Personal development program. A personal self-development plan is a guarantee of a happy and fulfilling life

Do you know that the 25 highest paid top managers in Russia earn 1000 times more than 25 good middle managers with work experience? Data based on forbes article.

Why do you think?

What is the difference, why do some people earn as much in 2 hours of work as their colleagues do in a year? A consultation with a famous doctor can be ten times more expensive than a regular one. Why, what is the secret of success?

The secret is in the self-development of a person's personality, in order to succeed you need to do something better than others. Remember, will you choose the worst option for cooperation? Everyone wants to get to good doctor, teacher, employer, our whole life is a choice and everyone wants to choose only the best.

What do you need to do to get better?

To get better, you need 2 things:

- Work, this is a mandatory attribute of any long-term success;

- Good understanding of where to put effort, i.e., the vector of labor input.

And how to find out the direction where the invested work will give the maximum return? The direction of labor is determined by knowledge, i.e. self-development of a person and way of thinking. Imagine a situation from life, you need to get from point "A" to point "B", 2 people:

- First man unfamiliar with the city and in it for the first time;

- Second person, is familiar with the city and knows what transport can be used, where there are traffic jams and other information.

Who do you think will get from point A to point B the fastest? A person familiar with the city or not?

Why would there be a difference in speed?

Knowledge determines the shortest path from point "A" to point "B". In life just the same knowledge helps us find the shortest path to happiness, success, achievement, money and whatever you want. When we drive, knowing the traffic situation - traffic jams, the best route and other information allows us to get to our destination faster. In life, knowledge also helps to avoid mistakes and achieve success faster.

Now I will talk about 7 ways of personal development to gain new knowledge in your field that will help you succeed in your career and life faster. So, the plan (program) of self-development is as follows:

1. Read while waiting and transport

History from life

Now I will tell a little story about myself and share my impressions. I myself was born and lived in Samara, and when I was about 15 years old I ended up in Moscow. The first thing I noticed when I got into the subway car was that many of them had newspapers in their hands. It was about 2000, there were no e-books and smartphones then, so people read newspapers. It was unusual for me, in Samara I hardly saw people reading in transport, and therefore I remember it well.

Later, I realized how important it is to use time on the road or while waiting to good use. A huge amount of time is lost when we are waiting for someone or riding in transport. I will share my experience: When I plan to go somewhere, I always take my tablet with me to write articles or read e-books saved on the same tablet. I also always have a smartphone with me, on which several e-books are saved, because there are situations when it is more convenient to read from a phone than from a tablet. For example, if one hand is busy, then the phone is more convenient to hold than the tablet. If you are in a queue or crowded transport, then reading from a phone is also more convenient than from a tablet.

To use the time in waiting and in transport with benefit always take a book, magazine with you or download them to your tablet, phone, laptop. So you can always spend time in transport or waiting with benefit. In crowded transport, it is very convenient to read from the phone, because it is always with you and only 1 hand is required to read. You can cut pages of interest from magazines and put them in a folder with files to read while waiting.

2. Trainings, offline courses

Do you know how training differs from reading and other sources of information? Why spend a lot of time and money? Why can't I watch a webinar or read a book?

History from life

I will tell you a little story from my life. I first came to the training when I was about 20 years old. The training was about sales. Despite the fact that about 10 years have passed since that moment, I still remember the main key points training. I am sure that if a few more decades pass and my health does not fail, I will still remember these skills. Moreover, the skills that I remember well, I apply in everyday life.

Another situation with books. In my life I have read a lot of business literature and I can say that the skills read in the text are quickly forgotten from memory, especially if they are not put into practice. Why do you think information is remembered better at a good training? What is the secret of trainings, why are people willing to pay money for training, which can be used to buy several dozens, or even hundreds of books?

The secret of training

Emotions are the secret to any good training.. That is why information in trainings is remembered better than when reading books. And the more you experience emotions, the better you will remember this event. Everyone knows that without an antenna, the TV does not show. If you connect a portable antenna, the signal is amplified and the TV starts to show many channels. And if you put the antenna on the roof of the building, then even more channels become available in even more best quality. Emotions are like a TV antenna that amplifies the signal, i.e. the transmitted information.

Trainings play a big role and make it easier to remember the transmitted information compared to reading books and magazines, especially in a field where it is important to consolidate practical skills. This is achieved due to the fact that the trainings are more involved in the emotional, visual and sound components thanks to a live storyteller.

Types of training

A) Industry training, according to your field of activity;

B) Personal growth aimed at developing personal qualities, for example, in time management, oratory, and others.

Go to trainings not only for knowledge, but also to recharge yourself with emotions that motivate you to new achievements in life.

3. Books

I'll ask a very simple question: How many books have you read in Last year, month?" Many answer: "We have no time to read books." Let's be clear. Do you want to live tomorrow better than now? If you didn't want to, then you wouldn't be watching this video or reading this article. And if you want to live better tomorrow, then the reason is not a lack of time, but a lack of understanding or unwillingness to read books. Right?

Why read books

Publishing a printed book is an expensive business, because you have to invest money in layout, preparation, printing, and in order to get to bookshelf an offline store needs useful content, otherwise it will not be bought and removed from the store accordingly. In connection with such difficulties, only the best ones, as a rule, end up on the shelves of bookstores. Therefore, reading industry books is the foundation of your knowledge.

4. The 30 minute rule

We know a huge number of stories of entrepreneurs who have gone from poverty to the number of the richest people in the world. How do you think, what principle lies in the growth of the entrepreneur's well-being? The principle is very simple - investing in a business. The entrepreneur invests part of the profit in equipment, premises, renovation, etc., so that these investments pay off and bring more money in the future. If there is no investment, then there is no growth.

