What is Essential for Personal Growth?
Recently I read an article called ‘10 Ideas to Support Your Personal Growth Journey’ by Robyne Hanley-Dafoe and while I think that it is key for all of us to grow, I am very concerned about one of the ideas that she has put forward. (The link to the full article is below.)
The point I am most concerned about is the idea to ‘Prioritize you.’ I believe that this is wrong. This is because if you look at what social media has done to make people ultra-focused on themselves. The idea that other people are interested in what you are eating, whether you are ‘trans’ this week or homosexual the next week, or how many people ‘like’ what you’ve posted, or some of the other ‘look at me’ topic shows that we’ve gone down a dark and deep hole of vanity insanity.
When it comes to prioritizing you, this has been tried and has been proven that it does not work. This is because when people are only thinking about themselves, they are ignoring that they have been placed on Earth to serve others. Which can include helping those less fortunate than you.
Before I get to my final point I want to talk about the biggest issue that (at times) seems to get in our way of personal growth. And that is challenges or problems. You might be saying; “Why do those challenges come into my life if I am focused on developing and growing as a person?” It is very simple; things or situations do not always go the way you want them to. Yes, you can get upset, or you can accept these challenges for what they really are. Yes, these are the times for you to dig deeper and find ways or characteristics that you are not using enough to your advantage and personal growth.
I believe that the best idea from the list is to ‘Limit social comparison.’ A question; why would you compare yourself to anyone? You are a one-of-a-kind individual born with unique characteristics and in-born talents. The abilities you have are amazing, unfortunately when you compare yourself to others and focus on changing who you are – to become who they are you are not developing and growing into all that you can become.
As you can tell, this personal growth topic is very near and dear to me. This is because of my own personal growth over the years and helping so many other people become who they were meant to be. Recently, I asked my grand-daughter what was her X-Factor? Then I explained that her X–Factors are things that are not visible, and are very unique to her. In other words, what makes her unique to the world around her, what has she done that no other people would do for others.
As I conclude, I have one question;
- What is your X–Factor?
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