Personal development not only advances your career but also creates a life you will love to live.

1. Use Personal Development To Live A Life You Love
http://www.wiggmanscoaching.com/personal- development- live- a- life- you- love/ April 16, 2013
Personal development is essential to your happiness because it
helps you discover who you truly are. Finding out who you want to
be in life will define your character, beliefs and give you a deeper
understanding of yourself overall. This article can help explain what
personal growth is, how it occurs and how anyone who desires can
attain it.
Setting personal development goals is the fastest way to living a life
you will love waking up to every day. Your goals will provide you
much needed direction and help you discover your ultimate purpose
in life. Start by breaking down your 1, 5 and 10 year goals into
smaller more manageable goals and commit to taking action on at
least one goal every day.
When you are setting your goals always keep an open and flexible mind as to what is possible and
that there is more than one way to achieve your goals. Be mindful of not changing plans daily
thinking you are merely being flexible because you will never actually follow through or complete
your goals. Set a solid plan with an end goal in site but understand there will be roadblocks and
obstacles along the way that may slow you down but with perseverance they will not stop you.
Personal development goals will give you the confidence to be a full time idea contributor and
make powerful requests within your professional field. So many great ideas just lay dormant in the
minds of awesome people due to not having the confidence needed to express themselves.
Through personal development you can set goals to share certain ideas and before long you will
attract the right attention to your performance.
Get enough sleep. I know this may seem strange to include
when we are discussing personal development goals but
sleep is a crucial part of personal success. Lack of sleep can
heighten feelings of anxiety, cause unneeded
confrontations, and make your body retain weight.
Consistently try to get a full 6-8 hours every night and you
will be amazed by the positive results you create.
If you are feeling unmotivated to take daily action check to
see if what you are choosing to do is conflicting with your
core values. Focus on living a life that doesn’t have you
worrying about what everyone else thinks of you. Build your
own character and love yourself first. Have integrity by ensuring all of your actions directly reflect
your personal values.
One thing to remember, before you even try to take on your personal development, is that no one
is perfect. Setting goals to become perfect will leave you feeling down about yourself because no
matter what you do, you cannot achieve perfection. The pursuit of perfection leads you down the
path of unhappiness. Just focus on being the best possible version of yourself.
A better life is yours to have as soon as you are ready to go get it. There is no real secret to
success. There are two different groups of people. One group simply chose not to accept what life
had to offer, committed to something more and went and got it, the other group didn’t.

2. You can make the conscious choice to pursue personal development today or wait until a personal
struggle or tragedy forces you into action and hope for the best. Don’t wish for a better life to fall
into your lap, choose to take action today to expand your self-knowledge and grow as a person.
Take Action Request:
Take the time right now to write out just one personal development goal. Maybe it is to eliminate a
bad habit, save money for something important or fulfill a desire you have ben putting off. Once
you write it out ask yourself – Who do I need to become to make this a goal a reality? Then get to
answering that question.
Your Life Your Choice Your Design
Darrin Wiggins
If you have never worked on your personal development don’t worry. It all starts with one small
step. All you need to do is take it.