Personal Development Plan
Personal Development Plan
Article by Kevin Christopher
Personal Development Plan – Self Help
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While most people realize that personal development is a positive step in improving one’s life, some people may have difficulty in finding ways to accomplish it. This is where a personal development plan is important. A personal development plan will help you map out areas in which improvement is desired or necessary. A personal development plan will also outline short and long term goals that are realistic. A personal development plan will also identify the means to accomplish the changes that you want to make in your life. Finally a personal development plan will document the steps you make on the way so you can continually evaluate the progress that is made.
A personal development plan starts out with identifying the areas in which you want to improve. Start out by making a list of the areas in your life where you have difficulty. Then, order those areas so that you have the issue that is most pressing or needs the most improvement so you can work on that first. It is not necessary to use a personal development plan as a way to fix everything in your life all at once. Instead, you can concentrate on one item at a time. This is a more manageable way to affect change in your life and you will be able to see the results more quickly.
After you have identified the area in which you want to concentrate in your personal development plan, think about goals that you want to accomplish. It is often easy to come up with a grand scheme goal that will fix whatever it is you want to improve on. However, those are generally long term goals. Once the long term goal is identified, try coming up with smaller, short term goals. The benefit of this is that you will be able to accomplish tasks in a shorter time period and see changes for the better. This will lead to a sense of accomplishment and you will feel more motivated to continue.
For example, if you want to create a personal development plan for losing weight, you may want to make several short term goals. Your long term goal may be that you want to lose fifty pounds. Start out with short term goals such as exercising at least three times per week for a half an hour each. Another short term goal can be to cut out or reduce particular foods from your diet. After each short term goal is accomplished, you can move on to another short term goal such as exercising five times per week, increasing the duration, increasing weight training or changing your diet further.
After a goal is accomplished, rewards are a great motivation. Reward yourself positively for sticking to your personal development plan goals. You can buy a new outfit or treat yourself to a spa day since you will feel better about yourself. Be careful, though, not to reward negatively in ways that will work against your personal development plan. For example, in the weight scenario, do not reward yourself with a chocolate cake. This could cause you to backslide.
Identify a means of support in your personal development plan. You can contact yourphysician, seek counseling, identify support groups geared toward your particular issue or read books. It is not easy to change without help so don’t try. Get the support you need. Use your personal development plan to document the changes that are being made and the progress you are making. This will help you continually evaluate your personal development plan and allow you to revise it from time to time if necessary.
About the Author
Kevin Christopher is the creator of Time-Success-Freedom. Your online source for personal development and motivational tips and ideas. For access to personal development and motivational courses online visit Success University to continue your learning and development.
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