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Personal Development : Being A Better Person
Author: Stephen Campbell
The benefits of and growing as a person and making constant expansion is an innate part of us as human beings. All of us want to grow more and more and one's definition of personal growth along with a list of personal skills for use in your personal development is of paramount importance. Reaching your potential personal and professional development becomes more and more important as time goes by as everyone wants to get better in his or her life in every way possible.
Now when considering one's personal development, looking at wanting or having more with a list of personal skills does not necessarily make you better. To become a better person you need to get better inside and in reaching your potential personal and professional development quicker that you otherwise would have. You need to improve your inner self. Personal development helps one to become a better person and the our definition of growth is one of the first things to get defined.
Taking on personal development is a serious task. To make the world a better place (reaching your potential personal and professional development) we have to start with ourselves first. When your ideas, habits and attitudes change for the better, you could help others live their lives better. Though it sounds simple, it takes a lot of effort on your part. If it is so easy then why aren't others trying to become better? The theory of Self-actualization states that in order for human beings to grow to a higher level, they have to get their basic needs satisfied. The basic needs of a human being are: physiological, safety, acceptance or belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization. Let us see why these factors are important in helping us to become better persons.
o Man's physiological needs are food and water, i.e. basic survival. If you are starving and not having enough food and water to take care of your hunger and thirst, where would you get the strength from to think about becoming better? Only when you physiologically satisfy these needs can you think about your psychological hunger and thirst for self-knowledge. Your basic survival needs take the first place in your life and then your personal development.
o One has to ensure his personal safety above everyone else's security. If you do not feel safe in your personal life, how can you try to bring safety to others? Your constant fear would not make you think about others.
o With personal development acceptance or a sense of belonging is another essential need for human beings. We need understanding and love from our family and friends and the society we live in. This acceptance will make us think of doing good things for the people who accept us and in that process we become a better person.
o The need for self-esteem along with a list of personal skills - once you are a recognized person among your people, you believe that they respect you. This feeling promotes power and prestige in you. To maintain this self-esteem you would do good deeds to better their lives. This in turn would reflect on your goodness. People would recognize you as a better person among them.
o Finally, we all have a definition of personal growth and when you satisfy most of the above needs, the concept of Self-Actualization will dawn on you. With a satisfied hunger, security, acceptance and power, you want to develop stronger ties with others. You rise above yourself, in the sense you start giving more importance to other peoples' needs and wants. You believe in being committed to a greater cause than yourself.
Once you enter the doorway for self-realization you would eventually learn to put other people ahead of you in life and you become a better person, naturally!
When is comes to personal development and our lives, the reality is that you can be whoever or whatever you choose to be, if only more of us would believe and act upon this then we would not have the level of apathy and the situation we see in our society.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/goal-setting-articles/personal-development-being-a-better-person-208723.html
About the Author
Stephen C Campbell is a Master NLP Practitioner, personal coach who runs Self Development programs and a free membership site. http://www.you-can-be.com/members
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How can I join, or create a network of new entrepreneurs/business real estate investors in NJ or NY?
I’m just about to get started. For the past year I have been mentally preparing myself to become a business owner / real estate investor. I have been reading books, listening to CD’s, and learning of the accomplishments of some of the most successful people of the yesterday and today, people like Dale Carnegie, Robert Kiyosaki, Earl Nightingale, Dolf Deroos and etc…. I have read and studied about many very successful companies. I just purchased an existing business, and taking the leap. I would greatly like to increase my leadership and networking skills. Also, I’m always looking for knew forms of education when it comes to personal development, business, and investing, I’ll study anything, so any shared experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to help.
Yahoo can help. (No, I do not work for Yahoo)
Learn more about Yahoo Groups. I have used Yahoo Groups to create to National Networking Groups for my industry and one local group.
When you meet other potential investors, buyers, sellers, tenants, etc. it makes for a great “intro” to ask them if they would like to join your “Northeast Real Estate Investment Group” (Or whatever you want to call it.)
Most people will ask you what that is and it provides you with an opportunity to pitch your business in a very “non-threatening” way.
Also, look into:
http://www.linkedin.com
This is sort of a “Six Degrees of Separation” networking tool and is, in my opinion, an excellent resource.
http://www.plaxo.com
This is a “Smart Address” tool and very handy in keeping up with people as their contact information changes.
(NOTE: I am not connected in any way with any of the above mentioned services. I just use them!)
I hope this helps…
Bobby
how to prepare pesonal development plan which includes a schedule of milestones and goal based on leadership?
personal develoment plan for leadership behavior and development need.
its a project based question
Wow! Great question…..but your answer depends on what the goals are. Not knowing that I’d have to assume you already have some specific goals. If not, you need to create your goals as a first step. Make your goal(s)/PDP “SMART”: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-focused.
In my organization we tie PDP’s to our strategic competencies. If you are starting from scratch write out your top 3 strengths and your top 3 areas for development. Then list some specific tasks or things you can do under each of your 3 development items and select a date by which you’d like to complete those tasks. There’s a universe of resources for “Leadership” out there, too! Ask someone you admire in a Leadership position what they have read and where they got their training.
What can I do?? (Im in Australia)?