Why do you think you need to spend time on self-development? The contribution of personal time to self-development is an investment in oneself, the scheme is the same as in business, the more we invest, the more profit can be expected in the future. When you spend time on self-development, then your further actions become more thoughtful, more accurate and faster, which means that your investment of time begins to pay off.

In some cases, the time will pay off immediately, in some in a month or even a year. But the payback principle is inevitable sooner or later. For example, having sharpened knives in the kitchen in 5 minutes, in a week you can recoup the time spent, because. sharp knives will cut faster. Also in self-development, having spent time studying information, you can recoup this time through more effective and thoughtful actions.

Set aside at least 30 minutes every day. for self-development: reading books, magazines, viewing thematic videos. The time of daily self-development depends on the existing baggage of knowledge and the specifics of your industry. But in many areas, it may take more than 1 or even several hours of daily self-development to achieve success.

For maximum efficiency, engage in self-development during the period of time when you are at the peak of activity. Usually, many people have a peak of activity in the morning, because after sleep there is a lot of energy. If you get up early, for example, at 5 am, then there will be no distractions and you will be able to use this time to the maximum benefit.

5. Fast reading

Think back to your most recent book you read. I’ll make a reservation right away that the book should be non-fiction, it can be business literature, a book on a specialty or other informational orientation. Do you remember the last book you read?

And now question: “If you were asked to write the content of the book you read, that is, to retell the book, in your own language, then how many pages would it take to write everything that you remember?” Guess this figure at least roughly. Look no further until you mentally estimate the number of pages you will need to retell the contents of the last non-fiction book you read.

Appreciated? Let's say you read a 300 page book and memorized 3 pages. That is, from memory you can write 3 pages of text from this book. And this means that you remember only 1% of the information you read from the book. And there is nothing strange in this, because our brain can remember only the most important, the secondary does not even make sense to read, because we will soon forget it anyway.

Reading books in full is very unproductive. Reading books in their entirety is an old habit from the times when there was a lack of information. My parents told me times when books were severe deficit. But now in the world, on the contrary, there is an overabundance of information. It is better to read the most important of 3 books than to read the whole book.

Now I will tell you how to find the most important information in any books to read only her. The method consists of the following 4 parts:

Stage 1. General information about the book. Read everything on the front and back covers, abstract, introduction, author information. Read the entire table of contents and start reading all the headings and subheadings as you flip through the pages, also look at the pictures and read the captions. Treat this stage with attention, act at an average pace. Duration: 10-15 min. for the whole book. Having studied the general information, it will then be much easier to understand which chapters and sections to read in full, and which quickly.

Stage 2. Reading the most important. Always read the title and subtitle, if they hooked, then the first paragraph. Often it is in the first one or the first two paragraphs that the summary the content of the subsequent text of the chapter. Therefore, it is worth reading the first paragraph almost always and sometimes also the second. If the text in the first and second paragraphs and in the headings didn't catch you at all, move on to the next heading.

Also always read bold, italics, image captions. If there are brief conclusions at the end of the chapters, then read them too. Additionally, you can read one random paragraph on each page. While reading, move your finger under the sentence you are reading, this simple action will help you better focus on the text.

Stage 3. Don't read everything. If you feel that the text is useful - read everything in a row at a normal pace. Some books can be very useful and can be read carefully from cover to cover, but do not neglect the rule of speed reading in other cases. If the first one or 2 paragraphs did not hook you, feel free to turn the pages to the next heading, in extreme cases, read an additional random paragraph at a time. There is no point wasting time on minor things, it is better to read the most important of 2 or 3 books than everything in a row from one.

Stage 4. Reading vertically. If you read and understand that this is not a text, but solid water, but still you are afraid to miss something important, then read vertically. Mentally draw a line across the text from top to bottom and read one word from each line that crosses the mental vertical line. The rule is: "1 word - 1 line". This rule will increase the speed of your reading at times and you will not miss the important.

When you come across a very useful thought that can greatly change your life. Read it 5-10 times and say the same amount from memory so as not to forget. Then circle it and in the margins of the notes at the end of the book indicate the page number where you circled important text, you can also fold the corners of the pages. And after a few years, you will be able to very quickly recall all the important thoughts of the book in your memory by quickly flipping through it and reading the previously selected fragments. If the book is electronic, then make a text file with the most important notes and store it in the same folder as the book.

Circle the chapters that you have read completely and sign. Also sign the chapters that you skimmed over, i.e., using the speed reading technology. It is important to sign the chapters you have read so that after a few years, do not read again what has already been read if you need to. Additional Information. Also, if you need information from a book you read, you knew where to look for it.

Do not use speed reading in fiction, because the classics are read for pleasure. Fiction should be read at a pace that suits your relaxed state to rest and unwind. Don't spoil your fun fiction fast reading.

6. The 50/50 rule

We live in an era of consumption, words such as: shopping, shopaholic have taken root in our lives. I very often see among friends and relatives how many people buy completely unnecessary things and only because they are cheap. And then these things are moved to the attic or to the pantry and lie there until they are thrown away. How to call it: Buying junk you don't need.

Think about how much money we spend on unnecessary things? Now think about how much money you invest in yourself to become better, in your self-development? Buying junk and unnecessary things is a bad investment and it reduces both your financial wealth and your free time. And investing in self-development is a good investment in your future, which pays off and helps you achieve success faster.

When you develop and gain new knowledge, you understand how to quickly achieve success in the chosen direction. Feel the difference? Excessive consumption leads to degradation and stagnation. And investing in your education leads to growth and success. That's the difference.

I'll ask a very simple question: Estimate how much money you spend every month on car maintenance, unnecessary shopping, restaurants, entertainment, clubs, alcohol, etc.? Don't read any further until you estimate the cost of your entertainment for the month.

Appreciated? Now estimate how much money you invest in your self-development in order to achieve your goals and achieve success? How many books did you buy and read? How often do you go to trainings, seminars, seek advice from professionals in your field?

