Posted on : 24-10-2009 | By : admin | In : Growth
Personal growth and development are the building blocks for improving your life – irrespective
of which aspects of your life you are intent on improving. Most of us have a deep seated desire
to improve (who doesn’t make New Year’s resolutions?), yet far too many of us fail to reach
our goals.
There can be numerous reasons for this, although those that have achieved their goals might
view these as excuses rather than valid reasons.Whatever your viewpoint, I think you’ll
agree that it is both frustrating and demoralising when you realise that having
set some goals and been all fired up,you find that once again your best intentions have
come to nothing.
What makes this so common?
1) Time constraints.
We are so busy being busy these days that more often than not we just don’t get round to doing
the important stuff. A strange human condition, but very common.
2) Focus.
This goes hand in hand with time constraints. We rarely spend enough time focusing on
the things that will be of benefit to us. Your personal growth and development will never happen
without you focusing on what needs to be achieved.
3)Effort.
As nice as it would be, deep down we all know that to get something, you have to put in
some effort. Unfortunately, in today’s world, this is not a very popular theme.
4) Distractions.
The flip side of focus. There are just too many other things out there that will demand
our attention if we are not careful. When this happens I always find it useful to remind myself
that they want my attention for THEIR benefit, not mine!
5)Personal programming.
From a very young age, and mostly without
realising it, we accumulate knowledge of what is “normal” – a sort of default setting
that we become comfortable with. This programming is very strong and is there to protect us
from getting hurt.
Unfortunately the negative side of this is that if we are to change and improve, we need to
lift ourselves out of this comfort zone. We thus find ourselves in a tug of war between what
our subconcious knows is “safe” and what we conciously know we need to do to make our lives
better.
No prizes for guessing which side usually wins!
The good news for anyone wanting to overcome barriers to personal growth and development
is that you don’t need to have a brain transplant or emigrate to another world.
All you need do is find someone who has already done the hard work and found ways
to conquer the barriers and then follow their advice and guidance.It really is that easy!
of which aspects of your life you are intent on improving. Most of us have a deep seated desire
to improve (who doesn’t make New Year’s resolutions?), yet far too many of us fail to reach
our goals.
There can be numerous reasons for this, although those that have achieved their goals might
view these as excuses rather than valid reasons.Whatever your viewpoint, I think you’ll
agree that it is both frustrating and demoralising when you realise that having
set some goals and been all fired up,you find that once again your best intentions have
come to nothing.
What makes this so common?
1) Time constraints.
We are so busy being busy these days that more often than not we just don’t get round to doing
the important stuff. A strange human condition, but very common.
2) Focus.
This goes hand in hand with time constraints. We rarely spend enough time focusing on
the things that will be of benefit to us. Your personal growth and development will never happen
without you focusing on what needs to be achieved.
3)Effort.
As nice as it would be, deep down we all know that to get something, you have to put in
some effort. Unfortunately, in today’s world, this is not a very popular theme.
4) Distractions.
The flip side of focus. There are just too many other things out there that will demand
our attention if we are not careful. When this happens I always find it useful to remind myself
that they want my attention for THEIR benefit, not mine!
5)Personal programming.
From a very young age, and mostly without
realising it, we accumulate knowledge of what is “normal” – a sort of default setting
that we become comfortable with. This programming is very strong and is there to protect us
from getting hurt.
Unfortunately the negative side of this is that if we are to change and improve, we need to
lift ourselves out of this comfort zone. We thus find ourselves in a tug of war between what
our subconcious knows is “safe” and what we conciously know we need to do to make our lives
better.
No prizes for guessing which side usually wins!
The good news for anyone wanting to overcome barriers to personal growth and development
is that you don’t need to have a brain transplant or emigrate to another world.
All you need do is find someone who has already done the hard work and found ways
to conquer the barriers and then follow their advice and guidance.It really is that easy!
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