Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.

[Sam kovacs]

Yep you heard me. Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.


And in this post i invite you to post something you did related to personal development.

A day were you don't grow, is a day were you don't live.

So i have decided to write this post, for me to keep track of my growth. But because i'm a generous guy and i love y'all, i decided it would be more interesting if everyone posted, once a day, once a week or even once a month something that they did to grow.

It will give others plenty of ideas on what they can do in order to grow.

Who's with me on this one?

[Eric Roosevelt]

Originally Posted by Sam kovacs

A day were you don't grow, is a day were you don't live.

Sometimes the best thing you can do for your personal growth is to rest and just enjoy the day as it comes at you. That's pretty much what I did today.

[Sam kovacs]

What i did and whats left to do today:

Listen to 3 anthony robbins tapes to catch up my laziness since the end of last week. Check

Meditate for 30 minutes. Check

Improve knowledge about the second world war Check

Shoot 70 shots(basketball) Check

Workout Check

Listen to two of pimsleurs learn to speak spanish tapes. not done yet.



At this rythm, i don't see how i won't grow. To give me all this time, i've started waking up at 6.30am

[MartinP]

Thanks for this post!
The last week or so, Ive been so busy,that I havent taken time to sit down and read or do the things that I enjoy that contribute to my personal growth.

Today, Im going to read a book!

[findinginspiration]

I am working through "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and incorporating some ideas into my everyday life. I am helping my girlfriend grow by sharing my learnings with her.

I was laid off about six weeks ago and for about the last two weeks I have been working hard on developing content for a blog on inspiration and building a website/blog about college football (Michigan Wolverines)!

[Ryan6]

I think it's all about those small little tasks that add up. Cramming as many in a day as possible is the way to go. Great post.

[Dot]

The ego likes to "inch" along - because it feels it's "doing" something.

Why have an interest at all in tomorrow? Tomorrow never comes. Tomorrow doesn't exist. The opportunity for work and growth is only in today. And today is just an unfolding series of moments. The ego will kick and scream and do everything it can to take our focus off the moment. It will put our focus on the past, on the future, on imaginary problems we're creating - on anything - to remove us from focusing on this moment. Because here - in this moment - is a level of power that scares the pants off the ego. And it's also a place where the ego can not enter.

Sometimes doing no-thing is exactly what's needed towards making a better today. We can all get busy busy in a flurry of activities, and "inch" towards improvement. Or we can allow things to be as they are, and then, from that place, move from a deeper understanding, and then actually by "doing" less we stop "inching" towards our own actualization - and begin moving at rates in terms of light-year speeds.

[Daffy Duck]

Originally Posted by Dot

Tomorrow never comes. Tomorrow doesn't exist.

I recently read words like this in The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle.

Then I noticed that he sells a calendar: Amazon.com: The Power of Now 2008 Calendar

[Dot]

Ha! Nice one, Mr. Duck!

Tolle is sort of exoterics on training wheels. I'm sure they'll come out with a Power of Now Bicycle soon enough. : )

[Remiel]

Why settle for inching along? I'm currently focusing on doing 3 things every day that improve my life by 50% or more. It works really well, the rest of the time is for me to just relax and have a good time.

[Sam kovacs]

50% improvement every day? i wanna hear more about that.

This is a quote, that i read on an inspirational quote site, and since i was thinking for a title for my post, and it just about matched, i decided to use it. But as you can see 7hours of my day are commited to stuff that doesn't "need" to be done.


Today

I planned my workouts, instead of justing lifting weights like a morron.

i worked out.

i did a few hours of basketball.

A couple of hours of revisions for an exam which i will take on friday

20minutes meditation

and that's all for today.

[Talkofthatown919]

i agree with this post
but truly our yesterdays actions are what the results of our today is

[Kaybee]

Sam,

This may sound crazy, but I start each day by reading the Bible. Interestingly, I find many personal development concepts there.....just worded differently. After I read and reflect, I have goals I review along with progress.

