What is Personal Development and am I “doing the work”?
Welcome to Episode TWENTY-FOUR! I'm so glad you're here.
00:00 Intro and Updates
05:25 What is Personal Growth? Personal Growth is the development of the socio-psychological competence of the individual (AKA the development of the person to deeply understand him/herself and interact effectively with the people around him)
08:40 Who's doing it? 1 out of 3 students consider self development an important life task. 94% of millennials reported making personal improvement commitments and said they'd be willing to spend nearly $300 a month on self-improvement (Forbes) Over 45,300 new self-help books were published in 2020. Three-quarters of self-development book readers are women (average self-help product consumer is a woman in her forties). A personal development program is offered by 42% of businesses and 71% of Fortune 500 businesses.
13:10 What is it? Realms of Personal Development: Mental (learning tools, mindset tips, coaching), Social (relationships, communication skills, problem solving), Spiritual (deeper understanding of self and world, values), Emotional (understand feelings, thoughts), Physical (nutrition, sleep, exercise, self-care). https://www.betterup.com/blog/personal-development
20:10 Am I doing it? Link to Anna Sutton’s study in Europes Journal of Psychology with the Self-Awareness Outcomes Questionaire: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114878/
It's crazy how much our life changes when we start paying attention to what is really going on inside ourselves. Thanks for tuning in!
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