In order for life, in addition to pleasure, to have a movement towards success through self-development, a balance is needed. How to balance entertainment and self-development? Use simple and effective rule 50/50 . The 50/50 rule means that when you have money for entertainment: Restaurants, new purchases, improved quality of life, spend as much on your education as on entertainment, i.e. 50% rest and 50% development. This rule can greatly accelerate your career and personal growth.

Are you going shopping? Visit the training. All expenses in half - 50/50. Did you go to a restaurant? Attend a seminar. All expenses in half - 50/50.

7. Audiobooks

Do you know the advantages of an audiobook over an electronic or text book? It is enough to go to the ozon.ru online store to understand that audiobooks are not in demand. Many do not even realize the benefits of audiobooks and therefore do not buy them. Now I will tell you more about when to listen to audio books and their advantages over text books.

Benefits of Audiobooks

There are 2 most informative channels for obtaining information: visually or through speech. Visual information requires a strong concentration of the gaze, i.e. read, watch and simultaneously perform some physical actions difficult. After all, most actions in life require a look to make them correct, accurate and fast. And audio information does not require any concentration of the gaze, you can perform the usual physical actions and simultaneously receive information through hearing. Therefore, they listen to the radio in the car, and not the TV, because in order for the driver’s actions to be correct, concentration of the gaze on the road is needed.

Here's the difference between audiobooks and textbooks: When you're reading, there are very few things that can be done in parallel, because most physical activities require a look. BUT when you listen to an audiobook, you can do a lot of physical activities at the same time. Thus, you can combine 2 things at once: physical activities and listening to an audiobook.

For example, you can cook food and listen to an audiobook. You can disassemble the table and listen to an audiobook. Any physical activity: cleaning, repairing, cooking, playing sports, etc. can be done in parallel while listening to an audiobook.

How to listen to audiobooks

The question may seem very simple, but I'll ask it to you anyway. The question is: "How to listen to music when you walk down the street?" Answer: “you put on your headphones and walk while listening to music.” With audiobooks, do the same as with music - if you walk, you can also listen to audiobooks through headphones by downloading them to your player or phone. Question two: "How to listen to music in society, so as not to disturb others?" Answer: Through headphones. Do the same with audiobooks. When people are around you, you can listen to audiobooks with headphones in order not to disturb them.

Text to sound

And now I will share with you a unique idea that few people know about. Do you think it is possible to turn an electronic text book into an audio book, i.e. translate text into sound? You probably know that pieces of music are played by notes. You can also make an audiobook from text. You will have a question: “It turns out that you need someone to read the book aloud?” I will answer: “No. The computer will read the book at a speed hundreds of times faster than human reading speed.

And now, how to make an audiobook from a text. You need to install 2 programs: Balabolka and Talker. You copy the text into the program and it creates music files that you can listen to. Thus, it becomes possible to listen to all recordings in electronic form. Personally, I create audiobooks from text using the Talker program, but first I install the Balabolka program, because it has the engine necessary for the Talker program to work.

8. Choose the best books

To get the most out of reading, give preference to only the best books. How to choose the best book? Take a look at a large online store, for example, ozon.ru, there is a rating of books from readers, sort the books by popularity and proceed with the further selection:

- Read the table of contents(for most books, the first pages are posted on the site for informational purposes);

- Read book reviews;

Try to find out how long does the author write, how more themes better

Make sure that author familiar not only with the theory, but also in practice, he himself studied this issue well. If the author has no practical experience, then think about it: Can a trainer who has read 1000 books on martial arts, but did not participate in competitions, be able to teach you karate?

- Assess if there practical advice in the book. If there is no practice, then such a book may be useless. For example, imagine you want to open your own business and you have 2 books in front of you: One is an economics professor who has never been an entrepreneur, and the other is written by a real entrepreneur and contains practical advice. What book will you buy? There are many areas of activity where, without practical experience, it is impossible to understand the real order of things. Theory without practice is like learning karate from a book on the couch.

9. Speed ​​reading courses

The skill of speed reading becomes more important every day, as the amount of information in the world increases. The principle of speed reading is to choose what is important and not read the rest. The point is that there is not enough time to read all the books of interest, so it makes sense to learn the most important from several books than to read everything from a single one.

Of course, it is possible to master speed reading without courses, but compared to courses or training, individual study can seem boring and difficult, and you will abort this initiative. The courses will be more interesting than studying on your own. The use of speed reading makes sense in non-fiction. Therefore, if you read classical works for pleasure, you should not disturb the harmony by speed reading.

10. Exhibitions

Visit all thematic exhibitions, where you can meet the most successful companies and learn from their experience. Come up and be interested in the technologies used, you can not even hide that you are doing the same, but consider everyone as a partner. because if you cannot complete the order, you can recommend your partner or cooperate as a subcontractor on mutually beneficial terms.

The peculiarity of the exhibitions is that in one place you can communicate with the first persons of the enterprises. Many directors and heads of companies personally attend exhibitions and communicate with visitors. In addition to invaluable experience in conversation, you can find a business partner.

11. Coaching or personal consultations

This is individual training from a specialist in a particular field. If a specialist can really teach something, then this is one of the most effective methods self-development, because you can learn details that are not described in books and magazines, i.e., reveal the topic of interest to you more deeply.

And what is very important, to get a competent view from the outside, because a person makes many mistakes, due to excessive self-confidence in his rightness, because in many situations it is harder for us to admit our mistakes than to go the wrong way. From the side of the error is always more visible.

12. Read the most relevant at the moment

Gone are the days when books were in short supply and information was scarce. Now, on the contrary, there is an overabundance of information. Many people have a huge number of unread books on their bookshelves. Do not read books or magazines from beginning to end. Choose only the chapters that interest you and read only them. Our The brain is designed in such a way that it better remembers the information that we need now.. And the more we need information in this moment the better we will remember it.

