Importance of self-improvement and personal growth

Serena Cuoghi
Title of Professor of Biology

Dedicating time and effort for growth and personal improvement is part of the care that we must take towards ourselves, perceiving it in the short and medium term benefits such as: 1) greater connection with ourselves, with an ever deeper understanding of our own desires, abilities and needs; 2) increase in the level of self-acceptance and therefore self-esteem; 3) better management of emotional intelligence and self-control; 4) progressive increase in positive experiences as attention to negative ones decreases; 5) modification of habits to improve the quality of life; 6) potential increase in physical well-being and health; 7) taking advantage of the strengths and overcoming the weaknesses in the required areas; 8) more productive use of time and resources; and 9) improvements in interpersonal relationships.

Because growing is not an exclusive condition of the body, but is also a manifestation in the mental and personal dimension, the difference is that in the first case occurs as a natural, spontaneous and involuntary biological process, while in the second, as people and to increase skills, resources and goodness inserted in our mind, we must assume a process in a conscious and disciplined way, otherwise we risk failing and being subject to the limitations of a stage in which we no longer fit in, causing a gap between our true potential and what we barely manage to do or experience

Stimulus for self-improvement

Feeling stuck in life is an event that can happen to us at any age and for any circumstance, and even in more than one opportunity, becoming this fact an unequivocal sign of needing to dedicate time and space to our growth staff.

In the same way, situations such as the desire for self-improvement to achieve a new goal that requires new resources and talents on our part to be achieved, are can turn itself into a source of the necessary stimulus to achieve it, but nevertheless, many times the will alone is not enough, so relying on a A methodology that allows us to maintain discipline in the new task, offers us greater support when it comes to dissipating the energy of the initial spark of reaching the yearned for

The personal growth shows the capacity that a person has through his intelligence and their dedication to achieve their goals and grow as a person. As the scientist Albert Einstein well explained, desire moves the world with its powerful impulse. That is, within you you have all the necessary resources to achieve your goals. goals. For example, perseverance, tenacity, patience, the capacity for sacrifice, passion... qualities that directly accompany the will in a process of self-improvement. The personal growth has no limit, that is, a human being can continue to progress at the level of knowledge and decision-making awareness throughout his life. Will and knowledge that are the basis of self-improvement, are two qualities that differentiate the human being from the rest of the beings in the universe. Self-improvement shows the ability of a human being to reflect on himself, but what is more important, to act according to his values ​​and beliefs. Self-improvement has a theoretical basis at the level of reflection, but it is fundamentally practical.

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Growing internally connects us at the same time with the deepest aspects of our Being, allowing us to reach moments of authentic inner peace that we can take advantage of to increase the level of attention and have a better orientation in the personal approach, but also to make us more selective in terms of the effects that we allow of the events external.

Based on this premise, although all the dynamics, strategies and materials dedicated to personal growth differ from each other due to the small subtleties in the way of approaching the subject that may As each author has, the real substance of its content is functionally centered on the same factors, following more or less the same sequence of steps towards that search for connection with the Self. superior that we all have within us, so regardless of which specialist or guide of recommendations is followed, the main priority of all is to guide the person towards its internal strengthening for the fastest and most effective overcoming of the obstacles that it may be experiencing, reaching the highest possible quality of learning that allows it to become each less vulnerable to setbacks and adverse situations, through a change of perspective in the face of negative situations, assuming them as enriching experiences instead of debilitating.

Quality of life and social quality

This inner strength assumed through personal growth to overcome adversity is the key tool that we can resort to at any time in life and in the face of any event as a resource for maintaining one's own mental health and emotional balance, hence the teaching of importance of personal growth, each New Year with more emphasis and from a younger age, in order to massively promote as an inherent value of the human condition the fact of making ourselves better people with each new generation, and thus increase the quality of life for all, and thereby allow us to develop the most humane, dignified, and egalitarian social relations that we all deserve

The personal growth is that intrinsic motor that, at the level of motivation, moves the human heart when a person aspires to be wiser, more competent and more capable. It refers to that temporary process of change in which a person leaves their comfort zone to establish new habits and qualities to improve their quality of life.

Past, present and future define human life. Well, self-improvement is also trained in the present by analyzing yesterday's mistakes to gain practical experience and avoid stumbling twice on the same stone. The process involves leaving behind certain irrational habits and beliefs to make way for a new reality that reinforces personal well-being. There are specially recommended resources such as coaching and self-help books to reinforce self-improvement. The personal growth It shows the process of unlimited inner growth that marks the life of a human being from the moment he is born until he dies. While the passing of the years leaves a physical mark in the form of wrinkles, on the contrary, on an internal level, the years are synonymous with experience, maturity, wealth of experiences and wisdom.

It also leads a person to be happier. Ultimately, assuming such a process is a personal decision that can never be externally imposed. That is, no one can be helped if they don't allow themselves to be helped, and no one can change if they don't want to. It shows, on a human level, that wanting is power and that the limits are not in reality but in the mind.

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