship and family relationships? If you’re single: what are the qualities of your ideal mate? What are the qualities you want to develop in order to draw that mate?

4. Your Money and Career:

What are your career and money benchmarks for the year? What are your financial goals for 3, 5 and 10 years? What steps do you plan to reach these goals? These are the kind of questions you want to ask yourself when it comes to financial personal development.

5. Your Fitness and Health:

Have you thought about your diet and exercise habits lately? Are there areas where you can improve them? Is there a sport you’ve always wanted to learn? Are you ready to give up potato chips or smoking? Come up with a list of 3, 6 and 12 month goals for your fitness and health development.

6. Your Stuff:

Are there things you want to have – a home, a new car, better furnishings, an upgraded computer. You can take a little time each day to imagine enjoying the overall improvement in your life as if the thing or stuff is already there.

7. Your Community:

This area of personal development has to do with your give-back goals. It could be giving back to your local or global community. Personal development goals for your community can include all sorts of things from donating time, money, stuff or knowledge.

Your Turn!

We want to know what your top 2 areas of personal development are this year. Maybe it’s your health and fitness. Maybe relations, money or stuff. Leave a comment below and let us know what’s most important to you for 2015.

AND … We know there’s more than 7 areas of personal development, so if we missed one of your favorites, leave a comment and let us know.

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Why Your Purpose Is Not to Have a Destination

 Article by Janice B Gordon
In my thirties, I was on a quest to find my purpose. I read much self-development books and ask myself many questions like:

• Is this it?
• What is my purpose?
• What is the point of me being here?
• What am I here to do?

I realised in my forties that my purpose is not a destination, but it is the experience, it is the journey. It is the entire impact I have on the world, with my relationships, my experience and the impact of my actions.
When I was looking for my purpose I was looking outside of myself, then I started to look inside myself, I discovered that other people do not have the answer, the answer is within me. The answer is unique to my experience and is unique to me, no one answer is given it forms, and it evolves with my unique experiences and insights gained.
I thought that not everyone was going to be a Nelson Mandela or a Steve Jobs, but this does not mean their value is less in the world. When I watch 'Pride of Britain' I am amazed by the things people are compelled to do, even children, they do what they think is necessary, often with little thought for themselves.

• Is saving a life worth less in value than saving a business?
• Is inspiring a young person to go to university less in value than inspiring an adult to lose weight and get fit?

Both might be lifesaving; the young person could have got into drugs, the adult could have had a heart attack. You do not always see the impact of your actions, until much later, if at all. I am always amazed how small actions can have an enormous impact.
The little things you do can have a massive impact.
Purpose it not a big bang event, it is what you learn from a big bang event and then what YOU do about what you learnt from the experience. We tend to focus on the event rather than the consequence of the experience. Two people can have the same experience, but their reactions may be very different. Your reactions and your actions account for something; it is unique to you. Events in life are to cause a reaction; the reaction is the test the challenge, the lesson and the learning are your unique perspective, as is your experience and subsequent actions.
I think it is wonderful that we all have a different perspective because we all see things and react to things differently on purpose. This is your purpose: to understand the meaning through our perspective. You must use what you have gained to share and to improve, you are then compelled to do what only you can do. This is your impact!
If you are still not clear about your purpose, bear in mind it is:

• Not something you have to work hard at and gain.
• Something you have in abundance.
• Who you are now and whom your will become.
• What you already have that is uniquely yours.
• Your perspective and the effect of your actions.
• The untold impact you have now and then.

You may feel your purpose is not worthy unless it is big. If your purpose is your journey, then how can you anticipate the conclusion of your journey and the impact you will have in the world? Do not worry about the result or destination, if you were to predict it, it would probably be smaller than the true possibility that is unless you can predict the future. Your imagination is tired to your perceptions that form from your past experiences. You must be open to having new experiences beyond the limits of your current imagination. These new experiences will bring new insights and new challenges that will enable you to learn new possibilities and effect more in new ways. This is your purpose evolving to help you to reach new levels of understanding.
How can you do what you do to have maximum impact?
Your purpose is to live your life on purpose, with purpose.

1. Do the right thing always.
2. Do what feels right to you.
3. Be authentically you.
4. Act with integrity.
5. Be open to new insights, challenges and lessons.
6. Rather than ask for your purpose ask 'how can I be better?'

This is the beauty of Purpose. Live it - do not limit it!
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5 Weekend Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs

 

 1. Find a recharge ritual

Find a ritual that you can follow each weekend that leaves you feeling recharged. Whether it's an exercise regimen, music or time with your family, following a ritual can energize you for the week ahead. Successful entrepreneurs know that, like a vehicle, they can not go far on empty. 

2. Spend time in solitude 

It gives you a chance to think, sort out problems and plan where you want to be in the future. This can be an excellent opportunity to free write or journal. Experts agree that free writing during regular scheduled times can lead to answers to problems, discovering new goals and insight into your direction for the future.

3. No devices for a day

Take a Saturday or Sunday and choose to unplug. Taking a break from your devices for a day is beneficial both mentally and physically. Constantly being connected and checking email, social media and the places you visit online can drain both your energy and your creativity. Choosing to release the hyper vigilance of being constantly connected creates allows you to live life in real time, resulting in fresh perspectives and a boost in productivity.

4. Reflect

What did you do well this past week and what did you do wrong? How will you be better in the week ahead? Reflecting on the past week offers the successful entrepreneur the opportunity to determine which activities to continue and which to let go. Reflection is a valuable investment of your time that will help you set the goals that will get you to the next level of success during the upcoming week.

5. Plan your week ahead

The successful entrepreneur doesn’t wait until Monday morning to plan for the week. Sunday is the perfect day to sit down and draw a plan. After spending time reflecting on the prior week, you will have a good idea of what you need and want to accomplish. Use this time to schedule important tasks, phone calls and face-to-face meetings that align with your goals. Planning out the entire week ahead as much as reasonably possible guards against missed opportunities and costly errors.

These five weekend habits appear so simple that you may be tempted to dismiss them as non-essential. But the entrepreneur that begins to add these habits to their weekend routine will find themselves steps ahead every Monday morning.

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