There is also feedback, many people read all sections in books and magazines, with the hope that perhaps this will be useful in the future. But remembering the principle of the brain, we can say with confidence that such reading is not productive, since we do not remember information that we do not need now and, moreover, we will not apply it in the near future, i.e. we will not fix it in practice. It is like a container of water with a hole, no matter how much water is poured into the container, it will still flow out and the labor will be in vain.

A particularly large surplus, potentially unnecessary information found in glossy magazines. It should be remembered that by reading an unhelpful article, we miss the time that could be spent reading another more useful one.

13. Conferences, seminars, master classes

Conferences, seminars, master classes are regularly held in many areas of activity. Participation in such events may be free of charge. Information about upcoming events can be found on the websites samopoznanie.ru and vsetreningi.ru

Additionally, you can type in the search engine phrases:

- “Conferences + class. Phrase"

- “Seminars + class. Phrase"

- “Master classes + class. Phrase"

Where "cl. Phrase" can be the following: "the name of your city", "the subject of your activity". For example, “conferences on psychology” or “seminars in Samara”.

14. Trade magazines

These are magazines dedicated to your activities. They can publish new ideas, successful examples of implementation. Interviews with other experts will help you gain invaluable knowledge very quickly. Subscribe to industry magazines to keep up with new ideas and opportunities in an ever-changing world.

You can find out what industry magazines exist by visiting an industry exhibition, which usually has pavilions with thematic literature. And they can also be found on the Internet by typing the phrase “magazine” + key queries on your subject in the search, for example: “construction magazine”, “fireplace magazine”, etc.

15. Video tutorials

There are now a huge number of training courses on the Internet, which are a series of lessons in text or video formats. These are the so-called tutorials. The advantage of training video courses is that the information is prepared by a specialist in their field and structured, so there is no need to waste time searching from different sources.

Tutorials are free - as a rule, this is a small demo version so that you can evaluate the level of a specialist and paid ones, they contain the most full information. The courses are distributed on dvd disks or downloaded from the authors' websites.

Training video courses differ from books in that they focus on practice. For example, a photoshop course contains video tutorials in which the author shows on video all his actions on the computer, which is much easier to understand than reading such information from a book.

Here are examples of sites where you can find a huge number of training courses, including free ones: info-hit.ru, video-kursov.net. You can find other sites if you type in the search engine: "Training video courses."

16. Blogs, websites

Many leading experts maintain their own blogs in which they share their opinions and notes. Find and browse the blogs of experts on your subject, many of which have the ability to subscribe to updates.

17. Forums

If you have questions about your field of activity, then many of them, especially of a technical nature, can be solved by writing about them on the forum. Thematic forums on the Internet are a great opportunity to quickly resolve issues of concern in many areas.

18. Online consultations

To get an advanced answer to your question, you can use paid consultation. There are special services in which a huge number of specialists are represented in various fields. There you can get both free and paid consultation.

To find such sites, type in the search engine the phrase "online consultation". The advantages of such services is that you can quickly find an authoritative specialist, see reviews, his past answers, work experience and much more, which you agree is very important. An example of online consultations: liveexpert.ru

19. Mailing lists

Many may have associations associated with spam. In fact, mailing list directories are not associated with spam. To receive emails from the mailing list, you need to subscribe. There will be no letters without a subscription, and if you need to unsubscribe, this can always be done very simply by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link in the letter or in the personal account of the mailing list.

A lot of reputable specialists conduct their email newsletters. A large number of these authoritative specialists conduct thematic mailings on special services. Namely, on these services you can find and subscribe to a huge number of industry mailing lists in just one evening. There are 2 most popular email marketing services with a huge number of reputable specialists: smartresponder.ru and subscribe.ru. Just go to the "newsletters" section on these services, then "catalog" and subscribe to the most interesting ones for you.

You can even subscribe to all thematic mailing lists. And when I receive letters from the authors, it will be very easy to refuse - by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link in the letter or in the personal account of the mailing list. By receiving thematic newsletters from experts, you can keep abreast of new trends in your field of activity, as well as gain invaluable knowledge from experts in their field.

20. Social networks

Almost all bloggers and influencers have social media accounts. Social networks will allow you not only to learn about the latest publications of the author, but also to follow his life. Lifestyle successful people will help anyone to adopt this experience and improve their own lives faster.

So that you have a guideline to strive for - subscribe to the news of the most authoritative specialists in your field on social networks, add them as friends. And now you will have the opportunity to learn in much more detail from which bricks success in your activity is built.

To find authoritative experts in your field, go to an online bookstore, you can use the same ozon.ru and find books in your industry, list the authors of these books. Now, by typing in the search engine, the full name of the authors, you can find their social accounts. networks. Subscribe to all reputable specialists in the social. networks.

Also in social networks there are thematic groups. You can find thematic groups using the group search, which is available in almost all social networks. networks. Enter in the search bar social network keywords related to your industry and join the most interesting groups to stay up to date with interesting content and the latest news.

21. Youtube

A huge number of authoritative specialists create videos. The video format in many areas of activity allows you to better convey the essence of the matter. There are authors who make excellent educational videos, but do not write articles, so the information on the video hosting may be unique and cannot be skipped, because it may not be available elsewhere.

You can find reputable specialists in the same way as in social networks. networks by typing keywords related to your industry in the youtube search. Video will allow you to combine several things at once, for example, you can watch and do something else at the same time. For example, watch a thematic video and eat. Or play sports and watch videos. Find and subscribe to channels of reputable specialists in youtube.

P.S. If you have any difficulties or questions on the article you read, as well as on the topics: Psychology (bad habits, experiences, etc.), sales, business, time management, etc., ask me, I will try to help. Skype consultation is also possible.

P.P.S. You can also take an online training "How to get 1 hour extra time". Write comments, your additions;)

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Step one. Self-development plan for the year

in front of you rough plan how to change your life in 365 days. Of course, this is just a template. Each person is different, so this plan can be reduced or, conversely, supplemented.

