The Keys To Personal Growth

By Steven Hinz

We all want to see our lives improve through the use of personal growth tips and strategies. However, unless you're ready to make a firm decision to work on this area of your life, it's not going to happen. If you have a goal of life prosperity, then you must make the definite decision to invest time on daily improvement.

Personal growth means you'll be working on life areas such as your thinking process, your emotions, your business or career, your finances, your relationships, general knowledge, your health, etc.

After you've decided on a particular area of your life that needs improvement, you'll need to make some adjustments in your schedule. Yes, you actually have to invest time on this. This is similar to the idea of working out physically. You must develop the habit of improving your mind since most personal growth comes from fixing what's going on between your ears.

Patience is a key piece of the personal growth puzzle. Too many people set out, for example, to change their emotional response to certain life situations, only to give up after one or two "failures" at change. Patience is just as vital in your personal growth journey as persistence and consistency are.

Formulate in your mind realistic time frames for seeing results. The piece of your life you're currently working on is going to dictate when you can reasonably expect to see results. Your goal to develop better patience with others will most likely take a bit longer to realize results with as compared to a goal to improve your cooking skills.

The deeper you go with your life issues to improve on, the more time you'll most likely need to give yourself, such as working on your emotions or spiritual growth. Keep in mind that this is a process as you go about changing your ingrained thought patterns.

Here's a quick example...let's say you've just finished reading a book about relationships and you've learned how important it is not to place blame if you and your spouse argue. As you read the book, it all sounds logical and you decide that you'll no longer do that.

Then, when you and your spouse disagree on something, you discover that you've fallen into your old habit of placing blame. Rather than getting depressed that you can't change, first understand that your awareness of what you're doing is the first step to positive change. Now that you're aware, you'll begin to change this habit over time and enjoy a better relationship with your spouse.

All life change works in this manner. Personal growth is a process of recognizing areas that need change. After awareness comes change. You can't change anything until you are aware that the change is needed. Do you know how many people go blindly through life without ever understanding this idea?

Make the real and firm decision to change. Awareness of this issue is now yours. Then, work toward small successes so you feel more empowered over time. The key part, once again....have patience. Soon, you're going to be blown away by the new and empowered person you become during this personal growth process.

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