How much have you grown through PD?

[Foggy]

I just want to know: what has personal developement done for you? How much have you grown as a person since you started focusing on improving yourself? I'm largely asking this for inspirational purposes but I also think it's great to be able to tell people how far you've come.

[Maguru]

Hi Foggy, great question. Had to think on it a while.

I wouldn't say my growth is an improvement. I really don't like the implictaions of 'improving oneself' as it infers 'not good enough'. I think we are all good enough

However, my process has been one of self awareness. The more I know myself, the more I see through new eyes. My long held perceptions and beliefs have radically changed.

I actually do not know where this is leading me but would I want to know? I will enjoy the ride, although sometimes painful, and not only embrace change, but create the changes in my life. I believe for the first time I am taking control of my life without interferrence from external forces. Whew!

Thankyou for the opportunity to see myself. I am feeling much encouraged by my assessment of myself. Regards, maguru

Originally Posted by Foggy

I just want to know: what has personal developement done for you? How much have you grown as a person since you started focusing on improving yourself? I'm largely asking this for inspirational purposes but I also think it's great to be able to tell people how far you've come.

[Champ]

I have to agree with magaru, I just started with PD and I finally got off my butt and started my own blog but for the most part I'm still the same old lazy self.But at least I'm now more aware of what I need to do to improve myself I just lack the motivation to go out and do it. I think a lot of people read self help books and come to the forums but take no action.
Sometimes motivation to take action is a tough thing to come by.

[Angela]

What a fun question to think about! I’ve been focusing on personal development since I was a teenager; I’ll just limit my inquiry to what have I learned since finding my first trace of the Pavlinarena, when I came across “Do It Now” – and was hooked.

What I’ve learned:
(some of it, anyway)

That the most powerful and effective force in living a life I’m in love with is to accept 100% responsibility. Maybe more than 100%.

Gratitude may be the most powerful force on the planet.

Traffic runs more smoothly when I let go of being irritated.

Trust is not something that is earned, it’s something I choose.

Problems never live outside of thoughts.

If you believe your problems are really problems, then you really have problems.

Macs are more fun than PCs.

I have a real talent for feeling good on purpose.

Love is not something you get. It’s something you generate.

The madder you get, the wronger you probably are.

Who I am is infinite power and abundance.

My top values (for now, anyway) are freedom, connection, joy, and love.

My genius is freeing flow.

Nobody owes anyone anything. We're on a strictly volunteer basis.

My life purpose is to boldly generate free-flowing love and joy.

I used to think I talked too much, but now I am Bold Inspiration.

You can’t see it if you don’t have it.

The most often-sung refrain of The Chicken Opera is “But I LOVE him!!”

What a person wants and what she’s committed to are often two entirely different things, and sometimes they are mutually exclusive.

Not everybody is willing to feel good on purpose. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s a minority.

None of my thoughts are true. Yours, either.

Unsolicited advice has absolutely nothing, zero, to do with the advisee; it is 100% about the advisor. At the same time, if someone offers you unsolicited advice, it’s a great idea to look for the inner truth of what they are saying.

If something pushes your buttons, it’s a huge gift of personal growth waiting to be unwrapped! Be grateful! The more irritated you are, the bigger the gift.

If something’s not working in your life, change what you’re being. Look for something you could let go of, and for something you could generate that would make a difference.

If you want another person to change, look boldly to see the difference it would make if you made the change instead of them. It’s never them. It’s always you.

I am a gorgeous hot babe. I had thought I was hideously, monstrously ugly. What was I thinking?!?

How to like brown rice.

oh, yeah, and...
It's a game, one that's impossible to lose.

[Plato]

Mind your own business.

Think about it....

[Bradshaw]

Originally Posted by Angela

Macs are more fun than PCs.

Lies ! !

[Trezker]

I left Microsoft in the dust. Wasn't much of a conscious development though, they simply crossed the line which forced me to start using a real operating system.

I've been pretty bad at developing myself.

[Dannyboy1]

Originally Posted by Angela

What a fun question to think about! I’ve been focusing on personal development since I was a teenager; I’ll just limit my inquiry to what have I learned since finding my first trace of the Pavlinarena, when I came across “Do It Now” – and was hooked.

What I’ve learned:
(some of it, anyway)

That the most powerful and effective force in living a life I’m in love with is to accept 100% responsibility. Maybe more than 100%.

Gratitude may be the most powerful force on the planet.

Traffic runs more smoothly when I let go of being irritated.

Trust is not something that is earned, it’s something I choose.

Problems never live outside of thoughts.

If you believe your problems are really problems, then you really have problems.

Macs are more fun than PCs.

I have a real talent for feeling good on purpose.

Love is not something you get. It’s something you generate.

The madder you get, the wronger you probably are.

Who I am is infinite power and abundance.

My top values (for now, anyway) are freedom, connection, joy, and love.

My genius is freeing flow.

Nobody owes anyone anything. We're on a strictly volunteer basis.

My life purpose is to boldly generate free-flowing love and joy.

I used to think I talked too much, but now I am Bold Inspiration.

You can’t see it if you don’t have it.

The most often-sung refrain of The Chicken Opera is “But I LOVE him!!”

What a person wants and what she’s committed to are often two entirely different things, and sometimes they are mutually exclusive.

