Importance of Personality Development for professionals of all walks of life !
Investments Opportunities are many, it could be real estate, paper assets, precious stones, metals. However, the first investment to be considered in today's competitive world, where in the opportunities are in abundance is investing on self, yes, I mean investing on Self Development.
Results depend on the behavior, the behaviors depend on the mindset and the mindset depends on the up brining, most of the times.The Behaviors, Thoughts and Feelings (BTFs) what we have as human beings, could be copied from parents or parent like figures in our lives, BTFs could be even replayed from our childhood or for that matter they could be direct responses to here and now, present circumstances.
Successful people are the ones, who ponder on their BTFs and work on them to get better in life. Thus, reinforcing the importance of Personality Development. Personality Development is relatively enduring pattern of ones Behaviors, Thoughts & Feelings, and that distinguish people from one another. The dominant view in the field of personality psychology today holds that personality emerges early and continues to change in meaningful ways throughout the lifespan, naturally. However, one can accelerate by intentionally working on Developing the Personality.
As a Performance Coach and a trainer, I had been working with 1000s of clients and students and can say with conviction that, Personal Development Is Critical to Success for every single ambitious human being.
Change is inevitable, then why not change for good, as very well said, by my guru, Jim Rohn, "Unless you change how you are, you'll always have what you've got". It's observed that people change for one of two reasons: Inspiration or Desperation. Successful People, take Action proactively and change for inspiration, take responsibility for self-improvement and thrive for bigger, better lives.
Earl Shroff, said 'If you want to be wealthy and happy, learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job'.
For past decade, I had been working hard on my own personal growth, and I want to say with pride that this was the best decision I had ever taken in my life and from then on there is no looking back. it is not only helping me get better, however is also helping me provide world-class service to my clients, students and participants of my trainings.
To conclude let me say this, "What you become is far more important than what you get". Most of what you have today you have attracted by becoming the person you are right now and unless you change how you are, you'll always have what you've got. Now, I love what I do and I do what I love.