You start with the best intentions, you want to be more confident, so you take an online course on confidence yet you still question all of your decisions.
You’re ready for a career transition, so you read dozens of blogs about how and yet, six months later you’re sitting at the same desk without even your resume updated.
Some call this a personal-devel-aholic. Others may say best-laid plans are unfulfilled.
In episode 33, we dove into intake vs. activate. In this week’s episode, we are starring change and personal development right in the face and giving you the 5 P’s to you can get to success.
Why self-improvement is important:
The more we take ourselves off of autopilot and make conscious decisions in alignment with our goals, the more overall success we will have.
95% of our day is spent on autopilot -- so we need to make sure that we are actively taking ourselves off of autopilot and optimizing our autopilot aka subconscious so that we get the best results.
What Personal Development Isn’t
Personal development is not akin to learning about history, where you can read to understand.
Instead, personal development is more in line with playing an instrument, it needs to be experienced, it is active learning.
The 5P's of Success
Precision: The first step in personal development is precision, understanding, and pinpointing exactly what you want to work on and be as specific as possible.
Planning: You cannot dive right into what you want to achieve. You need to consider what the process will look like. When is the best timing to start? What bumps will you hit in the road? How am I going to be challenged along the way?
Practice: Just like learning a new instrument, you need to put into practice the concepts and tools that will facilitate the results you are looking to achieve. This has to be done daily, which is why planning ahead of time is so critical. Personal development is absorbed by doing, not by reading.
Persistence: It takes approximately 21 days to form a habit, which means, within the first three weeks, you will have to stay dedicated and persistent to see your development through.
Patience: You will not see change overnight, or within a few days, it isn’t realistic. Here is where you must trust yourself and trust the process.
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