Personal Development Plans

January 15, 2010

Why You Must Set Goals to Improve your Self-Esteem

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What are goals and why do we need them. Goals are targets for you to reach, things for you to aim for, obstacles for you to overcome or a destination for you to reach. Why are they important? Read on and find out.

How can you reach a destination if you don’t know what or where it is. Imagine living in the USA and wanting to get to England but you have no idea where England is, you don’t even know that you need to take a boat or a plane to get there because you’ve never even heard of England before.

How hard would it be to reach this destination? I’d say near to impossible wouldn’t you? You may stumble on it through shear luck. Maybe you wondered into an airport one day and saw the flight information on the screen but the odds on this are slim to none. This is why goals are so important.

To have a real goal you must have a plan. You must know where you’re going, how you’re going to get there and most importantly why you want to reach the goal in the first place. We’ve already dealt with the first one, you can’t reach a destination if you don’t know where you’re going.

The only part we haven’t dealt with is how specific your goals need to be. ‘I want to make lots of money’ isn’t good enough. ‘I want to make 1 million dollars in the next five years’. Now that’s the type of goal you want to be setting. It’s specific, punchy and straight to the point.

Secondly you need a plan. This doesn’t need to be too specific at first as it will constantly change throughout the process of reaching your goal. It’s like a boat cruising across the open water. On it’s way to it’s destination it is off course about 90 percent of the time and it makes minuscule changes all the way to it’s final port. Just like you’ll make changes to your plan on the way to reaching your goal

You may even find that half way to reaching your goal the destination itself will change, either slightly or become an entirely different goal altogether.

Finally the most important part. You must know why you want to reach your goal. If you don’t know this, if you don’t have a strong enough reason for accomplishing your goal then your chances of success are greatly reduced. It needs to be a reason that only the thought of will elicit a strong emotional response.

Ideally you should have two reasons. One must involve all of the great things that will happen once you’ve achieved your goal, list all of these great things and give them a positive emotional strength. The other should involve all of the things that will happen if you don’t achieve your goal, give all of those bad things a negative emotional strength so when you think of what will happen if you fail it instantly motivates you succeed.

January 14, 2010

How to Improve Self Esteem?

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Self esteem is important for any individual to achieve his goal. We all want success and to make success, we need to be confident in ourselves. Self esteem is something more than self confidence. You have to respect and trust yourself. If you want to others to look at you with high values, you have to first value yourself high. At many circumstances, you might have faced failures that hurt your self esteem. Improving self esteem is not a tough task and you should always try to improve yourself to work much better.The first step to improving self esteem is, believing that you are able to make the change exactly as you wish. Bringing about the change may take some time, but trust yourself that you are not powerless. We all have an inner critic that always posts negative thoughts. The mistakes in you that are not identified by others are known to the inner critic. If you have done something wrong that others didn’t notice, your inner self will criticize you for making that mistake. This is the time you have to confute the critic and tell to yourself that you have done a good job. Ofcourse, you are obliged to correct your mistakes but that doesn’t mean that you have done a bad job.Take care of yourself which will help you improve your self esteem. If you feel that you are not in good shape and that is defying your confidence, then you nurture yourself and start eating healthily. You deserve a special healthy meal and regular exercises for keeping you fit. All the negatives in your mind can be eradicated if you take more care for yourself. As you do this, you will start loving yourself and find improvements in your self esteem. Getting help from others will help you greatly improve your self esteem. Write down everything that you love about you and ask your friends to pen down the things that they like in you. You can also your well-wisher to do the same. After reading their points, you will find that you have many good qualities that are appreciated by others. A person with many good qualities can easily bring the changes and turn his weakness to strengths. Believe that you are powerful and you can reach your goals with proper planning. If you feel too low, seek the help of a counselor to improve your self esteem.

January 2, 2010

10 Tips to Boost Your Self-esteem

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Perhaps one of the most important things for being successful in life is the amount of self-esteem and confidence you have. It is something you should pursue actively. Unfortunately most of us look at the outside indicators like how people react to something we say or do and we forget that these outside indicators are influenced by who reacts to us and what experiences and expectations they have. Because we have no influence on that it is necessary to build our self-esteem from the inside out. Once we know our worth and who we are the outside world will adjust.

