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Personal Development: The Importance Of Investing In Yourself

Personal development is the key to breaking free from mediocrity.

By Mervis Chanda Published about a year ago 5 min read
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Personal Development: The Importance Of Investing In Yourself
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Your current level of thinking has created your current situation, so if you want to change your situation, you must change your mindset.

Before you can change your mind, you must be ready to engage in different forms of personal growth on a daily basis. Personal development is not something you do once, you cannot go to a conference and expect your mindset to change forever, no matter how good the speaker is. If I had a dollar per person to say, "yes, I did that once" personal development, I would be rich. There are a few common traits in people who truly achieve great results through personal development.

That is: They'll listen to audio material when they don't want to, they'll read when they want to watch TV, and they'll set their alarm clock 15 minutes earlier to rewrite their affirmations each day before work. job.

I'm sure you've all heard that success is a decision. The same goes for changing your mind. It's as simple as making a decision. I'm committed to my future so that I'm consistent with my personal growth. Here are a few different ways to apply personal growth to your life. Participation should be in any form, but clearly more in some forms than others.

Developing a positive mindset is one of the most powerful life strategies. By using affirmations, what you are effectively doing is changing your self-image using the power of auto-suggestion. The goal is that using the present tense combining powerful positive thinking techniques, positive affirmations, and visualisation, you can convince yourself that you are who you say you are. We can all use affirmations on a personal level, but it is also extremely beneficial from a professional and business perspective. Regular use of these techniques will transform your life, health, and passion for life. Your friends and associates will comment on the changes they've noticed in you and how positive you are.

Some tips for affirmation

Affirmations are necessary to change your self-image and enable you to become a leader and an influencer. Affirmations should be done daily in the morning before you leave for work, and I also like to save my affirmations on my phone so I can read them throughout the day. A few points to remember: Keep 1-2 lines short

- Take a page of these bulleted affirmations and rewrite them daily for 21 days. - Keep a positive attitude, avoid using: don't, won't, won't, etc.

-They must be in the present tense, you must write your affirmations as if you had all these qualities. To help you affirm, look at three or four people you respect and admire. List ten qualities they have that you want and expand your present tense affirmations around them.

Sound is an essential part of your personal development plan. Everyone has heard of the power of association, that's exactly what it sounds like. While you're driving, instead of getting frustrated with rush hour traffic, you can listen to some of the most powerful and insightful minds in the world. It's worth a lot more than you think at first. I mean, if you only listen to half an hour of recording a day, for a year, that's 182.5 hours of networking with great thinkers. Do you think it can change something in your state of mind? Of course it does, and one thing to keep in mind is that consistency is key here.

Subscribing to high-quality blogs is a great way to keep your attitude intact. A blog on a social media site is a great way to be provided with positive and motivational quotes, affirmations, and posts. These blogs are also a great way to connect with like-minded people. If you use LinkedIn or Facebook, you should also add value to the group or page by contributing your own posts. It will show that you are actively interested in other people's thoughts and discussions, and that you don't just want to impose your business or thoughts on people.

seminar

In short, seminaries have such strength thanks to the power of association. It is said that you can determine someone's annual income by averaging the incomes of their five closest friends. If so, isn't it associated with rich, thoughtful people? If you spend time associating with these solution-oriented people, you can't help but be positively influenced by them. If I could give you one piece of advice, it would be to reflect on the way these people think, act, walk, and talk. Choosing the right seminar to attend is also important. Some seminars are incredibly cheap but still great for motivation, inspiration, and alignment. However, these cheap seminars are often associated with network marketing companies. The thought that you need to have when attending seminars is that it is not the cost of the conference that matters, but how much you will pay if you do not attend. Paying $12,000 for a 5-day seminar may seem too expensive, but the information you gain will affect your life forever. Only if you act! The number of people who attended the seminar and two weeks later can't remember what it was about who will never be on top in life. You need to take notes of what the speaker is saying and then figure out how you will apply that to your life.

Mentoring

A mentor is not only someone who can teach you how to do specific things, but someone who can hold you accountable for your dreams or goals. Your mentor will be someone you admire and someone you can turn to for advice. A mentor is not always someone you can contact directly, it could be an author or just part of an educational program. Having a mentor is extremely important for success in all areas of life as we can learn from their mistakes and follow their example to avoid being distracted from our goals. . My advice is to find a mentor in your chosen field, but to do that, you need to ask yourself a few questions first. If you look at their lives as a whole (health, money, wealth, social life, family life, career achievement) do they get the results you want? ? This is the most important question you can ask yourself, because employers may have a nice house, a car and a nice salary, but are they spending time with their family? Always stuck at the desk? Keep these questions and answers in mind before choosing a mentor.

Book

Essentially, books are active monologues. Come to think of it, what tone of voice do you listen to when you read? Yours I hope. The greatest minds in the world convert their thoughts and knowledge into books. Books are usually inexpensive and can be consulted whenever you want. I'm sure you've heard that "readers are leaders" and that's true because reading is food for the soul, it gives us time to analyse what we've just read. We can take notes when our minds are open to possibilities we might never have thought of. Reading stimulates our imagination.

The smarter you are, the louder your voice is

when you speak your mind or make your choices.

If you combine all these elements in your personal development program, I am confident that you will achieve great success in all areas of your life. Good luck for the future!

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