Many of us keep asking the question 'what is personal development'. It simply means that you do a daily activity for improving your day to day performance. Self development or personal growth is also sometimes referred to as personal development and it covers a broad set of areas to develop. This is also about improving yourself emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually and all the areas of personal development are therefore intended to improve your mind, heart, your body and spirit. There are a few steps that lead to success through personal development.
Importance of Goal setting for success
Hoping for success through personal development will need the setting of a predetermined goal. Setting a goal is an organized personal planning. This is an unfailing method for identification of the areas you need to succeed in- be it your professional career or personal life. The process of setting a goal gives you the laser sharp focus on what you need to achieve lasting and real success. To start setting a goal the first step you need to take is decide with deep concentration on what direction you need to take your life. From the very first step, your goal will keep you focused on the direction you have chosen and will act as a suggestion point for the times when you feel that you have drifted from your determined path.
How habits help you be successful
Habits play a major role in ones life help one succeed in ones career. There is a simple habit plan that you can follow in your everyday life to cultivate positive progress. The healthy habit of going to the gym would keep you energized throughout the day. Good habits can be inculcated only in the formative years of ones life and one mustn't falter then. There is a habit of never leaving a question unanswered. The habit of going through daily tasks and reviewing the progress of your set goal is a much sought after trait. There are many more personal development habits that one can cultivate for a successful career.
Motivation and Discipline for mastering habits
A true fact is that some of the habits require discipline. Well, that the beauty of cultivating a really good habit with a few clear values and not having to work in maintaining them. Most of the habits need tough efforts at their forming stage. It may take some time but when it's done, you would feel the real need for the habit as it would benefit you. This would help you enjoy most of your daily task. There also bad habits those play an important part in ones life. They remind us of the crucial processes and approaches that need to be changed as soon as possible. A few bad habits that have an immediate and direct impact are watching too much TV or eating junk food. There are other habits that don't have deep impact despite being in the harmful category.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Success Through Personal Development
How to Become Successful in Any Business You Start
What does success mean to you? I think that success could all come down to having a nice house, driving an awesome car, having kids, or even traveling the world. No matter what your definetion of success is it always requires a lot of work in the beginning to get where you dream of.
Starting a business can always be something confusing to enter into. With the proper information and goals set in place in can be a lot easier to achieve.
The key to being successful with any business is dedication. You must love the business your in that way you actually have a drive to want to wake up and work hard at whatever you want to do. In order to have success with any business, I feel that one needs to have all of these types of qualities:
1. Focused
You must stay focused on your business in order to have success. Make sure that you set up a daily plan as to what you will be doing everyday to stay on schedule. Make sure that you write out in your schedule book exaclty what you want to accomplish for the day.
2. Honesty
Everything that you put into your business must be honest. You will never gain credibility or success if you are unhonest to your customers. Without honestly youll never gain trust.
3. Customer Centric
Make sure that you are commited to your customers needs and are willing to go out of your way for them to make that sale. The greater you are commited to your customer the better chance you will know what people are looing for.
4. Balance
Make sure that you balance all of the above and keep orgainzed. In order to be successful you must stay calm and know exactly what step to take next. Like I said early, you can keep a schedule book with you wherever you go that way you will know what to do next.
These 4 points are crucial to keep in mind if you want to be successful in your business. A new book that came out recently that has helped many people become successful with there business is called the 12 Month Internet Millionaire. This book also explains many different steps you could take to make larger profits for a business as well. Id recommend taking a look at it if you need an extra boost for your business.
Discover How Your Tragic Events can open the Door for Your Future Success
They are people who pondered and asked why certain tragic events in life occurred to them. The events can be the loss of loved ones, loves ones leaving them, handling rejections from work and overcoming massive obstacles such as injury. It can be a daunting task going through such experiences but you realized that those who are willing to overcome the odds ultimately achieve success in their life.
Let us take a look at the following. Tom, a young guy in his early twenties, who has computer design skills, has finally found the courage to find a job. It was during the difficult economic recession period. He went for numerous job applications and was rejected. It was only after six months that he finally landed a job in small design company. Tom was excited and nervous during his first day. He was glad that finally he has a job. His day started slowly and his workload piled up, Tom also realized that he has no mentor. He was given task beyond his ability and skills. He found it difficult to adapt to the new pace. "This is only my first day at work", he said to himself.
Finally, after 4 hours in job, Tom boss realized that he can barely managed the pace of the work. He called Tom into his office. He told Tom that he is not needed anymore. As Tom headed back home, he could not believe at the turn around of his life. Everything was well before. Now, he is facing failures after failures. Tom found it hard to accept it and broke down. But he was lucky to have supportive loved ones who encouraged him to keep going.
Tom did not give up. He kept on going. He realized that he wants to help nurture the young to learn from failures and be determined to achieve success in life. He found education as a wonderful tool to develop the young generation. He started by giving it back for free or minimal education fees for his services to educate them. After a few months, he decided to educate the young on a bigger scale. He went to various institutions to apply for a job there but he received countless rejections again. Finally after the umpteen times of trying, he finally landed a job that enabled him to contribute immensely to the young.
Tom still does face mistakes and failures in his attempts to inspire the young but this time around Tom with great experiences, realized failures are part of success. In fact, Tom uses it effectively to explain to the young about learning from your failures to keep going to achieve success in life. Tom felt that his past failures were actually paths leading to his definition of success. His moments of great satisfaction became a reality when one of the young he shared his experiences with said to him. "Mr Tom, you are so kind and I want to thank you for your sharing and inspiring us to have the courage to achieve success and dreams in life". That moment he realized that his past tragic incidents in life opened the door for his current success in life. It was a moment to treasure.