So let's get started! You have 365 days before you to change your life.

Dedicate the first month to working on self-knowledge.

What is self-knowledge? Self-knowledge is the understanding of oneself as a person. It begins in infancy and continues throughout life, being formed under the influence of outside world and knowledge of the inner "I". Self-knowledge is unique to man. It helps to answer the questions: “Who am I?”, “Why do I live?”, “What is the meaning of life?”, “Why do I not develop relationships with loved ones?”.

Self-knowledge is more inherent in creative and thinking people. Without the torments of self-knowledge, there would be no brilliant scientists, actors, artists. But ordinary people also turn to self-knowledge when they find themselves in a crisis situation. Assessing the circumstances, a person tries to understand himself, to understand what could lead him to this problem, looking for the motives of his actions and, as a result, finds a way out of this black life band.

To find your true self, honestly answer the following questions:

What do I know about myself?

What do I think of myself?

How do I rate myself?

How do I feel about myself?

My real self-image: what am I really?

My ideal self-image: what would I like to be?

Mirror image of me: what do others think of me?

Study the Jogari Window: Looking Inward exercise. Find your strengths and weaknesses. Make a plan for what you need to change about yourself.

The second month is goal setting. Human thinking is different from animal thinking based on instincts. A person thinks about the meaning of life, tries to find his destiny. Therefore, in order to make your life meaningful, filled with meaning, you must set true goals for yourself. Goals will be your guiding light. And a separate chapter of our book will help you in setting goals.

The third month is getting out of your comfort zone. To change your life, you need to acquire new knowledge, new life experience and skills. All this can be mastered only if you leave the usual comfort zone that limits personal growth. In our book, an entire chapter is dedicated to how to change your comfort zone.

The fourth month should be devoted to mastering the science of time management - time management. To achieve your goals, you just need to learn the correct distribution of time. The life of modern people has become like an endless race: a nervous and long road to service, study, production, emergency work, part-time jobs. Time for personal life it doesn't come. As a result, at the finish line of this race, instead of tempting prizes, the runners will experience nervous breakdowns, fatigue, and depression. If this life scenario does not suit you, then listen very carefully to the chapter of our book on time management.

Changing your life, you should change your image. Dedicate the fifth month of your work on yourself to this. Change your personal space so that it is comfortable and pleasant for you. Using the teachings of Feng Shui, put the "material" and "energy" order in the house. Learn image theory and work on your internal state matches the look.

When changing your image, ask yourself questions: why should you change your image? Why are you no longer satisfied with your appearance? Perhaps you have already changed your social status, made a breakthrough in your career. Or, maybe, on the contrary, it is worth changing the image in order to position yourself more expensively, to create the necessary reputation, name? Correctly set goal or motive will help to find Right way in changing his appearance.

You can use another exercise.

Take a sheet of paper, divide it into three columns. In the first column, write down what qualities you want to have (for example, you want to become a brighter personality, more relaxed, or, conversely, businesslike). In the second column, write down what you need to look like this. In the third column, write how this can be corrected. If your knowledge is not enough, you can contact the stylists.

But don't make superficial changes. A business suit will not turn you into a businessman or business man, and a dress from Gucci - in a socialite. You should not enter the image without having an internal mood for this.

The sixth month - we study material on creating positive thinking. The ability to think positively is the path to freedom, success, new life, personal growth. Each person can be loved, successful and happy. What we have today is the result of our yesterday's thinking. Our future is the result of our thinking today. That is why, if we want to change our life in better side you just need to learn positive thinking. After all, it is the positive, optimistic mood of our thoughts that causes positive emotions and feelings. And those, in turn, have a great effect on our health, energy, help to put into practice even the most, at first glance, unrealizable desires.

Learning to think positively is a lot of work. Both our ancestors and our contemporaries wrote about how to master this science. Even religions teach a person not to indulge in despondency, considering it a great sin. A lot of useful information The development of positive thinking is described in the books of José Silva, Elizabeth Haych and Roberta Dilts. Read them.

Seventh month. So six months of your training have passed, allow yourself to rest. Rethink what you've learned. Relax and enjoy life, pleasant moments.

Eighth month. Review your personal relationships, evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, maybe it's time to change something in them?

Relations between people can be compared to a living organism that needs constant care. This is the area of ​​life where responsibility for what is happening is valued exactly in half between partners. There can be no struggle in a relationship. If you win, then the partner loses, therefore, the relationship remains the loser. But if the relationship wins, both partners win.

You have to learn how to build relationships by working on yourself. It is impossible to make your partner happy or unhappy, because not in all areas of his life you will influence him and help him, and even more so you cannot loved one change. Some still manage to fashion their idea out of a life partner, but this does not bring happiness to a partner, therefore, it does not bring happiness to relationships either.

Relationships between people are an indicator of the inner world of a person. If the relationship began to go wrong, it means that the breakdown has occurred within you. Your partner is your mirror. Before making claims to your companion, look at yourself from the outside. If a person is harmonious inside, it means that he has harmony in relations with others. While working on your qualities, observe the reaction of your life partner. If it starts to change, then your work on yourself is going in the right direction.

And remember, do not transfer career problems into personal relationships. If the negative received at work is vented in the family, then as a result there will be problems in both areas of life.

Devote the ninth month to the study of meditation. Millions of events take place every second in our vast world. New stars light up, the wind drives waves across the ocean, birds flutter from branch to branch, or just snowflakes fall from the sky. All things, both large and small, become part of the moment and merge into a single whole. And we are also part of this moment. Learn to live with appreciation this moment. Don't miss it. Only by appreciating every second lived, we will realize the fullness of life and get a chance to move forward.

