Recently a couple of my daily messages have mentioned personal development. I've received a couple of questions so I would like to suggest some things it takes to develop yourself into the best person you can be -- I'll start with reading books, accepting challenges and becoming a problem solver.
How many books have you read in the past six months? Make a list.
Do you accept challenges? Making calls, getting appointments with people and giving presentations...I'm sure you have a list of people you've wanted to talk to but it hasn't happened yet. Doing the in-home events. Speaking at a meeting. Managing your time. Being consistent with your work toward your goals and dreams. I know from experience what challenges feel like. I've certainly been challenged over the years in so many different ways. When I think back, many of them were about "I'll do that tomorrow." So many times the tomorrows just never seem to come.
Last but not least is becoming a problem solver. I've read where it's been said that success is simply solving problems. Wow, what if that's true? We all have problems of some kind so it makes sense to me that if we can face some of our problems and figure out how to solve them, life would be better. Here is a simple example in story form from Jim Rohn: "Problem solving is where enterprise comes from. This is how you build worth and wealth, solving the problem. I met Neil Armstrong one time, the first man on the moon. He's got a unique talk with his experiences being the first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong put it fairly simply. He said going to the moon and back was simply a matter of solving problems. What a simple way to put it. Problem 1: how to get there. Problem 2: how to get back. Sure some things are complicated, but if you take it one piece at a time - solve the problems....you can't believe the enterprise you can build, the life you can build, the skills you can build. Take it a piece at a time, then master it."
Personal development can be yours if you are willing to step across that line of "tomorrow" and start doing it today.
Enthusiastically,
Gary Burke
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