One of my current goals is to work on my new Website. I purposely created it to help document my ongoing self improvement and motivation efforts.

Kim
Self Improvement and Motivation
Fuel My Motivation.com

[MySweetLuck]

Sam it's a very good thread post and I really feel overwhelmed after reading the title....Yeah many of us are living a life like a corpse...there is no love, no goals....thanks Sam for I....

1. cycled 30 minutes with my brother
2. spent time with my nephews
3. finished reading a self development book called The message of a master
4. completed my office tasks
5. completed my meditation session at yoga class
6. posting about my success that brings closer to a better tomorrow


Thanks for this thread Sam...

- Michael Dan

[Mattyyy]

So far I wrote a brand new blog entry, posted it on my blog, and then posted a bit on these forums. This all makes me feel amazing, actually; I love writing and immersing myself in creative work, I love sharing what I know, I love connecting with people. Win-win-win! I expect the feeling to last all day.

[pinki]

Hi All,
Ive been lacking on taking consistent action and whining about why things dont work.

My goal is to work on taking consistent action.

Based on the article posted by Henrik Edberg, I am going to take action based on following pointers:

How to Take Consistent Action: 7 Powerful Tips

1. Use a morning ritual.
2. Do things even if you dont like it.
3. Dont hurt yourself.
4. Focus on and take the responsibility for the process, not the potential results.
5. Find and do what you love or like to do.
6. Let go of old self images.
7. Use reminders in your environment.

[Jarreddo]

Today I got some drawing done, which was nice. I'm trying to do at least a little every day.

On the downside, though, I started playing video games again and even went on 4chan for a bit. Those are things I've been trying to cut out of my life so I have more room for my art.

So, this evening: More art, and some meditation.

[pinki]

Today Ive finished studying design patterns questions and started XML questions.

Feels like Im getting on track....but I also wasted time on browsing the net.

I wanna get up early.

[MartinP]

@Pinki

I love that Henrik article!

There's also this article about Morning Habits:

6 Habits to Start the Day With | The Kaizan Blog


By the way, I want to keep reading every day. I got this book from Amazon yesterday about people making comebacks, and it was rubbish! Need to find a better book to read.
Any suggestions?

[Sam kovacs]

Hi something shocked me in one of the posts.

Originally Posted by pinki

My goal is to work on taking consistent action.

This just doesn't sound powerful. Try choosing the right words. "my goal is to take consistent action" is more powerful, and even more powerful is " i'm commited to take consistent action"
Ones words can be very powerful if chosen correctly.

Otherwise today:

2h30 of Cycling
50 minutes of lifting weights
1h30 of revising, for the exam,which takes place in 2 days.
20minutes meditation.
I thought about buyin "get the edge, from tony robbins"
I ordered "the game" by neil strauss, after reading about Plato's post on the personal development gurus that afected his life.
I read 40 pages of the mystery method.

And now i'm going to listen to some Tony robbins tracks that i never got around to listening.

[Aleksander Krstic]

I invested in my spirituality, thinking of what personal growth is and what does it mean to grow.

I tried to make a couple of folks in this forum a better day and I greeted a forum member. Small things count, right?

I tried to get better at games. Small things count, right?

[Sam kovacs]

Yeah small things count.

Kaybe, thinking about reading the bible isn't crazy, but actually readin it is.

A few months back, i started reading the bible for personal development ideas. Because i can't argue with it, some stuff in the bible is worth gold.

Just religion makes me ill, so this ain't for me.

[Sam kovacs]

Yesterday all i did was sport.

2h bike ride. 25minute run. 45 minute upper body workout. 30min swimming. 45min basketball.

Today, i plan on getting Tony robbins get the edge. Does any one know, if what's proposed in get the edge is any differant than what's in personal power two? I guess it is,but i'm just wondering if it isn't the same just compressed into 7days?