The Importance of Personal Growth
According to Ray Capp, author of "When You Mean Business About Your Life," "If we let random currents tug us this way and that, we'll wind up far from where we want to go." Maintaining control of your future requires a commitment to personal growth.
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Significance
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In the book "You'll See It When You Believe It," Dr. Wayne Dyer states that "transformation is about love, peace, personal fulfillment, treating others with respect, and achieving harmony on this planet as one family of man." Aspiring to develop these qualities will have a profound positive affect on your relationships and life.
Effects
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Stagnation and feeling stuck by life's circumstances results from a lack of positive change. It is important to set and reach for goals. Self improvement helps keep you motivated and excited about life.
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Prevention/Solution
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According to Dr. Dyer, "When you judge another person, you do not define him or her, you define yourself." Personal growth requires you to abandon a harmful negative mindset and discontinue judging yourself and others. Focusing on the positive creates room for growth.
Benefits
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When at peace with yourself, you tend not to abuse yourself with too much food, alcohol or drugs, activities that slow growth and keep progress at bay. Working toward personal growth leads to better decisions and achieving abundance in life.
Considerations
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Sometimes people resist change because it feels safer to maintain the status quo. Capp reminds us that a lack of personal growth is a "quick ticket to mediocrity or even disaster" and suggests that "to be recognized, you will have to proactively excel."
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