Master this month simple meditations to learn to feel the taste of life. For example, if time starts to run away from you, breathe. Just do deep breath, exhale. Feel the air fill your lungs. Pay attention to other senses: sight, hearing, touch. Listen the world. How many sounds in it! This is the noise of engines, and the singing of birds, and the splashing of water, the creaking of trees, the rumble of aircraft. Learn to appreciate every second of your life!

Tenth month. During this period, it is worth practicing generosity and learning to forgive insults. Many of us associate the word "generosity" with material donations. But this is far from true. Let's think, maybe generosity is love?

If a person loves, then he is generous in his actions. He sees who needs his money, time, attention, care, and shares all this. Generosity originates in heart desire, openness, compassion, in the ability to listen. Giving gifts to others, we thereby show how much we appreciate and love them.

You can give not only something material, but also your time, your care, just a kind word. Often the other person just needs to be heard. And you, having spent your time talking with him and saying at the same time good words, give a person hope and help.

There can be no generosity good relations in family. And do not think that when I get rich, I will be more generous and attentive. Don't live for tomorrow. Your care is needed by your loved ones today and, perhaps, right now. Spend more time with your closest people.

And if it so happened that you were offended, then learn the art of forgiveness. Many of us do not understand why it is necessary to forgive traitors, offenders, liars. But forgiveness is the liberation of oneself from the burden on the soul. While resentment sits inside you, it has tremendous power over you, makes you suffer, constantly turns on unpleasant emotions inside you, and does not give you the opportunity to enjoy life. And if a person bears resentment in his soul for many years, then his body is in constant stress, resentment destroys a person from the inside, causing strokes, heart attacks, diseases.

Your offender will dominate you until you forgive him.

What does it mean to forgive? Forgiveness is the acceptance of the situation that has occurred, sometimes contrary to one's own attitudes. After all, you cannot change what happened, but it is in your power to change your attitude towards what happened. By forgiving the offender, you forgive yourself, and do not recognize the correctness of your opponent. This does not at all impose obligations on you in the sense that your relationship should remain at the same level. By forgiving, you are freed from the grievances of the past, finding energy for a new life.

Try this exercise. Sit in a comfortable position, close your eyes. Imagine that you are on the shore of a warm sea, sand under your feet, and waves are splashing nearby. Relax and, without tension, remember the old childhood resentment that still sits in your soul. Remember that little offended kid. Mentally take this child in your arms and try to calm him down, convincing him that you will always be there now and will not let him offend. The baby will begin to smile more and more. But he smiles inside you, freeing you from a long-standing childish resentment. Say goodbye to your baby and open your eyes. Repeat this exercise several times, and you will feel that it has become easier for you.

And for the future, take on board the rule: you need to live without offense. Moreover, a person cannot be offended, he is always offended himself.

So the eleventh month has come, it's time to start studying financial literacy. Although you comprehend the science of self-development, financial well-being- a necessary thing. Without money, a person cannot fulfill not only his desires and dreams, but also purely physiological needs. It is not worth comforting yourself with thoughts that you live no worse than others. Achieving financial independence is a very difficult matter, especially since parents do not teach it, do not pass it in school, and there is no single recipe for success and wealth. Start learning financial literacy with family budgeting. This will give you the opportunity to spend your budget with the maximum benefit. Draw a table and indicate in it a list of items of your income, in another column - expenses. Compare numbers. It may be worth somewhere to cut costs or optimize them. Think about where you can invest the rest of the money. Read the literature on personal budgeting and spending. Once you have a schedule, learn to stick to it.

Ahead is the last, twelfth, month of your training. Month of summing up and drawing up a plan for next year. Evaluate your achievements, what did you achieve, what is still worth working on, what can you learn?

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Self-development - is it important in today's time? In the modern world of high technologies, maybe someone will answer: “No. What for? Everything has already been thought of for us, it remains only to enjoy the benefits of civilization.” And what if famous artists, great musicians or outstanding scientists in their time thought so? Would we have what we have now? Would we know what the Internet is and about many other useful things without which our age cannot be imagined?

Self-knowledge is a life-long path that every person passes on his path of becoming. Self-development is an integral part of each individual, making life diverse and interesting. In addition to the fact that a person must go through the established stages of general development in his life, such as kindergarten, school and university, it is necessary to do something that would bring moral satisfaction. Be it languages, music, sports, or maybe cooking.

The passed stages do not make a personality out of a person. It is formed only by our efforts and diligence over many years. By doing a certain thing, a person creates an improved version of himself. At the same time, it not only satisfies the moral side of life, but also increases its importance in the labor market. Since the more and better skills you have, the higher your professional value.

Right choice

Self-development and self-knowledge can contribute to right choice professions, because, learning different areas, learning something new and trying on different roles for themselves, everyone chooses what is closer to him, and in which he feels more confident.

Remembering your surroundings, think about how many of them really do what they love and what brings them not only a stable and high wages but also peace of mind. Whether you want to make a profit or public recognition, doing what you love, or still be where you don’t like to be.

At times, everyone thinks about the changes that could be presented in their lives. This is due to the fact that everyone has a potential that needs to be realized. One part of people who have decided to change themselves go and do it, despite the difficulties encountered on their way, make every effort, and as a result get the result they dreamed of. for a long time. The other part, not finding support in relatives or friends, or faced with other obstacles, drop everything and return to their former life, watching the former from the sidelines. You should not let go of your hands and always be in the territory of observers, you can develop yourself, get to know yourself in different areas, become an example for others.

Browsing the Internet, one can find ordinary people that attract a significant audience. They found what they like to do, what they are good at. For many, their profiles with beautiful photos, soulful posts or motivating achievements become a “kick” to action, to start looking for yourself. Self-development and self-knowledge takes a lot of time and effort. But if you think about it, those people didn't become famous at the snap of their fingers, they also struggle with the old selves every day, come up with new ideas, develop and motivate others with pleasure.