Following are ten tips how you can improve your self-esteem: 1. Know your strength

What aspects of your self do you like? What are you already good at? What are your strength? Come up with at least 10 positive attributes before proceeding to the next step. Keep this list on you at all times and read it each time you feel lowly. 2. Be positive and optimistic.

Do you know the song: “Always look on the bright side of life”? Start living these words and stop thinking negatively about where you are today. Instead look at all the things you have already achieved in your life and visualize (dream) of everything that is still to come. 3. Develop an attitude of gratitude.

Every night and every morning say thanks for all you already have and for the special things that have happened in the last 24 hours. You will be surprised how much there is to be grateful for. Even when life seems glum you can be grateful for being alive, having a roof over your head, enough food to eat, clean water to drink etc. We all have so much already but we take most things for granted. Take this exercise serious because it can really change your life. 4. Set SMART goals for all your plans.

Write your goals, dreams and desires down in as much detail as possible. Then prioritize them and start working on your number one goal immediately by breaking it down into small, achievable steps. Go through your list of goals and steps every single day until it has become a new habit. Tick off and celebrate each achievement.5. Be proactive.

Do not wait for things to happen, instead make things happen. Fuel your motivation and determination by imagining what it will be like when you have achieved what you aim at achieving. Let other people know about your plans and in what aspect they can help you. 6. Make each person feel that she/he is significant.

High self-esteem means you feel good about yourself. Helping other people feel good about themselves will also bolster your confidence and by making the people around you feel significant you will eventually see amazing results – in your life and in theirs. 7. Mix with the right people.

Sometimes it is necessary to improve your circle of influence. Join social clubs or organizations like Lions, Kiwanis, business networks etc. in which you are likely to find successful, confident people. Good social contacts can give you further assurance.8. Find balance in life.

Indulging in sports or hobbies can help improve your self-confidence. Likewise, it can help you maintain good health. Good health leads to a sound body and a healthy mind. A sound body and a healthy mind play a major role in improving your self-esteem and gaining balance in life. 9. Learn from your failures.

We all have failures and disappointments which frequently result in low self-esteem. When our goals and objectives are not met, we get frustrated and can become negative about our capabilities. None of this helps. What differentiates the winners from the losers is the speed at which they get up again and what they learn from their failures. Failures and disappointments are part of life and the best way to overcome them is by learning the lessons they offer us. 10. Enroll in self-improvement seminars and/or life coaching.

If you don’t know where to begin, a coach or mentor can be very useful. Also emerging yourself in the positive atmosphere of self-improvement seminars can help you find your purpose and gain self-esteem and confidence. Reading self help books and listen to CD programs is useful but the most successful method from the outside is coaching as it gives you someone who holds you accountable.

Improving self-esteem does not happen overnight but if you use these tips you will see positive change happening.

Your improved self-esteem will benefit you in all aspects of your life. You will experience change in your relationships, your career, and most importantly, in your attitude towards yourself.

