“You can have more than you’ve got, because you can become more than you are. “
Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn, a former American entrepreneur, author, and motivational speaker, has hit the nail.
The “More” does not need to be money. Even though for many people money opens a lot of doors.
A lot of people wish they had a higher income. A more attractive and caring partner or more friends. There are obviously more things in life.
But very interestingly not a lot of people ask themselves what they need to do or be, in order to have “more”. As Jim Rohn also said according to his experience income seldom will exceed one’s own personal development.
Do you have the skills or knowledge to offer more value in whatever field of profession you have chosen?
Do you have and offer the personality traits and mindset a more “beautiful” and caring partner offers? Are the type of person that would attract the type of partner you are looking for? If not, you can change if you want. It is your choice.
Are you such a good friend and person who naturally draws in more people who can become friends? Or do you see friendship too much as a business and expect others to make the first step? It is your choice.
The point is – You can have more by becoming more!
There is another interesting saying which hits it also:
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.”
The marines have it as a saying, but country music singer-songwriter artist Loretta Lynn was most likely the mother of this wise phrase.
If you study something well enough, more than others, it’ll pay off. Hard work is not automatically effective work. But if you study and work smart & hard, it’ll pay off for sure.
As soon as you change, grow and acquire more attractive personal traits, chances are higher you get the partner you are dreaming of.
As soon as you start to be more caring and attentive, call more your friends and spread good energy – without expecting it right back as in a business deal – chances are high people start to treat you back this way.
An action always triggers a reaction. The reaction highly depends on the action.
Growing is a natural process and your brain loves to learn new things actually. Your soul loves to develop itself. If you let it.
To put it short:
Personal Development is the road to the life of your dreams.
You have to walk it. Sometimes climbing fits better. But the more you do, the better the view and the more possibilities due to more skills and knowledge or traits you have.
So, you can see personal development as a form of loving and caring for yourself.
Because no one can really force you to learn something or acquire new skills or more useful and goal serving personality traits.
It is you. And the relationship with yourself is the longest one you have got.
Therefore, it is also the most important one.
You are everything you truly “have”. As well as this very moment.
Therefore, you are the smartest investment of your life. And you can only do so in the presence.
The importance of Self-Discipline.
It is actually the Nr. 1 trait of Self-love. You love yourself so much that you don’t let yourself do things that weaken or even harm you in the long run for example.
Being professionally independent means you have to tell yourself to do things which you might don’t feel like doing but you do them anyway because – you are your own boss and know what needs to be done to make the progress towards whatever you desire.
Once you understood that self-discipline is a proof of your self-love, that you are the smartest investment of your life and you are always only living right now – it’ll be difficult to stop you. Wherever you want to go.
Nearly anything is learnable. And therefore also attainable.
By spending 1 hour a day for five years on learning a subject, you become an expert in your country in this field.
How to start smoothly and joyfully with personal development?
You can start to read or watch more about your personal field of interest or passion. Youtube and the Internet are full of free information for you. Libraries are very low priced.
You can also make a checklist of the personality traits you admire in other people. Then ask Google on how to develop it. Well, or the author of this post or anyone you think who can inspire and support you. And start seeing yourself as the person who has got them already. Before you go to sleep and as the first thing when you wake up. The self-concept one has of themselves is very powerful.
Auto-suggestion in form of visualizing and using affirmations is your tool for making your subconscious mind understand in which direction you would love to develop and grow.
You set your own boundaries and you can smash them. You are way more powerful with way more possibilities than you probably are aware of.
Considering all the sweet knowledge and inspirations which haven’t crossed your conscious mind yet.
