Beautiful Butterfly, Fresh From The Cocoon

Who is your NORTH? What drives you?  What motivates you to keep going? Could be anything, could be anyone: your children, your family, your career, your future etc.  Could even be someone who has hurt you enough and you were so challenged to show them that they have wrongly messed up with you. Dare to dream. The best way to make those dreams come true is to wake up, have the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and the persistence to complete.

Dreams should be supported by plans. Your personal development plan is your life plan where you list down your set of goals you want to achieve and the ways on how to achieve them. The list may include both short term and long term life plans, the things you want to accomplish, a new career, a new business or whatever you wish to do. These plans should not only be listed, you got to put them to action to get where you wanted to go.

Here are a few steps in defining your plans.

Set realistic and achievable goals.

These are the goals that you honestly wish to experience. Set time frames. A dream should not just remain a dream. Set deadlines for them to actually come true.

Take action and strive to reach these goals. Without action, you will not reach anything different in your life.

Be open to changes and opportunities. Whatever life throws at you is an opportunity to grow and better yourself. Constant changes may lead you to make detours but stay positive and take heart that it will still lead you to your destination.

Celebrate and stay motivated. Acknowledge your successes, big or small.

You have to believe in yourself and your capabilities in pursuing your goals. Create support network to boost your self esteem. Have friends and loved ones sustain and hold you up.

Always envision the outcomes of your goals. Have in mind that you are experiencing them. The more you see yourself accomplishing them, the faster they become to reality.

When you apply these steps, you will not only be able to define your plans, you will also be able to understand how to put these into action and your journey to creating your life’s dreams begins.

Creating a plan relieves you from stress. You will be able to find balance, fulfillment and happiness. Developing your personal development plan lets you learn to honor your time and manage it. You are able to determine the important things in your life, those things that matters most.

Some possible areas in your life where you want to include in your personal development plan are your health and physical condition, family relationships, spiritual journey, saving money, breaking a bad habit, education and any other areas that need improvement. Personally check on why you need to improve on these and why are they important to you. Set deadlines for each. Rejoice when one by one you meet your goals. Regularly review and evaluate your plans, keep them flexible to changes. Properly set goals will facilitate you to successfully achieve your pursuit for development, allowing you to assess your progress in the middle of your plan and lets you make necessary changes.

In your quest for development, remember that there are no short cuts, there are paths, though. When you make a mistake, you take the longer path. When you successfully achieve your plan, you take the straight path. When you give up, you take the dead-end path. Be of good cheer, keep going the right path and stay positive.

Cheers to your success!