Thursday, August 6, 2015

Steps to Personal Improvement

 
 
No one is perfect such that he/she does not have to improve in any aspect of his/her life. The key to personal improvement and success is learning. When you learn about you, what you want, and what specific difficulties you want to change, you are on the road to improving your personal life.

Life is process that goes through problems, diagnosis and solutions. Re-live a time in your life; look back to see obstacles you went through and what you did to overcome those obstacles.  Were your decisions capable of helping you handle the problems? Did your decisions have good or bad consequences? If you made good decisions then, can you use those decisions now to fix problems?

Once you review your history of problem-solving tactics move on to evaluate your skills. What skills do you have that will help you improve your personal life? What skills can you develop that will guide you to a prosperous life? Do you need to continue school? Can you find a better job?

Unlock the Door to Personal Improvement
You need to unlock the doors to your personal improvement. You need to unlock the door to honesty.  When you are honest with yourself and others, it helps reduce emotional chaos. When a person lies, they live in denial, anger, misery and hopelessness; worst is they live in self pity. Stop the pity party and move on. Accept the truth that something or someone (yourself included) hindered you from achieving your goal.

For instance, you deny that you made a mistake in your decision that derailed your career goal. You keep telling yourself and the people around you that what you now have is what you want. This attitude will just keep you in your present position longer (and probably permanently and will forever be miserable) but if you accept the truth and work towards what you really desire then you can get back on track to your career path.

Are you addicted to sex, alcohol, and cigarettes? How about shopping, work, food? If you discover an addiction seek help. There are support groups, helpful resources including addiction clinics of all sorts that will offer you a hand. Never deal with addictions alone. This is also to say that you will also need to work on yourself to take control of your addictions. The key to success is accepting you have a problem. Honesty is the key that opens many doors. Once you accept you have an addiction, you will find it easier to get help.

L
ook Ahead

Look ahead and keep reminding yourself that you will soon get to where you envision to go. I love this quote though I can’t remember who wrote it “What the mind can conceive, the body can achieve.” When you look ahead, you are visualizing your future. Visualization helps you to keep improving yourself so that you reach your objective. Steps, no matter how small, will get you towards your goal as long as you keep looking ahead and keeping focused to your objective.


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