December 23, 2009

How to Boost Your Self Esteem

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How to Boost Your Self Esteemby  Jodi-Ann Walker  “If you have no confidence in self you are twice defeated in the race of life.” “With confidence, you have won the race before you have started.” -Marcus GarveyConfidence and having a powerful self-image is very important. Confidence and self-esteem motivate you, when other people do not. Self esteem encourages you when everything and everyone else does not. It is the underbelly of your drive, motivation, and determination.The question that may be on your mind is, “how is it that some people have a high self-esteem compared to others?” This is because some people’s  self-confidence has been nurtured from an early age. Their opinions were always respected. They were always encouraged to express themselves whether verbally or otherwise. They were always supported in their endeavors. For people who have low self-esteem, they have encountered contradictory circumstances. They were not supported in their endeavors. They were not encouraged to express themselves; and if they did so, they did so on a limited basis. Their opinions were not encouraged and, hence, shied away from truthfully expressing their views on how they really felt about a particular situation. Because their opinions, actions, and endeavors were not valued then it became easy to devalue themselves—and to allow others to devalue them. This self-deprecating and -negating behavior is intensified when people with low self-esteem compare themselves (or when others compare them) to other individuals. They begin to feel as if they are not enough. They begin to feel as if they are not enough. They begin to feel and think that they are inadequate.If you are one of those people with low self esteem, here are some tips to help boost your self confidence:1.Write 50 different things that you like about yourself over a five day period. This will help you to celebrate and appreciate your uniqueness. It will begin to teach you self love. This helps to focus on your strengths instead of your weaknesses. (A tip that could help you with this activity is to think of two positive things to counteract a negative thing about yourself.)2. Use personal development and self improvement tools and resources. When you love and accept yourself, then you will do everything, which is possible, to develop and improve on yourself.3.Help other people who are less fortunate. This will shift the focus off of you for a second and place it instead on other people. In this way, you will move from the depressed state of mind when you are in a self-deprecating and -negating mode. Also, after you help someone else, you start to feel better about yourself. 4.Socialize and make connections with the right people. Join clubs, groups, and social media networks and socialize with people with common interests. These should also be the right people in the sense that they encourage and support you in in your endeavors, dreams, and goals. They should also be able to give you sound advice and constructive criticism when you do something wrong.5.Formulate a life purpose for yourself. Think of what a perfect worldwould be like for you, then write it down. Write down your dreams, gifts, and talents. Then formulate your life purpose which includes what you intend to do with your gifts, goals, or talents to better the world around you.6.Set short- and long-term goals to achieve your life purpose. First develop an overall plan to accomplish your life purpose. Then set long-term and short-term goals to achieve each section of the plan.7.Celebrate your successes. After you have accomplished a goal you should celebrate by doing something good for yourself. You can go to the spa and get a massage, buy yourself something nice at the mall or treat yourself to a cone of ice cream.8.    Do not attempt to be like another person. Be the best person you can possibly be. It is okay to desire to improve yourself mentally, physically, socially and emotionally. But never attempt to be someone else. You will be putting yourself in self-sabotage mode reject yourself so that you can be someone else. 9.Stand up for your core values or belief systems. When you love and appreciate you will do everything in your power to protect your core values. This is because this forms the foundation of who you are as an individual. If you do not defend your individuality, then people will always treat you like a doormat and this, in turn, will activate the self-destruct mode within you.

December 20, 2009

Who else wants to discover…? The Secrets of Goal Setting and Personal Development

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Personal success happens when we make the right decisions at the right time. Most of us have an idea of the type of person we would like to be, but few of us take the time to turn this into a reality. A lack of perspective is often the biggest reason for this. People tend to take their lives for granted, which is a shame when we think about the good we can do for our lives when we think about them.

Having a goal is great because it injects purpose into our lives. You may already have a broad idea of a goal you would like to achieve. If this is the case, then now is the time to turn it into something specific. For instance, if you are looking to lose weight think about how much weight you would like to lose and in what time. The brain works best when it receives clear instructions. If you were asked to do something vague by your boss at work you would ask them to clarify what they mean. A specific goal is a clear instruction.

A measure of self awareness is essential in critical decision making. After all if we do not feel in control of ourselves the how can we expect to take control over our own destiny and circumstance? As with any other extreme though an extreme amount of self awareness can be detrimental. It can cause us to be too fearful of the consequences of taking action. In addition, what we shall call ‘extreme self awareness’ can lead us to being overly judgmental of our experiences and actions. So ho do we get the balance right? Well fortunately help is at hand.

Self awareness is the key to taking the correct initiative; if we are confident and honest with ourselves, then naturally it follows that we will take action that is balanced between knowledge and a desire to get things done. Rash decision making should be replaced with calm rational and decisive action. The difference between success and failure can be made in a snap decision. By being self aware you are conscious of your own skills and your limitations. It is important to not confuse confidence with arrogance.

If you are planning a new business venture make sure you have done as much research as possible. Make your goal a calculated risk. Ignorance is the enemy of success. What is even worse than ignorance is self enforced ignorance brought about by reluctance to challenge existing knowledge and looking for alternatives. Being able to find an alternative solution to a problem is what creates innovation and competition. Without this key asset we wouldn’t have different companies or products. This is why we need to maintain an open mind combined with self awareness to get your goal setting spot on.

