Personal DevelopmentIf you are not satisfied with your life the answer is fairly simple – change it! Or as James Rohn put it in one of his presentations;
“For things to change for you - You have to change”
Like many things in life, it’s easier to say it than to do it but if you really want to achieve lasting personal development you have to have a motivated mind which means self discipline. However, the good news is that it can be done through positive thinking with daily optimistic affirmations and assiduous study of self-help books.
You will need to have wealth creation strategies so that you can achieve all you want financially. To do this you will have to be fit and healthy in mind and body, for you will need energy and stamina if you are to be truly successful. Finally, or perhaps earlier in your life, you will come to the realization that spiritual growth is a necessary component in personal development.
The Ancients, in the centuries-old book of Proverbs, put it like this;
“Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to knowledge”
Thousands of years later, James Allen paraphrased similar thoughts in “As a Man Thinketh”. He says that it’s up to you, do what you want with your life, but understand that it is up to you. In fact, he gets right down to the nitty-gritty when he says;
"They themselves are makers of themselves"
That’s about as clear as any motivational message could be. However, to emphasize the point he adds this;
In truth, you must be vigilant because sickness, ill-health, mean-spiritedness and lax discipline in all things can be attributable to your dominant thoughts. In other words, you must make a conscious effort to be a positive thinking human being. Many people will be satisfied with self Improvement and motivation which allows them to get on in life whilst others will want to add daily exercise and additional ways of keeping a healthy body. Yet others, particularly as they mature, may well be concerned with what lies beyond this life and include spiritual growth in their personal development plans.
Everybody wants a higher standard of living which leads naturally into wealth creation strategies whether you work for someone else or run your own business. Whichever way you go you will almost certainly need some form of sales training program to help you on your way.
Your own wealth creation strategies are dependent on your motivation for, without a defined objective, there will be no achievement. You must have a clearly defined goal which will drive your strategies towards a personal wealth creation program.
However, important as they are, wealth creation strategies are not the be-all-and-end-all of life if you are to develop as a well-rounded individual. You will also have a disciplined approach to your personal development with a healthy mind & body along with a spiritual growth pattern to your life.
Personal development has many facets but “As a Man Thinketh” encapsulates significant age-old truths many of us learnt at the knees of our grandparents. His succinct elaboration of these verities spawned the vast personal development industry we know today. In fact, Earl Nightingale, recognized by many to be the founder of contemporary personal development, summed them up in his book “The Strangest Secret”.
In essence, Earl Nightingale agreed with James Allen that we become what we think about in our personal development.
As James Allen says:
“Man is made or unmade by himself; in the armoury of thought he forges the weapons by which he destroys himself. He also fashions the tools with which he builds for himself heavenly mansions of joy and strength and peace. By the right choice and true application of thought, man ascends to the Divine Perfection; by the abuse and wrong application of thought, he descends below the level of the beast. Between these two extremes are all the grades of character and man is their maker and master.”
In fact, Napoleon Hill got it right when he declared;
“all wealth is created by the human mind”
literally, positive thinking and goal setting.
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If you are serious about your personal development plans you will
consider the mind in conjunction with the body and the spirit. For, just as it is crucial that you feed your
mind with appropriate thoughts, it is equally important that you look after your physical body and the
internal spirit.
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