- By Tushar Soni
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self”.
Self improvement is a journey that anyone who wants to excel in life must take. It does not matter in what are you want to excel and progress, whether it be in your business, in your work, in your studies, in your marriage or in your spirituality. It is an inner process, which focuses on changing one’s attitude towards oneself and toward the world, and on getting rid of harmful habits and building new good habits.
The purpose of this inner process, which involves inner work, is to improve one’s behaviour and habits,bring more happiness and satisfaction into one,s life, and improve the ability to cope with various situation one encounters in his or her life.
All aspects of our lives can only truly improve if we take responsibility for their improvement. The greatest area of such improvement that will impact all other areas of our lives, is improving ourselves.
This can be at several levels:
Improving your KNOWLEDGE
Improving your SKILLS
But is it clear from this that even improving your skills first requires improving you knowledge. Therefore we can conclude that all self improvement begins with self growth in the area of our knowledge.
The aims of self-improvement are to learn to adopt a positive mindset, to get rid of negative habits, and to build positive habits and behaviour.
It is a way to make ourselves better and happier people.
Self-improvement usually starts with becoming more aware of ourselves, our behaviour and our reactions. It requires that we earnestly desire to improve and transform ourselves,better our life, and build good relations with people.
“Mans’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions”.
The mind is the thing that we must stretch in order to broaden our reality and capabilities. Without a stretched and open mind that is receptive to new ideas and information, self growth is impossibility. But with such openness and receptivity to new ideas comes great responsibility. This is because not every idea or theory is correct. Some things are wrong and some things are dangerous and can be destructive.
Therefore, we must use our judgement and discernment in deciding what ideas to accept and what ideas to reject. Accepting wrong ideas and information can lead to success. Accepting wrong ideas and information can lead to failure and frustration.
Here also the circle is completed, because having such judgement and discernment requires that we first have the right knowledge by which to make such judgement and choices. So again, knowledge comes out on top.
You need to have the right knowledge in order to navigate the unpredictable terrain of life.
Additionally, why not share your own wisdom and knowledge that could be of help to others as well. It is often said that experience is the best teacher, but it does not have to be YOUR OWN experience. We call all learn from other people’s experiences, mistakes and success. That is why it is important to share what you know, because you can also learn from what others know.
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