I made a huge paradigm shift about a month ago that completely changed how I viewed personal development. I wrote a long entry in my journal about it.
Basically, for many years, I viewed Personal Development as a way to "Fix" myself - as I viewed there was something wrong with me. PD was to allow me to fix it and then I'll be ok.
I came to the realization, thanks to reading Steve's blog posts that I should instead view Personal Development as a way to grow. This means that I am perfect now, but I want to grow and keep getting better. This means that instead of PD being a temporary thing to do until I'm fixed, it becomes a lifelong project that is exciting.
So far I'm really enjoying the results of this paradigm shift as there are some very important beneficial consequences of switching from the "Fix" Paradigm to the "Grow" Paradigm. |