Last weekend a friend of mine posed the question, ‘what is personal growth?’ after a long while of thinking, I came up with what I thought was a genius answer. ‘Personal growth is the only evidence of life’ Growth must be the justification of our means. Growth in all aspects of our life is what puts meaning to all our efforts. In fact, the only business that humans have on earth is to grow. You are like a tree and all seasons of the year, both harsh and gentle conspire to help you grow
…..ok. You got me….I read this somewhere. But this got me thinking what can one do in order to accelerate personal growth. So I put these points down and my friend thinks they are incredible. Hope you find them useful.
Count one day at a time
At midnight today, you will receive an amazing present. A fresh set of 24 hours. It will be like turning a new leaf and starting afresh. These 24 hours are incredible, flawless and limitless. It is a blank slate on which you are supposed to write a new story. A story about today and about how tomorrow was built. It is an opportunity to apply lessons learned yesterday and to learn new lessons. Do not let this day end before learning something new. Accomplish something new. Start something new. Mend a broken relationship. Make a new relationship. Make this day an incredibly great.
Wear the attitude of gratitude.
What you value in life increase in value. What you think about and focus on grows. What you appreciate begins to appreciate in value. Appreciate your good health, appreciate your family. Appreciate your gifts, friends and life and your perception will begin to shift.
Compliment your faith with actions.
Someone once said that ideas are the currency of success and that thinking drives business and we become what we consider all day long. But wait a minute…….ideation without execution is mere dilution. An idea no matter how magnanimous assumes value only when it acted on. You have been harboring this idea for quite some time now. Today is the day you act on it before someone else beats you to it and then you have to start all over again.
Look for good in people and situations.
I am reminded of a colleague of mine who specializes in finding faults in people. She will bypass all the good in a person and settle on one imperfect thing about them. No wonder she has got no friends. This got me thinking…
Stop whining about how bad people are. People do not just walk into your life for nothing. They have something you can use; find that thing and you will love them. That what Robin Shama calls the “the brilliance of acceptance”. Embrace the old adage, ‘life never sends you what you want but it might just send you what you need.’
Be careful! Your thoughts are little powerful prayers.
“You are a product of your own thinking.” This cliché is true. Take it seriously. Expect only good things to happen to you and they will unfold right before your very own eyes. You can never be better that yourself. That is to say, you can never be better that what you think you are because you are your thoughts. Behavior follows thoughts….. Powerful thought. You think small, you act small, and you think big you act big. You think you deserve the best, people will only see the best side of you. “All of us are self-made except only the successful are willing to admit it.” At first, I was skeptical about this, but now I agree with the statement. None of us has become anything that we haven’t thought about.
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