Sunday, October 20, 2013

How To Enhance Your Personal Development Skills

By Zoe Smith


Nowadays everybody is recognizing the importance of personal development in improving one's quality of life in all aspects-so what is it anyway? Personal development is when an individual undertakes the task of enhancing his own personhood through increasing self-awareness, cultivating potential and building over-all personal value. Find essential tips for improving your personal development skills in this helpful article today.

1. Understand who you are. This is an integral step in personal development. Sit down and take an honest assessment of yourself. What are your strengths and weaknesses? What do you like and dislike? What are your beliefs, or better yet-why do you do the way you do with the passion that you have? When you understand yourself you can better leverage your strengths to your advantage.

One thing to understand when you are aware of who you are is to fully accept yourself in whatever stage you find yourself in. Do not fall in the trap of comparison and competition with others because it will only work against you. Keep in mind that other people have dealt with issues you may not have had the chance of experiencing yet, and it is likely that the purpose of their life may look similar to yours, but is vastly different in scope and area of influence.

2. Develop a good and positive outlook in life. This is vital in creating the reality you desire. Did you know that a positive attitude (thoughts, feelings and subsequent affirmations) sends out positive vibrations that seeks to bring to you those the good things that you want. It is very powerful. Even in trials you face, there is something good that can come out of it, you have to recognize it, learn from it and allow self-help motivation to bring you to higher levels of success.

3. Be honest and trustworthy. Honesty is the hallmark of all great men and women who made a lasting impact in the world. Be honest with yourself-it is the foundation by which you can build your life on. You need to locate where you are in your spiritual, mental and emotional growth before you can know which direction you can begin to take. Let honesty and integrity be the mark that people see in your life. When they can trust you for who you are and what you stand for, they can trust you with their time and money.

4. Be willing to change. Do not hold on to things. We all know that everything is subject to change and clinging to the past will only be an exercise in futility and frustration. Embrace and initiate change. Be excited and about it. Look for ways you can improve different areas in you and other people's lives.

5. Stay connected with the Source of all things. How can we do this? We do this by being generous and grateful for all that we have and trust we WILL have. Life is more than just getting-giving is a valuable part of life as well. When you give, life has an amazing way of bringing it back to you in double measure. More than that, you will find true joy and fulfillment as you see how you have added to another person's life. As you continue to hone and enhance your personal development skills, you will see a deeper and fuller life unfold before your very eyes. Live well and enjoy all that life to offer-it is what you were created for.




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