Investing in You Will Make You Spotlight Success

If you are not investing in personal development, you may be limiting your true potential. Personal development affects your entire life, not just your work life or your personal life. It’s amazing how many people don’t try to improve themselves. These are the same people that wonder why they are not getting anywhere with their lives.

If you want to get unstuck and finally get moving in the direction you’ve been wanting to go, use this quick list of six guidelines to help you:

1. Imagine How You Want to Shape Your Life

Without a vision, you won’t be able to determine what kind of life you want to live. You need to balance what kinds of changes you want professionally as well as personally. The two will ultimately overlap. If you imagine yourself being more helpful to others, this trait will become part of both. There may be certain aspects of your personal development that you believe are specific to your personal life but may eventually carry over to your professional life. If you have wanted to increase your skills as a community leader, this could easily be incorporated into your professional career. The key is to identify and imagine what this new skill is going to look like for you.

2. Assess Your Current Situation

Before you make any changes in your life, determine where you stand with your life as it currently exists. If you don’t know where you are at the Mall, find a Mall Directory and locate the “You Are Here” yellow circle. Determine strengths and weaknesses to help you formulate a plan to make the necessary changes.

3. Set Goals

Once you know what your strengths and weaknesses are, create some goals to strive to complete. These should include high level goals as well as actionable steps. Most important, set milestones with firm dates for these action steps. Additionally, schedule and pre-determine how you will reward yourself for accomplishing these goals.

4. Consider Alternatives

There can be valid reasons why certain actions or goals can’t be met. Instead of abandoning the entire personal development plan, come up with alternative steps. Be careful not to simply fall back on these steps because they are easier than the main goals.

5. Evaluate How You Are Doing

When you reach a milestone, see how you did against the plan of action steps. This is a crucial step, and it’s important to be realistic and truthful. The best way to handle this is to have someone else perform this for you. It may not be easy to hear, but the benefits of accountability through a coach will be well worth it.

6. Keep it Simple

If you add a bunch of unobtainable goals to your plan, you are likely setting yourself up for failure. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to push yourself. It just means being realistic about your capabilities.

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