Personal development plan

Everyone who follows the path of self-development, strives for something new for himself, has a certain plan drawn up in his head or on paper. You can call it "Plan of self-development of personality." It may consist of the following steps:

1. Self-esteem at this stage of life;

The first step is to determine who you are now? Are you satisfied with everything given period time or something needs to be changed? The result that you would like to achieve is not so important here, the desire and desire for change plays a significant role.

1. Formation of a clear goal;

Once you get to this step, decide what exactly you want to change:

• find a new hobby
• try yourself in another profession
• engage in sports or achieve certain results in it, etc.

When the goal is defined and set, it is necessary to determine how to go to it, in a different way, subgoals.

1. Definition of subgoals;

Think of subgoals as small steps towards a big goal. For example, if a person studies foreign language, he does not immediately take on difficult topics, but starts from the very beginning. Having studied the initial level, he moves on to a more complex one, and so on.

1. Action in practice;

It is important to act and not to postpone everything for another time or another day. Once the goal is set and the sub-goals are defined, you need to start.

1. Analysis of the achieved results.

After some time, when the goal is achieved, or when several sub-goals are conquered, you need to analyze how you, or your life, have changed.

Forward to the goal!

Working on yourself is a daily painstaking work, which, with diligence, will certainly bear fruit. The main thing to overcome is laziness and fear that nothing will work out. Putting things off until tomorrow can put them off for the rest of your life. And when the realization comes that, in youth, it was possible to catch everything and everything, it will be a shame that they vegetated their lives on TV or wasted it on the Internet. So why not get down to business? If languages ​​were good at school, it is never too late to learn the one that is closer to your liking. If you want to dance, but shyness takes over, fight your fears.

In this publication, I would like to deviate a little from the usual financial topics in order to talk about self-development and tell what it could be personality development program. Analyzing the statistics of the site and communicating with readers, I noticed that motivating articles about that, etc. are very popular, especially among regular readers. Therefore, I decided to pay more attention to the development of this topic and continue the series of articles about self-development.

So, today we will talk about what a personal development program is and why it is needed. Any person, any person in the course of his life can change, and these changes can occur both for the better and for the worse. Under the best changes, I mean the acquisition of some new useful knowledge, skills, abilities, under the worst - respectively, the loss of existing useful knowledge, skills, abilities. But also, in my opinion, even a stop in the development of personality can be considered a negative factor.

If a person stops in his development, he will inevitably begin to lose something in some areas of his life (work, business, relationships, hobbies, etc.). Now nothing stands still, therefore, in order to be successful, constant development is necessary. The absence of such development means inevitable losses, the longer it is absent, the stronger these losses can be.

There are people who think about their development and strive for it, there are those for whom it occurs on its own, for example, due to professional activity, doing your hobby, etc. In addition, sometimes personality development can occur without any signs visible to the person himself: he does not notice changes in himself, but learns about them only from those around him. It depends on the degree of self-awareness of a person: the higher it is, the more he is able to objectively assess the changes taking place in his personality.

Which person will develop his personality more effectively: the one who takes some actions for this, sets goals and objectives for himself and achieves them, that is, is engaged in self-development, or the one who does not even think about it? In my opinion, the answer is obvious.

Personal development will be more effective for people engaged in self-development: they will be able to achieve best results than those who let the development of their personality take its course.

Then another question arises: what needs to be done for the development of personality? For this, as in any business, it is best to act according to a certain plan, to have a certain program of action. In this case, it can be called a “self-development program” or a “personal development program”. Let's take a look at what it could be.

So, a personality development program is a certain set of measures intended to achieve certain results in the self-development of the personality as a whole and its individual areas in particular. I bring to your attention the most general, simplified program of personal self-development, presented in the form of a diagram:

As you can see, it consists of 5 stages:

1. Goal setting;

2. Introspection;

3. Personal development plan;

4. Practical implementation;

5. Analysis of the results.

Let us consider in more detail what these stages of the personality development program include.

1. Goal setting. First of all, it is necessary to determine what exactly you need a personal development program for, that is, what goals you want to achieve in the end. At this stage, you need to “draw” yourself a certain ideal image of the person you would like to become. It is advisable to set goals for yourself in all the main directions of personality development at once:

- Personal life;

– Work, career, earnings;

– Intellectual development;

- Health, physical development;

– Hobbies and hobbies;

- getting rid of bad habits etc.

Goals need to be formulated as clearly as possible so that it is specifically visible what you are striving for. In addition, these goals are also important as a motive, an incentive for achieving them. Having thought well and “drawing” this image for yourself, you will psychologically want to become it, you will have more desires and positive energy, which will become your assistant in self-development.

Goals can be short-term, medium-term and long-term. Moreover, the presence of goals for one period does not relieve you of the need to set goals for another, longer or shorter period of achievement.

I strongly recommend that when setting goals in your personal development program, do not take into account stereotypes imposed by anyone (parents, teachers, acquaintances, people around you, etc.). You should strive to become exactly the kind of person you want to see in yourself, and not someone else. Otherwise, you may be deeply disappointed, and you will have to start all over again, but an irreplaceable human resource - time - will already be lost.

2. Introspection. After the goals are set, we move on to the second stage of the personality development program - introspection. If at the previous stage you “drawn” for yourself the image of the ideal “I”, now you need to “draw”, on the contrary, the real “I” - the way you are at the moment. You need to see and highlight all your positive traits, which will help you move towards achieving your goals, and negative ones, which, on the contrary, will slow you down, and with which you will have to fight.

Here, on the contrary, in order for introspection to be as objective as possible, it is necessary to compare how you see yourself and how others see you. By the way, this is not always easy. The fact is that your friends or acquaintances may, for reasons of ethics, “not notice” your negative qualities and shortcomings, then you yourself will not even notice them. But here you can use one trick: think about how you see your friends, your social circle. A person is always drawn to his own kind, so it is very likely that the shortcomings that you see in the people around you are a mirror image of your own shortcomings.

