Personal Development-Why It’s Important

January 18, 2010 by Steve Crenshaw
Filed under Leadership, Personal Development

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Why can we not just show up? We hear all the time about the kid that makes a million dollars just because he or she just did one small thing. So why can’t we just show up and be successful. I know a couple that was in the right place at the right time and are now millionaires. The problem is the right place was managing McDonald’s. Are you willing to start at the bottom cooking fries and flipping burgers to make a million dollars? Probably not; so you waste tens of thousands of dollars trying to find the next get rich scheme on the internet or in mail order or where ever it may come from.

Personal Development is the key to changing your life. John Maxwell once said, “What your are reading today, is who you will be ten years from now.” Do you understand the implications of watching the news or just television in general everyday for hours on end. It consumes you it becomes who you are. you begin to see that life is bad. everyone is out to get everyone else. Our government is out to get us. You lose your will to be the success you were called to be. You take on the personification of someone you are not.

If you want to succeed tomorrow then start by bettering your life. Go Buy a book or get some coaching. If you think coaching is to expensive then try email coaching or hit me up on Facebook. I do email coaching all the time because it is more affordable for some people. Some books you can read are Zig Ziglars Better Than Good: Creating a Life You Can’t Wait to Live and John Maxwell’s Today Matters: 12 Daily Practices to Guarantee Tomorrow’s Success. Both of these books will start you on the road to personal development. But don’t stop with two. Read every book you can find on personal development and if you need someone to keep you accountable get a coach. I am not saying read self-help books that tell you that you need a better view of yourself. Read books that give you an outline of how to succeed. You are not going to agree with or enjoy every book you read but if you get one nugget out of each book you will see yourself begin to change. Over time ever thing you read and do adds up to help you rise above the rest.

I have a coach to help me get better and my coach has a coach. Tiger, Oprah, and countless others have coaches. Successful people have others around them that can speak encouragement to them and help them develop themselves. If you have friends that are of the same mindset then begin to meet with them and start to sharpen each other. If your friends are people who make fun of you and try to pull you down to their level then they are not the ones to speak encouragement into your life. Get someone in your life you can count on to help in your development.

If you want to be truly successful then you must develop yourself. I want to also suggest the bible as daily reading. If you are of a different faith then by all means read your holy books. But as a Christian I read the bible and suggest it to those I coach. Don’t let the rest of your life slip away. Make the choice today to become the person you were called to be.