December 16, 2009

Personal Development Starts With Self Esteem

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If we want to attain any goal, achieve any aim or reach any objective we all know that we need a large amount of confidence. We need confidence in ourselves, the plan we are using and our own abilities to work that plan. However, self confidence is merely a by-product of high self esteem but do we really know what that is or how to get it?

Self esteem begins with a positive self-image. This involves holding a balanced yet loving, approving and healthy self-view. However, it is not arrogance nor is it narcissism. True self esteem gives us a balanced realistic appreciation for our own talents. It allows us honest introspection of our strengths and a complete acceptance of our human limitations. High self esteem is a reflection of the true value in which you hold yourself. It also frees you from any overtly polarised view of others and how you perceive they think of you.

Individuals with high self esteem have a strong sense of themselves. They know who they are and what they want. They have a realistic world view of others and themselves. Their self-image is positive but also very rational.

However, do not think that people with high self esteem always feel great and proud of themselves. Self esteem is about having a balanced view of yourself. Everyone makes mistakes and people with high self-esteem are no exception. They also behave in ways or make decisions that they later wish they hadn’t. The key difference with these people is that they recover quickly make the changes they need to make, apologize for their behaviour where necessary and learn from the experience. Individuals who have developed a healthy degree of self-esteem are able to use these situations as a form of feedback and learn from them. It is alright to feel bad about their behaviour and make atonement for it but they do not let it effect their entire sense of identity nor do they carry it with them as emotional baggage.

If you are rude or aggressive with a person it doesn’t mean you are a terrible person or should be punished in some way. People with high self esteem are aware of this. These people are capable to taking full responsibility for their behaviour, admitting that it was undesirable. They will then try to make the situation “right” before they learn from it and put it behind them. They do not see themselves as bad people, just a good person that made a bad mistake. However, people with low self esteem tend to pile blame on themselves and think themselves unworthy and unlovable because they are “so bad” and “so unworthy and worthless”. They think because they have behaved badly it is a reflection of the total person they are when, in fact, it is only one portion of the complex personality they have. If you have high self esteem and you exhibit behaviour you yourself don’t like you tend to work on the problem until you either eradicate it or reverse it. People with high self esteem can do this relatively easily because they don’t see a change in one aspect of their character as an assault on their whole personality! So they can still have self criticism but also have high self-esteem at the same time.

A key to being in this mental and emotional state is to avoid generalising about mistakes made by ourselves and others, recognising that our weaknesses are part of who we are, while recognising that some of our behaviour can be changed without it affecting our sense of identity!

So start to see yourself as those who love you see you. Ask them what they think. Ask them to be realistic and to point out your good characteristics. Then take stock of yourself and start to believe in yourself. You can develop the skills needed to be critical of yourself, in order to learn and grow, while at the same time realizing that you are a unique, special, loving yet slightly flawed child of the Universe. You are wonderful. Accept that!

December 14, 2009

Amazing Steps to Self Improvement – How to Successfully Achieve Your Set Goal?

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The ability to set goals and make the plans accomplished is the “Master Skill” of success. It is the key skill that you can learn and practice to help you achieve the things you want in life.

“Goal Setting” enables you to do the work you want, to live where you want to live, and to be the kind of person you want to be. In fact, there is no limit to the financial rewards you can obtain. All you have to do is to locate a goal for the financial success, make a proper plan, and then work the plan out until you succeed in that target.

Why do so few people set goals?

From the study, there is less than 3 percent of Americans have written goals, and less than 1 percent review and rewrite their goals on a daily basis. Thus, the reasons why people do not place their goals can be concluded as following;

1. They are simply not serious.

It is approved that most successful persons who have achieved thing remarkable are occurred of “getting thing serious”. These persons will totally determine about their goals until it really achieve.

2. They don’t understand the importance of goals.

It is found that young men and women who begin setting their goals very early in life customarily initiate from families that consider the importance of goals. If parents didn’t have, talk or encourage their children about the importance of the goals, then it is impossible to raise their children up with the idea of goal setting.