At the stage of self-analysis of the personality development program, you need to determine and fix the starting point, the initial data with which you will compare the result achieved in the future.

3. Personal development plan. The third step is to draw up a specific action plan with which you will achieve your goals. Let's call it "Personal Development Plan". Based on their findings strengths, think about how with their help you can get rid of the weak, eliminate negative qualities, and strengthen and strengthen positive ones even more.

For example, if we are talking about achieving some financial goals, it is necessary to draw up, on health promotion - a plan for classes, training, transition to proper nutrition, etc.

The personal development plan should contain not only a list of specific activities, but also specific deadlines for the implementation of each of them and the definition of factors by which it will be possible to believe that the goal has been achieved.

4. Practical implementation of the plan. When the plan is ready, we can assume that your program of self-development, the program of personal development has been drawn up, and proceed to its practical implementation. That is, to carry out all the points of the planned plan in the sequence in which it is provided.

Any change is always difficult at the first stage. However, over time, these difficulties disappear. There is a so-called “Rule of 21 days”, which says that any new, inconvenient and undesirable action for you will turn into a habit after 21 days. Therefore, try to endure the initial difficulties and develop as many good habits as possible, which will begin to appear in just 3 weeks. And when you see some first, even minor successes, it will surely inspire you and motivate your self-development even more.

It is also necessary to understand that not all actions will necessarily give some kind of result, and this is quite normal. says that 20% of actions produce 80% of results and vice versa.

In order to carry out your personal development program more effectively, you will have to get rid of the so-called. "time wasters" - activities that do not bring any benefit, but take time. Well, for example, “hanging out” in social networks or empty chatter on the phone (every person will surely have their own “time wasters”). The time freed up in this way can be spent on more useful activities that your personal development program provides.

Also a good help in the implementation of the plan will be making new acquaintances and connections with people who are better than you in what you are striving for, or who are striving for the same thing as you. Firstly, they can become positive examples for you, increasing your motivation. Secondly, together it is easier to move towards the goal than alone. Thirdly, the more other people will be involved in the process of your self-development, the more difficult it will be for you to refuse it, because then you will fall in their eyes. Thus, look for new useful acquaintances among people who have something to learn, whom you would like to be like.

The practical implementation of the personality development program is the most difficult stage, but only he can lead you to the desired results. No matter how well and competently you plan your self-development, theory without practice, as you know, is blind.

5. Analysis of results. And, finally, like any process, a personality development program requires summing up, analyzing the results. It is far from a fact that you will achieve everything that you have planned on the first try. But still, you need to analyze all your actions, find in them what helped or, conversely, prevented you from achieving your goals.

If the goal is achieved - great, then you can set a new, more ambitious goal, and build a plan to achieve it, because, as you remember, self-development, personal development should never stop.

If the goal is not achieved, you always have more attempts that you can make, taking into account the analysis and correction of your mistakes.

Self-development can hardly be called a simple process, but it can certainly be called interesting and exciting. Developing his personality, a person constantly learns something new, acquires new skills and abilities, experience, and sooner or later all this will definitely help him in life, make life brighter and more interesting.

Stay on: the materials of this site will certainly help you in self-development, increase your financial literacy and teach you how to use your personal finances as efficiently as possible. See you soon!

The topic "" is related to the planning of personal life and professional career - these are the steps to the success of any person. It is advisable to have your own credo: planning everything, always and everywhere! Such a position is an excellent way to focus your attention on priority tasks, mobilize forces for their implementation. This is done in order to get the desired result. Modern world offers many examples of planning methods. There is also a classic planning system.

The self-development plan has a three-level order:

A long-term or strategic plan for the self-development of the individual, which allows you to plan activities for about five years;
operational (plan for the year)
current (periods within a quarter, week, day).

Such a scheme is typical for enterprises, but how does a person differ from an enterprise? He is also financially-socially-intellectual-economically dependent. Therefore, it is reasonable to plan life in the same way.

Why is a self-development plan relevant?

An inactive position can lead to the most disastrous consequences. We see that the world today is more changeable than ever before. Therefore, when drawing up a plan for self-development, it is important to consider prospects not in a stationary society, but in a society that is changing its economic and political orientations.

The German researchers Berbel and Heinz Schwalbe have a statement: "To succeed, you need to be able to manage yourself."

Today, one must clearly understand that a self-development plan that does not create energy for a smooth movement forward is not effective. Also, when drawing up a plan for self-development, it is important to learn how to accumulate energy in order to use your physical and mental strength as long as possible.

Personal development plan, in fact, a long-known truth, it’s just that people manage to talk about the same thing in different words and at the same time make the appearance of a discovery. It is also one of the features modern theories. On the issue of goal setting, many sources state that a person has global and current goals. The main thing is that you don’t need to deceive yourself that the current goals are our Olympus. It may be that, making a plan for self-development, a person generally finds for himself, something completely new. The main thing is to tell yourself honestly that a person needs any goals for his elevation and movement towards a global goal.

There are a number of interesting points self-development plan, which many call the laws of psychology, which contribute to self-organization.

Law #1- You get what you reward for a long time.

This law is perfect for both relationships in the team and in the family. It will help to draw up a plan for self-development, considering a person in any environment.

Law #2– Positive attention is better for the subordinate than negative attention, and negative attention is better than no attention.

Law #3– You should always reward performance growth, not performance.

Law #4“Stability is a delusion. We need to move forward smoothly.

Man, this is not an endless source of energy return. Therefore, to replenish strength, it is important not only to maintain the required level of physical fitness, but also to ensure its smooth growth.

The topic answers the question How to make a self-development plan» for professional growth, she proves that it is important to understand that without personal (spiritual) growth it is impossible to accumulate energy.