Personal Development Plan How To Guide - 2007-Oct-6
Do you realise the power of having a personal development plan? It's like having your very own blueprint for success in your life - tailored to create your life exactly how you want it to be. If you could learn how to build your own personal development plan, would you be willing to devote 10 -15 minutes per day to nurture it and put it into practise?
Before we get started, let me ask you a question: "Why do successful people seem to find it easier to get what they want in life?" And why do some people get to the top of their careers and earn good money, while you continue to struggle to make a decent living?
There's one common trait amongst all successful people - and that is that they are all virtually totally uninhibited. They see what they want, and do whatever it takes to get there.
So why should this be? Why is it that some people feel less inhibited than others? What is their secret? Simple really - when they discovered strategies for coping with situations that worked well for them, they repeated those strategies constantly until that behaviour became second nature.
Having learned the behaviors they need to emanate success, successful people then practice these empowering behaviors every day. In doing so, they leave no room in their emotional make-up for negative and dis-empowering emotions.
If these people can learn how to not feel nervous and anxious in important situations, so can you.
If successful people can learn how to remain relaxed and focused when they get into a winning position in sport - then so can you.
If these people have learned how to stand in front of a room full of people, be relaxed, smile, and present their ideas, so can you.
Ultimately, if successful people can learn how to build a personal development plan that empowers them to overcome their fears and frustrations, and turn them into positive and goal driven actions to achieve their highest dreams and ambitions - then you can too.
Learning to use NLP does not require hours on end of your time to make a difference in your life. If you can allocate 15 minutes a day to practice some very simple, and very rewarding techniques, you can immediately start to take control of your fears and frustrations and turn them into a winning and empowering attitude that will continue to take you closer to your goals and ambitions.
NLP - or Neuro Linguistic Programming - in its simplest form is basically a method to help you control your thoughts and reactions in any given situation. When you experience negative emotions, like fear or nerves or anxiety, you are reacting negatively to that situation. NLP provides a mechanism that shows you how to take those negative reactions, and turn them round into positive and functional reactions that will start to empower you.
To get started, there are two very simple exercises you need to learn and practice:
1. First of all, you need to start to take notice (or become aware) of the things that are causing you to feel bad. If a particular situation of place causes you to feel nervous or anxious, simply make a note of it. The best plan is to carry a little notebook around with you so that you can take notes whenever you feel this way.
In order to start tearing down the barriers that are standing in your way, you need to know exactly what those barriers are.
2. Exercise 2 is even easier. Simply make a list of all the negative behaviors and feelings that you want to eliminate from your life. Write them all down - every last one. This list is a work-in-progress - keep adding to it every time you think of or experience another emotion you want to rid yourself of. At the same time, make a note of exactly how you would like to feel most of the time. Again, write it down and describe how you feel and what it means to you to feel that way.
These may seem like simple exercises - and they are - but don't let that you put them off for another time. Take a few minutes and do them now. The more details you have here, the more functional and empowering your personal development plan will be, and the more positive and driven your future will be.
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