How to “Always Be Bettering!”
Achieving Goals
Personal growth sounds so cool and solid. And it seems that it is available only to the most outstanding people with a steel grip and great willpower. However, what if it is not? This is the biggest misconception of our time. It seems to us that we can do less than the others, but this is not so. Of course, each of us has our own capabilities, our own goals, and priorities. Each of us has our own way, but we are all capable of much more than we think we can achieve. So, here’s how you can achieve continuous personal growth!
Continuous Growth Should Be Your Habit
Continuous personal growth is a concept that requires steady feeding. Unfortunately, (or fortunately) we cannot force it to grow, having made an effort just once. In order to see movement, it is important to support yourself, to promote growth.
Every person tells themselves at least once that they need to change something in their life. However, this thought rarely pushes us into long term action. We attempt to radically change our position in society, but this did not work. More precisely, it worked, but not as tangible as we would like. So we give up and return to the point where we started.
In order to evolve and change, we need constant movement. Daily small steps that become beneficial habits. When we create consistency, we will be able to see this growth. We will be able to feel how our life is changing, after time we will gradually find ourselves where we dreamed of being only a couple of years prior.
Action, As the Pledge of Success for Continuous Personal Growth
The theory of constant movement is universal, and it has long been used by people who wanted the same things you want. This is the practice that you have to act here and now. There is no mythical “tomorrow” as a perfect time to start, no. We must reach our goal today. Even if our goal is small, we practice constant motion by achieving mini-goals daily.
Getting out of Your Comfort Zone is the Key to Continuous Growth
The well-known comfort zone is the main opposition to developing success. Why? Let’s look at a simple and even banal example.
You want to start your morning runs for a long time. You have the energy and desire for this, but you used to sleep until 8:00 in the morning. But for a successful run, without the scorching summer sun, you must get up at 6:00 AM. And so, you decide that it is time to start and you set the alarm at 5:30 AM. However, in the morning, when this alarm clock rings, you feel nice and comfortable in bed, wrapped in a light and soft blanket. In the moment, you choose the familiar and comfortable blanket instead of doing something new. You opt to stay in your comfort zone, and nothing changes. Only when you wake up at your usual time, 8 AM, in the morning you feel disappointed in yourself. Not the best morning, isn’t it?
As uncomfortable they may seem at first, stack the habits you want to welcome in your life. You might find your body and mind resisting to obey to these new life activities, but habit stacking can help you imbed them in your life until they feel completely natural.
That is why it is important to leave that “warm morning blanket” and get up. This is the only way to achieve even the slightest improvement in your life.
There is one very precise phrase that should help you get up every morning and strive for what you want. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” This phrase belongs to the American author and activist Helen Keller.
Consistency and Regularity are the Best Assistants to Achieve Goals
Remember that self-development is not a destination, it is a journey. Development is something that accompanies us throughout life. Many people believe that by completing their studies at a college or university, their “duty” of education is completed.
First of all, you need to understand that personal growth is directly related to education. However, this does not necessarily have to be a classic “formal” education in a university. This education is more aligned with a drive for self-education. A process where we explore things we’re curious about in a way that makes learning fun, which is why it’s important that this is not done under duress or duty.
Find a source of knowledge that is both educational and fun for you. For example, if you like reading books, buy books on personal growth. If you like watching videos, head straight to Ted Talks and listen to the words of some wise men and women. The platform even offers video playlists on different aspects of personal growth. All of you film-buffs should find movies that show you how self-improvement can affect one’s life. You should adapt the educational source to your interests. That’s how you’ll motivate yourself to embrace the personal growth journey.
We need to understand that only by developing our own skills we will be able to achieve something greater. It is also important to remember that any skill must be constantly maintained; like a muscle, if we stop using it, we lose it. We must repeat from time to time what we have learned once. Otherwise, we risk losing this very skill.
In order for self-education not to be forced, it is important to study what interests you.
For example, you wanted to learn a certain language all your life, but you haven’t started it yet? Start right now. This can be an interesting and fun process. Try to watch different videos in the language that interests you, or use an app like, Duolingo or Babbel If you’re watching videos, it could be fun to use embedded subtitles in order to see the text before your eyes and relate the pronunciation of the word to its spelling.
Assessment of Achievements
It is important that you don’t go back to the idea that you are still far away from reaching the main goal. Such a position will only oppress and provoke melancholy. Try to assess what you did during the 7 days at the end of each week. Performing a small step a day, your results will definitely be viewed. And when you see results, it will serve as the best motivator. More about the usefulness of weekly summing up, as well as the nuances of its implementation, you can read in this article.
Summarizing
In order to achieve continuous personal growth, it is important to move gradually, completing the task step by step today. And tomorrow will be tomorrow. Tomorrow there will be new tasks and actions. And remember that only our aspirations and efforts are able to fulfill our desires!
