Why Is Personal Growth More Crucial Today Than Ever Before?
Author: Lynette Chartier
Personal growth and change are crucial because today, more than at any other time in history, change is occurring at a faster and faster pace. Technology makes certain jobs obsolete. Outsourcing work across the world is easier and frequently less costly. There has been an enormous amount of down sizing, right sizing, and so on. The old paradigms of get a good education, get hired by a great company, work hard, work harder and longer, are no longer serving folks.
Institutions and corporations that many folks had put their complete and blind faith into are frequently not able to provide the expected benefits.
Furthermore, the debt load is at an all time high.
On the cover of time magazine Oct. 2005, "The Great Retirement Ripoff: Millions of Americans Who Think They Will Retire With Benefits Are In For a Nasty Surprise." Companies are walking away form their promises of retirement benefits, pension and health care.
Here are some facts
*US government statistics; 85% of 65 year old Americans have less than $500 in their bank account.
*3% of Americans have a net worth of over 1,000,000. and more than 95% of them are self-employed.
Personal growth and change are necessary because too many adults are stressed to the max, tired, overworked, and only have enough money to survive, not to thrive. Many families have both parents working and the number of single parent households is on the rise. Children are frequently not receiving the care, the nurturing, and attention they need. Drug use, alcohol abuse, and other addictions are too prevalent. People are feeling out of control and scattered. For many, their lifestyle is frenzied.
"I was restless. I was okay, but I was restless. One day it dawned on me that I had been looking at life through the wrong end of the telescope. It was up to me to turn it around- to make it bigger, better, more satisfying." Arnold Swarzenegger
In our western world disease (dis - ease) is more rampant than ever before.
Despite the larger and larger amounts of dollars devoted to health care and to discovering cures, the rate of degenerative disease is on the rise. Our food is increasingly subjected to additives and preservatives, until it no longer tastes like real food, nor does it nourish our body.
"Be good to yourself. If you don't take care of your body where will you live?" Kobi Yamada
Many, such as organized religion, government, media, the education system and the medical field, have influenced the current world situation. These institutions have all encouraged people to follow in a sort of blind stupor rather than take time to think for themselves and make decisions accordingly.
Information/news is more readily available than ever before and more abundant, however this increased information does not bring about more truth. What it does do is bring about more feelings of despair, sadness, and guilt.
Laws of nature have been replaced with man made laws, which can only bring about negative results in the long term. Ignorance of these universal laws/laws of nature causes much unhappiness, disease, and poverty.
Resistance to the current world situation is futile. However, what you can do is to personally grow, change your perception, remove your limiting beliefs, and take 100% responsibility for yourself. Easy? No. Simple? Yes, and the only thing that works.
If you get off to a bad start, don't worry. It's the finish not the start that counts." Anonymous
Security is something of the past. The only security that actually exists is the security you can have between your two ears.
Believe it or not most people feel more comfortable focusing on what is going on in other people's lives than taking the time to examine their own and adjusting their trajectory accordingly. Being controlled often feels safer and less terrifying than taking responsibility for one-self.
Changing a lifetime of thinking patterns will not happen over night. However, with new thought, persistence, and work, your thoughts will change. Equipped with new thinking, you are now capable of experiencing new feelings, thus taking more empowering actions, which will lead to new desired results.
Personal growth allows you to regain a sense of control over your life. Your self-esteem and self-confidence can grow therefore leaving you better prepared for whatever comes your way.
Personal growth allows you to get clear on exactly what you want, and on what would bring you joy and fulfillment. Through personal growth you learn new ways of thinking and can shed the old belief systems, and perceptions that no longer serve you.
In order to earn more and therefore have more, you must learn more and be more. You cannot solve any of your problems with the same level of thinking that caused the problems in the first place. Personal growth is the only process that will allow you to go forward in a conscious manner and chart out your new course in life. True freedom and personal empowerment is not something you can buy. It is something that you must truly desire, and that you must work at.
"The moment you commit and quit holding back, all sorts of unforeseen incidents, meetings, and material assistance will rise up to help you. The simple act of commitment is a powerful magnet for help." Napoleon Hill
You can be shown the way, but you must want to walk the path of personal growth in order to take your life to the next level. Once you start your journey of personal growth and start seeing some tangible results, you will wonder why you ever waited so long. The increased joy and deeper sense of fulfillment will leave you feeling exhilarated!
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Lynette Chartier, Life Style Mentor and Successful Entrepreneur, is helping many become the next success story. Whether you're looking to create an extra few thousand dollars per month, be an ex-corporate executive, or the next millionaire Mom, Lynette can assist you to tap into a proven step by step plan, and create a second stream of income and greater peace of mind. For more information visit : Success
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