This made me realize something very important about how I approach personal development. I realized that when it comes to growth, I have two categories: Primary/absolute and Secondary/relative.
The primary one is for spiritual growth, secondary for 'personal' growth (productivity, finances, relationships etc.). Which means that the primary one is constant and non-negotiable, and that choosing my main focus as suggested in the article would then only apply to the secondary one.
Does this make sense? I guess it comes from my feeling that all the PD areas are important but only relatively so, while the spiritual is beyond the personal and thus beyond personal development.
Basically, I would be willing to give up everything (ambitions, things, money, skills) for inner peace. And while this is not necessary -- these are not mutually exclusive -- it's important for me to have my priorities straight. Inner = absolute, outer = relative.
And then of course the beautiful thing is that when you put 'inner' first, everything becomes much easier on the 'outer' level. Inner peace begets effortless productivity, clarity of purpose etc.
But anyway, I've decided that my #1 secondary focus for this year will be on business/asset development. I'm graduating school next spring, and need to start generating income (without getting a job, of course!). |