Personal Development.
Personal development is the process of developing more of what you have as latent
potential within. Reaching your full potential as a human being consists of two
different processes. One is the process of acquiring new characteristics and
attributes such as patience, courage, determination, self-confidence, and
trustworthiness. The second process is correcting old habits, the wearing away of the
rough edges of your personality, like shyness, fearfulness, or unworthiness. This is
the process where we lose or release the behaviours that no longer work for us.
Stepping outside your comfort zone is an act of courage. It’s also where the
excitement is and where real personal growth begins.
An analogy that best illustrates this point is to look at our behaviour like driving a car.
We control the steering, transmission, brake, and the accelerator. The steering keeps
us moving in the direction we want to go. The transmission is our human potential
and current skills. The accelerator is our focus, excitement, and confidence that
power us forward. The brakes are our fears that stop us or hold us back. When used
appropriately, they provide for safe mobility. However, when we step outside our
comfort zone, we respond to our fears and or excitement by putting our foot on the
brake or on the accelerator and sometimes both. How we use these controls
determines how fast we grow and reach more of our potential.
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Your car analogy reminds me of one of my personal mottos "It's only dangerous relative to your experience level." There's a lot of things I do that scare the beejeezes out of people. For example, driving through the Rocky Mountains in the middle of a snow storm in a fifteen year old Corolla while 4x4 trucks are rolled over in the ditch. But the reason I could do that was because of years in the snow. Each time pushed my comfort level just a little bit until I can now drive through just about anything.
It's the same with everything. The way you become really good at is pushing to extend yourself a little bit day by day. Great analogy and post.
Thanks.