THE MIRACLE OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

(Prov. 18:16, 22:29)

What you know so far has brought you to where you are now. In order to get to where you have not been before, you must know more. To Know more is to become more.

The value that comes to you in the form of money is a function of the value you have become.

Personal income seldom exceeds personal development. To have more is to become more. It is easier to blame people for your failure, personal responsibility is what determines your chances In life. 

You cannot change your circumstances but you can change yourself. Life does not give you what you want; it only gives you who you are. Any promotion that is not obtained through personal development can never last with you! Life is a mirror; it only gives back to us who we are!

Pillars of Personal Development

  1.     KNOWLEDGE: We are affected by what we know. What we know does not leave us the same. Our lives are shaped by the quality of the information that flows through our minds. Promotion is not possible when relevant information is not in view! What you have known so far has brought you to where you are now in life. It is the quality of your knowledge that gets you acknowledged in life. You are still where you are now because of certain information you are yet to get. The moment you are exposed to such information, you will leave where you have always been.

  2.     ATTITUDE: Your attitude is how you feel! You are also affected by the way you feel. How you feel affects what you become afterwards. You may not be able to control what happens but you have total control over how you respond to what happens. That is the power of your attitude. It is your attitude that predetermines how you end up at any given situation. There are 4 Phases of your attitude in life:

a.      How you feel about the Past.

b.     How you feel about the future.

c.      How you feel about others.

d.     How you feel about yourself

  a.    HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PAST: The Past is gone; it can never resurrect again. Stop carrying it like a burden rather learn certain valuable lessons from it and use them to your advantage in the future. Let not the mistakes and failures of the past bury you rather let them teach you. Also never allow the success of the past to stop you, let it fuel your ambition to succeed more and more!

  b.    HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE FUTURE: We look back for experience but we look forward for inspiration. The future is where you will spend the rest of your life. The best of your life is yet to show up: its waiting for you in the future. Your attitude about the future reveals how much you expect of the future! Your today may take you as you are but tomorrow will certainly not. You just must be well prepared to face the challenges ahead!

  c.   HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT OTHERS: None of us is as smart as all of us. Each of us needs all of us in order to succeed in life! One person doesn’t make a symphony. Every man you see is an extension of God and the investment of other people that have impacted his life.

  d.     HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT YOURSELF: This arises from self-esteem; feeling good about yourself can help to raise your income level. Always see yourself as an asset and never a burden

  3.     BECOME MORE VALUABLE: We get paid for bringing value to the market place. Your income is largely dependent on the value you bring to the market place. It’s not really the economy that the determines your income but how valuable you have become. In order to become more valuable to the market place, you must make up your mind to expose yourself to relevant valuable materials in the form of books, seminars, mentors, value adding friends etc.

  4.    ACTIVITY: This is another pillar of personal development. What you do determines what you become. Labor may be painful but it is result oriented. A woman is happy to go through labor pains because she is aware a new life is about to be born. It is activity that converts vivid imagination into tangible reality! It is action that separates wishers from achievers.

  5.      MEASURE PROGRESS: Success in life is a number’s game! It can be measured or counted. When progress is properly monitored, progress in life can be accelerated. Life expects us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. This measurement can be done at the end of each day, each week, month and year. This enables us to know how much and well we are doing in life.

  6.    SPIRITUALITY: This is your connection with God. Your spirituality is the core of your personality. Your chances of survival and success in this physical world are spiritually determined. The supernatural is a major influence on this natural world. In order for your spirituality to be right on, you must develop a relationship with the Lord Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Rom 8:14, Jhn 14:14-21

In conclusion, remember if you can get better, things will get better for you. What you have is directly linked to who you have become. SHALOM!

(OLAYINKA O. EKUNDAYO’S TEACHINGS)