SELF-DEVELOPMENT
Self-development (personal development) is about growing and
bettering yourself which can be done in various ways.
3 reasons why you should invest in self-development.
1. Helps
you to grow and to get out of your comfort zone:
Being in your comfort zone, is a comfortable place but in
order to grow as a person you need to face your fears and do things that are
outside of that zone. For example, you may have just landed a new job that pays
really well and has even better perks than your last job but soon after
starting the role, you realise the role requires you to deliver presentations
to clients. You may have a fear of public speaking and every time it comes up; you
feel uneasy, un-relaxed and nervous. They could decide that they would rather
not deal with it, so they could quit their job and do a job role where this is
not required. Taking self-development into account, in order to grow and better
yourself, keeping this job and facing this fear is the much better option. The
more they face this fear, it will become less challenging each time they do it,
until they get to a point where it doesn’t bother them, and they feel
comfortable with presenting to others. Getting over this fear, is huge growth
in the right direction.
2. Learn
things about yourself:
As we go through life, we constantly learn new things about
ourselves that we may not have been aware of before. Focusing on
self-development is important as it helps you to learn even more about yourself
as you decide to make yourself more aware of the things you do and say and what
you put out into the world. Are you good at communicating? Are you a good
listener? Do you prefer to work out in the morning or the evening? What time of
the day do you prefer to read? What tasks do you tend to procrastinate on? What
motivates you and what doesn’t motivate you? What are your current goals and
what direction are you currently going in life? What may be holding you back?
You want to find out what works best for you, in order for you to progress. We
can learn both the positive and the negative aspects of ourselves. With this
information, you can determine what changes you can implement and what routines
you can set in place.
3. Recognise
negative habits in your life:
As you make changes and try to improve your quality of life,
you will notice certain negative habits you have in place. Part of growing and
betting yourself, means you will want to enforce positive habits. As part of
self-development, you may want to get an effective morning routine in place but
first you recognise that you are the type of person who sleeps in until noon
and then stays in bed for another hour on their phone. The negative habits are
not having a suitable sleeping pattern (as they are missing the morning) and
procrastination. Instead of scrolling through various apps, you could be
working on your fitness levels or be working on your business. This negative
habit needs to be recognised as these inhibit you from moving forward. Once the
habit has been recognised, you will need to work towards changing it, in order
for growth to happen.
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