Personal Development for Smart People Forums - View Single Post - Why I've quit PD and how I've been able to improve my life (very long)

JohnB23 · 05-12-2007, 12:22 AM

I've gotten some great concepts from personal development.

-Think and grow rich stories
-Some of tonys concepts and ideas (even the basic idea of "designing a life")
-Some Brian Tracy, etc
-Steve has some great articles (filled with alot of value)

I think alot of people in life want better lives. So many people are overworked, over stressed, burned out. They want to lose weight, or stop smoking/drinking, they want more free time, more money, or turn off the dang tv

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I don't know though, if personal development is organized in a way, so people can get the best results.

Say someone is 350 lbs and they want to go to the gym and lose weight. You can lift weights, you can drink water, you can get on an exercise bike. But if there's no order to it, if they're no regimine to follow, you could be in the gym for weeks, months, years and not get anywhere.

Do you lift the dumb bell once, or 10 times? Do you have to drink water once a day, or three times a day?

I think to some degree, thats what happens in the personal development world, and why people get stuck in loops, burn out, not sure where to go next.

You're not sure about...what do you do first. What do you focus on, where do you go. Should I drink an 8 ounce cup of water first, or should I do some stretching exercises?

By quitting pd, I won't be buying any more books, tapes, seminars. Just like going to the gym and entering at 230 lbs and leaving at 180 lbs.

It might be interesting if there was a profile that you could fill out (I'm working this many hours, my job satisfaction is __, my daily stress level is ___, some of my habits are ___ and my dreams, goals are ___) and you could build a personal profile of yourself, the way you would at a gym. And then see where you are, and what you could do.

05-12-2007, 12:22 AM	#10 (permalink)
JohnB23 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 28	I've gotten some great concepts from personal development. -Think and grow rich stories -Some of tonys concepts and ideas (even the basic idea of "designing a life") -Some Brian Tracy, etc -Steve has some great articles (filled with alot of value) I think alot of people in life want better lives. So many people are overworked, over stressed, burned out. They want to lose weight, or stop smoking/drinking, they want more free time, more money, or turn off the dang tv . I don't know though, if personal development is organized in a way, so people can get the best results. Say someone is 350 lbs and they want to go to the gym and lose weight. You can lift weights, you can drink water, you can get on an exercise bike. But if there's no order to it, if they're no regimine to follow, you could be in the gym for weeks, months, years and not get anywhere. Do you lift the dumb bell once, or 10 times? Do you have to drink water once a day, or three times a day? I think to some degree, thats what happens in the personal development world, and why people get stuck in loops, burn out, not sure where to go next. You're not sure about...what do you do first. What do you focus on, where do you go. Should I drink an 8 ounce cup of water first, or should I do some stretching exercises? By quitting pd, I won't be buying any more books, tapes, seminars. Just like going to the gym and entering at 230 lbs and leaving at 180 lbs. It might be interesting if there was a profile that you could fill out (I'm working this many hours, my job satisfaction is __, my daily stress level is ___, some of my habits are ___ and my dreams, goals are ___) and you could build a personal profile of yourself, the way you would at a gym. And then see where you are, and what you could do.