Whenever people mention personal development, what is the
first thing that comes into your mind? Do you think "Oh
yeah its one of THOSE things to improve yourself and its
not my cup of tea". Or maybe its something like "I'm fine
with myself now and I don't need to improve myself". Or
more commonly "I don't have time for it". Talk about
personal development and people will give you a blank stare
as if you're from space or you have some form of rare
disease and avoid you. More often than not, they roll their
eyes and look as if you're recruiting them for some MLM.
Regardless, what do we understand by personal development?
Many people may give you different definition but to me,
it's a term which means "Learn".
If you can define something then it is more finite,
tangible and we can see the parameters. Without a
definition, things are subjective and intangible. For me,
it means Learn.
In our everyday life, people are always learning about
something. In a way, we learn so that we can be better at
it and also to do things more efficiently. It doesn't have
to be a formal classroom type lesson, most of the time it's
hands on learning. Sometimes we can learn new things by
ourselves, sometimes its best to learn from qualified
experts. If you are interested in making your own
furniture, don't you think learning carpentry skills from a
qualified carpenter will accelerate your learning curve and
saves you time than doing it yourself?
Many of us think that after we leave school, we don't need
to study anymore. That is actually a wrong thinking.
Regardless of what we do, we are constantly learning,
whether formally or informally.
In the past 3 weeks, my belief in the importance of
personal development deepens. I had enrolled in internet
marketing bootcamp despite of some of my other friends' bad
experience. I believe the trainer is qualified because he
is successful in what he does. This is a paid bootcamp in a
formal learning environment and its for my own personal
development. I want to deepen and develop my own internet
marketing skills, so learning from an expert accelerated my
learning curve.
In pursuing to develop my internet marketing skills, I met
new friends who help to encourage and motivate me in my
life as well as my internet marketing journey. Also, the
event also opened up new opportunities for me to make money
and improve my skills to make money online.
If I had not put my mind to continually develop myself and
to push myself to learn more things, I will not be able to
see such opportunities to make more money. Many people are
not willing to pay to learn from others. They always think
that the price is too high. However, they fail to see the
importance of new knowledge and skills or an improved
skill. Without such new knowledge and skills, we won't be
able to spot potential opportunities. We must always
remember that we can be robbed and our physical materials
taken away, but nobody can take away our knowledge and
skills to make money.
What I am trying to impress on readers is that, personal
development is not just to improve your well being. Many
people think that personal development is all about getting
motivated and positive thinking etc etc. On the contrary,
personal development also mean to learn more knowledge or
skills in addition to what you already know. Or to further
deepen your knowledge or hone in on your existing skills
and know-how. When you put effort in doing these things,
your perception will change and you will discover more
opportunities opening up to you. Opportunities don't just
fall on your lap. You have to go look for it.
That being said, I believe that personal development not
only improves your well being, it also improves your money
making potentials!
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