I’m currently 17 years old and in Year 12 doing my VCE. The subjects I’m doing are>> Maths Methods 3&4, English 3&4, Physics 3&4, History: Revolutions(French and Chinese) 3&4 and Physical Education 3&4. I’m currently at 6th Kyu in Kyu Shin Do Kai Karate. I’ve done 3 weekend long leadership courses that build on each other. I’ve done an 8 day long team leadership course and a 9 day long leadership course based on personal development and leadership. I’ve been in The Boys’ Brigade since Grade 5. I’ve been diagnosed with ADD.
Considering this, what kind of career could I get into?
I lost my business, I need help getting it back.?
My best friend and lifelong mentor had an entrepreneurial seizure, and he started his own heating and air conditioning business in the early nineties out of thin air and solid determination. Over the years I watched him slave in his business and grow it to a rock solid and reputable company that he eventually made work for him. When he finally reached the point at which he could work on his business and not in it, he suffered a heart attack and passed away in ’05.
The man I speak of is my father.
I worked for him and learned from him starting around 13 or 14 years old. Always eager to please him, I pursued perfection in everything that I encountered, and in every task he handed me. I was put through almost every position within the company over the years ranging from laborer to management, and thought that I knew it inside and out. At 25 years old I decided to continue on with the business. Knowing that I couldn’t handle such a task on my own, my cousin was appointed vice president and continued on as service manager. A long term employee, took on the role of sec./treasurer and continued on as book-keeper (also as administrator of my father’s estate), and I naturally filled in the role as president and continued on with my position of installation and sales manager. Everyone was eager to help me pick up the pieces and continue on. I didn’t have to ask anything of anyone, they just did what needed done and everything went smoothly.
Two years married, proud father of a one year old boy, and a new business owner, I didn’t give myself time to slow down. I purposefully didn’t give myself time to grieve the death of my father, my best friend, and mentor. It started to catch up, my marriage wasn’t going well, problems I didnt know how to handle came up at work, I started drinking more, I started caring less, I fell into depression. Living on my own now, the depression got worse and didn’t care to face the everyday problems associated with running a business. Even when I was there in body I wasn’t there in mind. Bottom line, I left the business responsibilities to the VP and Sec./tres. Eventually, I was able to see a bit of light, pull myself together and pledge to march on. I expressed my newfound self to my co. officers, but only found resistance and hostility. Even though they expressed joy, it seemed as though they wanted me there no longer as I fell back on my original pledge to run the company and “abandoned” them leaving my portion of the responsibility on them. So now is the time to step up, to learn the details of the company, take action, to make it grow and prosper. So I thought. Even though the others complained that I didn’t pick up my share, they didn’t want to give it back, let alone any more resposibilities that I wanted to partake in. So I waited, did my job, tried to prove myself worthy, and waited some more. I started reading, I attended classes and seminars, I purchased audiobooks on business, personal development, leadership, and finances. I was tired of waiting, I wanted what was intended to be mine, and I wanted it now. So I asked once more for control of the business and financial decisions, to control the future of my fathers company. At this point, the company was taking a turn for the worse financially as compared to previous years. How could this be? We were in the middle of a thriving building and housing boom! Yet cashflow was not there. Where was it? Who knows. I still have yet to figure it out. A letter hit my desk one day, it was an investor interested in the purchase of my company. And a lightbulb came on inside me, I felt warm. If my own attempts at running the business failed, if my attempts to gain control of the company failed….I would sell. I would sell, split the money with my sister 50/50, and possibly continue to work within the company. As long as my fathers legacy continued, as long as the customers were happy, it would work out in my eyes to be a successful transaction. It instilled a bit of hope at least, as the company was not going as my father would have intended anyway with the persons of authority currently in place, and I could do nothing to help the business financially as I was money poor and credit poor, and was too proud to ask other family members for help, not that they could’ve helped financially anyway. I’m excited, walking taller, standing prouder, I have found a solution to the very thing that won’t let me sleep at night! So I meet with accountants, lawyers, the purchasers business advisors, I’m gathering statements, incomes, balances, asset lists, tax returns… all in extreme confidentiality, as to not disrupt the operation of the business. Once everything was compiled and handed over, I was able to meet the potential buyer. It was a client of mine! One that I handled personally, one that I respected, and most importantly one that I knew would grow the business to its full potential, and would carry my f
What mission should a minority leadership organization seek to accomplish?
What should be some fundamental goals?
Should it be the personal development of our leaders as professionals?
Giving to our community?
Everyone taking an active role?
Promoting culture?
What could we do to make our organization be set apart from others?
Anything we could do differently?
Best answer will be chosen based on content of your answer
Teach your target group Integrity & Moral Values. Maybe you could raise funds to develop a community mentoring program that would bring in self motivated successful businessmen from the same as well as other minority groups. To be set apart from others… Maybe you could use ALL the funds raised for the people in need instead of 20 to 30 % or more going to reticules administrative costs. DIFFERENT…? Stay off the Pity Party band wagon that so many minority groups seem to get on now days because it is popular in lower income areas. Maybe even teach them some Personal responsibility & accountability. Most of the values I have listed help make strong leaders. the opposite will have them in the same place in another 40 years still blaming everyone else fr their lot in life. Culture is important… my daughter is 1/8 appache indian, but so are the values that made this country Great.