Personal growth and development as the name suggests, is the way you improve and evolve in your personal life. Growth by nature is an evolving process. It is not something static that we can ‘master’ once and for all. We are constantly changing, constantly evolving, and so we need to learn how to channel this change, and move skillfully with it so that it can be guided to reward us with the things that we seek.
There are many techniques for personal growth, such as creative visualization, repeating affirmations, developing a positive mindset, and meditation. Personal growth also involves counseling, coaching, and reading. You can commit to personal growth in 4 of the 5 ALLY’s – spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Physical personal growth is not the same as growing old. We all grow in age physically, and this is automatic. Nothing we can do about it! But physical personal growth is about improving your physical to better reflect your target goal, for example losing the extra weight, and you can do this by exercising regularly and eating more healthy nutritious foods. The fifth Ally which is financially, will be greatly improved as a result of the development of the prerequisites – spiritual, mental, emotional, physical growth.
Personal growth can help you in all areas of your life. It can help improve your relationship with your spouse, children, family members, friends. It can help you at work. It can change your attitude towards work and therefore open new opportunities for advancement, and it can help you to have better business deals and make better decisions. Personal growth is a necessity! Without commitment to personal growth, you will remain stuck in the same position, situation for years to come which is a recipe for depression, anxiety, and unhappiness. And if these are not enough reasons to commit to personal growth and development, here are 4 additional reasons:
4 Reasons You Should Commit to Personal Growth & Development
1. Personal Growth Helps You to Discover Your Purpose
Your purpose help to give your life and goals meaning. When you commit to learning, you will discover your strengths, improve your skills, and find ways to make you happy. For example, you may discover you feel invigorated teaching others. With this in mind, you can find or create opportunities to express your purpose, whether it is teaching a lunchtime workshop at your office, an online workshop, or coordinating a new youth program within your community.
2. Personal Growth Helps You Gain Clarity & Focus
It is easy to feel adrift, especially if you are unhappy or frustrated with certain areas of your life. For example, if you are burdened by debt, you may lose sight of your goal to get out of debt. Commitment to learning helps you focus on the things you need to do to achieve your goals. If your goal is to get your financial house in order, focus your growth on resources that help you get out of debt and improve your financial security.
3. Personal Growth Helps You Become More Resilient
Life can change in an instant, and the more resilient you are, the faster you will be able to recover from challenges or setbacks you face. When life throws you a curve ball, a commitment to learning will help you deal with it effectively and even grow from it, because you will have developed confidence in your skills and expertise. You will feel empowered and in control over your actions and decisions.
4. Personal Growth Improves Your Attitude
Studies have shown that the more optimistic you are, the more successful you will be. Why? Because optimistic people feel their actions and habits will impact their success and as such continually seek out ways to keep them engaged in their interests, while aligning themselves with people and things that aid their efforts. Their sunny dispositions make them feel more in control of their lives, and the results they get from their pursuit will continue to have a positive effect on their body, mind, and spirit. Since they tend to be happier than their more negative peers, people like them and are drawn to them, and want to see them succeed.
What are some of the ways you invest in yourself? Do share with us in the comment section below.
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Those are 4 very valid reasons for committing to personal growth and development, and I am big on learning and improving (as you can tell from my recent attendance and participation in your DYDL event Boston). But the one solid reason for me committing to personal growth and development is that I never want to be stagnant, irrelevant, or marginalized. I truly dread those and so I make the effort everyday to always self improve. And you are a huge part of that! Thanks for granting me a space in your WERK Your Money Making Genie program, this is one more way I’m upleveling me. Love you team MBB!
Indeed Jennifer! Being stagnant, irrelevant, or marginalized is no place for any ambitious woman to be. We must continue to step our game up with continuous self improvement.
Yes, we were happy to have you at out DYDL Boston event! And yes, you are BIG on learning and improving. With your positive, go-getter attitude, you will no doubt accomplish whatever you set your mind to. It gave us great pleasure to allow ambitious, purpose-driven women like you to participate in our WERK program – for FREE.
Again, thanks for coming out, and for contributing here on our blog.
This is so very true, “Personal growth can help you in all areas of your life. It can help improve your relationship with your spouse, children, family members, friends. It can help you at work. It can change your attitude towards work and therefore open new opportunities for advancement, and it can help you to have better business deals and make better decisions. Personal growth is a necessity!”
I use to be very bad when dealing with the various personalities of the people around me, but after spending a few bucks and taking some time to work on me and my emotional intelligence, I don’t have that issue anymore. I now know how to control my emotions and separate what they are projecting onto me, from what the matter at hand is, and how I feel about it.
So many areas of personal growth & development, and we all can work to make our weakest ones stronger.
Great post 🙂
There you go Desiree, “I use to be very bad when dealing with the various personalities of the people around me, but after spending a few bucks and taking some time to work on me and my emotional intelligence, I don’t have that issue anymore.” Self-Investment has a way of making us better. Go YOU 🙂
There’s really no excuse now. We have access to too many ways of getting the tools we need to not make it happen. This is one area of life that does not stop improving. Personal growth and development is a continuous process. Unless, we want to become stagnant, and only survive instead of thrive.
I’m all in on your 4 reasons given. Too important to pass up.
Absolutely none, Beverly! Too much is too readily available to choose excuses.
Thank you!
Personal growth is key to living a high quality lifestyle. I cannot imagine a world where we all remain the same with just the foundational. Foundation is good, but that’s just what it is – the beginning. This sums it up for me, “Personal growth can help you in all areas of your life. It can help improve your relationship with your spouse, children, family members, friends. It can help you at work. It can change your attitude towards work and therefore open new opportunities for advancement, and it can help you to have better business deals and make better decisions. Personal growth is a necessity!”
#3 is mine: Personal growth helps me become more resilient. I am more empowered than I was last year and that’s because I seek to constantly grow and improve thus becoming stronger and more secure in who I am, what I do, and what I stand for.