It’s about finding the right tools and habits to improve your health, relationships, career, finances, and more.
We grow by discovering new truths and principles that can improve our realities and upgrade our perceptions.
“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they are finished,” says Dr. Daniel Gilbert, a Harvard Psychologist.
Personal growth is a commitment to intentionally make your life extraordinary. As long as you don’t make it a chore, you will satisfy your curiosities and still have fun.
Charles T. Munger explains, “Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.”
Becoming a better version of yourself means embracing habits, routines, and behaviours that can help us get wiser, healthy, and wealthy overtime.
It’s a process, a journey — not a destination.
If you aim too high, you will give up. To make it a daily behaviour, commit to tiny improvements every day.
Read at least a page of your favourite book, exercise just 5 minutes or less every morning, go for a walk for about 30 minutes, start once with just 5% of your income, add a healthy option to what you normally eat for dinner.
These are healthy habits that are impossible to fail.
There are so many different areas where we can change our lives. Start with the areas you are desperate to change.
Every day is an opportunity to find your best version and live a life of growth.
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self,” says Ernest Hemingway.
Most people know what to do — knowledge of good habits is not a problem.
Practicing what they know is the biggest challenge.
Humans are naturally programmed to avoid pain and seek pleasure. So we avoid anything that gets in the way of comfort.
Starting small is how you take a step — giant leaps don’t work.
Tiny steps guarantee results every day.
Small changes can have a significant impact in the long term.
Even though they may seem insignificant at the time, little actions do make a big difference over time.
Jim Rohn is right, “Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.”
Want to start your day on purpose? Plan your day the night before and work on your high-value work first thing in the morning.
Want to listen to a podcast or audiobook?
You don’t need to change your schedule to add personal growth time. Find small gap times and put them to good use.
You can use the many pockets of time in your day — commuting to work, sorting laundry, working out, going on a walk, running errands, after dinner, and break times at work.
If you want to take it a step further, you can use some of the time in front of the TV for self-development.
Every habit or skill you pick up improves your odds of a happy or healthy life.
Start small and work your way up.
Make every practice ridiculously easy. That’s how you avoid failure or improve your chances of sticking to them.
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the big changes you want to make, but it’s important not to overlook the small improvements.
They quickly add up in our favour.
Even little changes add up and produce big results.
“Treat yourself as you are, and you will remain as you are. Treat yourself as you could be, and you will become what you should be,” says Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Every day, you can find a small way to make your life better.
The small changes you make every day will impact your happiness, health, and wealth. The tiny things can make a big difference in your life.
Cultivate healthy habits to step closer to the life you want.
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This post was previously published on MEDIUM.COM.
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