Based on John Maxwell’s The Success Journey. Here are 10 Principles to becoming a dedicated self- developer. I’ll be reflecting on this as I take a break this week.
1. Chose a Life of Growth — When you sincerely dedicate yourself to continual growth, you keep moving forward. As soon as you think you can coast or rest or just maintain what you have already achieved, that is when you start sliding backwards.
2. Growing Today — Procrastination is the death of ambition and dreams. Someday is not a day of the week. Growth is not automatic. Growth today will provide a better tomorrow. Growth is your responsibility – if you don’t take that responsibility, growth will never happen.
3. Be Teachable — “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts”. John Wooden, former UCLA basketball coach said this. He recognized that the greatest obstacle to growth isn’t ignorance, it is knowledge. When we think we know it all, we become unteachable and can no longer grow or improve.
4. Focus on Self-Development, Not Self-Fulfillment — Self-fulfillment is about feeling good. With self-...