Not everybody is willing to feel good on purpose. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s a minority.

None of my thoughts are true. Yours, either.

Unsolicited advice has absolutely nothing, zero, to do with the advisee; it is 100% about the advisor. At the same time, if someone offers you unsolicited advice, it’s a great idea to look for the inner truth of what they are saying.

If something pushes your buttons, it’s a huge gift of personal growth waiting to be unwrapped! Be grateful! The more irritated you are, the bigger the gift.

If something’s not working in your life, change what you’re being. Look for something you could let go of, and for something you could generate that would make a difference.

If you want another person to change, look boldly to see the difference it would make if you made the change instead of them. It’s never them. It’s always you.

I am a gorgeous hot babe. I had thought I was hideously, monstrously gorgeous. What was I thinking?!?

How to like brown rice.

oh, yeah, and...
It's a game, one that's impossible to lose.

Really great post! You da bomb!

[Angela]

Thanks, my friend! It gave me a lot of pleasure to think about. I'm interested to hear what others are seeing for themselves. Writing it down gives it a lot of power!

....I just noticed something that made me laugh out loud: I had "accidentally" written "hideously, monstrously gorgeous" when what I meant to write was "hideously, monstrously ugly." I guess "ugly" has finally left the building!

[Murre]

PD has changed my life totally. I consider the day I learnt about this stuff as a milestone in my life.

I am 16 years (almost 17) old now and I discovered this 2 years ago after I played a really poor football match. I decided to do some research on the net and a new world unfolded!

The fact that thoughts actually hold a great power and that you can actually control them was an amazing insight. And that provided instant results for me. As a athlete my performance quckly became much more solid and I feel that I utilize much more of my potential.

Oral presentations is something I have always feared. But now, at least a presentation in class, is not a problem at all.

I have also gotten into meditation and it is just amazing. When I understood the ways of the mind and was able to calm it down (I did nothing but think and analyze) it provided great results in my social life. And of course made me much happier

Just the fact that one can develop and grow is wondeful. Of course I have a lot of growth do to, but I feel that I am miles away from the "old" me. I am also very grateful that I have discovered this early in my life

Thanks everyone!

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Way to go Murre. How wonderful to get such an early start on taking control of your life! I'm very happy for you.

[Champ]

Originally Posted by Murre

PD has changed my life totally. I consider the day I learnt about this stuff as a milestone in my life.

I am 16 years (almost 17) old now and I discovered this 2 years ago after I played a really poor football match. I decided to do some research on the net and a new world unfolded!

The fact that thoughts actually hold a great power and that you can actually control them was an amazing insight. And that provided instant results for me. As a athlete my performance quckly became much more solid and I feel that I utilize much more of my potential.

Oral presentations is something I have always feared. But now, at least a presentation in class, is not a problem at all.

I have also gotten into meditation and it is just amazing. When I understood the ways of the mind and was able to calm it down (I did nothing but think and analyze) it provided great results in my social life. And of course made me much happier

Just the fact that one can develop and grow is wondeful. Of course I have a lot of growth do to, but I feel that I am miles away from the "old" me. I am also very grateful that I have discovered this early in my life

Thanks everyone!

Man, I gotta learn meditation.

[selfimprovement]

For me, I have grown more in the past year than in the past 10 years because of a new system that just came out that I am using. I have discovered:
the power of unconditional responsibility,
the perception of love,
role of the ego,
the power of the reflection of self from others,
looking for the purpose and good

Lots more stuff!

I would say that I am a different person now than I was 1 year ago.

[Alison Jenkins]

It has completely changed my life and my career. I was at rock bottom but today my life is better than I could ever have imagined and what's even better is that I am able to help other people do the same through Changing Lives Online Counselling Service

I've just taken one baby step after the other

Alison

[Kindred]

Personal development has taught me some important things I wish everyone knew.

I've learned...

• failure is a leap closer to success
• happiness isn't something one achieves, but something one chooses to have
• if one gives up responsibility, one gives up control
• misfortunes are challenges to be overcome
• long term enjoyment is better than short term entertainment
• a problem is one's problem because one makes it a problem
• if one is unable explain why he or she is doing something, he or she should be doing something else
• wanting something will never get it without conscious action
• the good has no value without the bad
• what one thinks is not reality
• to play the game and enjoy the ride

[Orionjoel]

I really think that i have dropped the ball and really not taken as much of a step forward as i could have in what i have learnt so far with personal development. However i have managed to come up with a few areas of my life that are really been moved forward.

- Personally my self image as gone forward a lot, over the past year, i am slowly gaining the appearance i want, i am slowly losing the little bit of weight i want to lose (was 83kg, want to be 75kg, and i am currently about 77kg) with doing nothing special to acheive this other then believeing that it is possible.

- Work, went from bad to great, about 2 years ago i left a job that was really depressing and really leaving me drained mentally, where i was not progressing and felt limited. I left this job and started another one a few weeks after, in starting this new job i knew and was adament that i would do the job better then anyone else, while it has taken time i am progressing within the company, and for the most part do not have the feeling that i just do not want to be at work, except when i think about the potential of different business ideas that i have.

Really i think the biggest thing that PD has taught me is that the amount of thought that you put into something and the strength of that throught towards a specific outcome does have a lot to do with just what the outcome is at the end of the day.