3. They are fear of failure.

Main reason of why people don’t set goals is probably they are fear of failure. Generally, people are afraid that they might fail. In fact, the fear of failure is possibly the greatest difficulty to the successfull life which can cause some psychological problem.

It is almost impossible to achieve anything without a set goal. Having goals is what separates those that do and those that only wish they had. Goals can be large or incremental leading to the accomplishment of a larger goal.

The “Smart Goals” should be both in short term and long term. It is almost impossible to achieve a long term goal without early step of using a set of short term goals. The initial short term goals should be one you can practically ensure that you can succeed. Later short term goals are ones which will build on the success of the earlier goals. Keep adding short term goals until you achieve your long term goal.

December 1, 2009

Personal Development – 10 Tips on How to Get Started

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Are you totally happy with your life? It wouldn’t surprise me if your initial response was to ask the question “Is anyone totally happy with their life?” Fair comment. So let me rephrase the question. “Is there any area of your life right now that you are not happy with?” Is that a better question?

You may be one of the fortunate ones who can say they are happy in every area of their life. However, I bet you are like most people in our society, who are probably unhappy with one or more areas of their lives. If that is the case, let me talk to you about personal development.

Before I move on it may be useful to offer a definition of personal development. I decided to do some research on the internet and Google the term personal development. I was surprised to find that there were not really that many sites that offered a definition, although there were many adverts promoting personal development. I shouldn’t be surprised because Marketdata a research firm has estimated that the personal development industry is set to grow at a rate of 11.4 yearly through to 2010, to a value of $13.9 billion.

“Personal development is the deliberate growth or development of a particular individual to bring out their potential and capabilities making them more aware of their inner feelings, belief systems to become a more conscious, whole or healthy human being”.

I know that probably seems like a mouthful but it seemed to encompass my own thoughts about what personal development is. I decided to ask my partner to offer a definition:

“Strategies that enable me to enhance my life in all areas”

Now I do like this definition because it says what it is, simply and succinctly. The thing about personal development, is that it means different things to different people. When someone embarks on the journey of personal development, it maybe that they have chosen to improve their health, relationships, career prospects, finances etc. Sometime people talk about the mind, body and spirit, or physical, emotional and spiritual.

So how do you get started on the road to personal development? Well, first of all become aware of what you already have in your life and what you are grateful for and then think about what is missing, what do you want, I mean really want. Awareness has to come first, because without an awareness there can be no conscious decision to take action. Becoming aware also means asking yourself different questions and then seeking out the answers. So if your question is “There must be more to life than this?” your mind is already making an assumption that there is more to life and as if by magic you start to see things around you that maybe you did not notice before.

Below I have put together my top 10 strategies that I use regularly to keep myself motivated. As a bonus I contacted some of my friends within the personal development field and asked them to give me their top 3 personal development books and created a top 10 list. I hope this helps you to get started.

1. Take time everyday to do something for yourself. This is so fundamental. Many people go through their day giving of themselves to other people, their job etc. and don’t have time for themselves. Even if you give yourself 15 minutes, that is time with yourself to reflect and focus on the most important person in your life, YOU.

2. Read or listen to personal development material. You must find time to learn about personal development to read or listen to positive and inspirational messages. You could use the 15 minutes put by for yourself to read a chapter of a book. If you drive, put in a tape or CD, this is making use of net (no extra time) time.

3. Decide what you really want to do and do it. Often we think about what we want to do and make excuses as to why we can’t do it. The reality is that the time we have taken to think up excuses as to why we can’t do something, we could have done it. What have you been putting off doing? Take this opportunity to do it, clear out the clutter. Once you have done it there is space in your mind to think about other things.

4. Do not be afraid of making a mistake. You will only achieve success from doing. In history many brilliant ideas have come about because of a mistake. Don’t let fear of failure stop you from doing what you want.

5. Do not put off making a decision because you are afraid it may be the wrong one. Nothing is gained by sitting on the fence. So the sooner you make a decision, even if it is the wrong one, the sooner you can make the right one. Practise being decisive.

6. Keep a journal recording your thoughts, ideas, feelings and personal growth. Keeping a journal is a great way of measuring your progress. Looking back at your journey. It is also a great source of material for any projects you hope to do in the future. If one of your dreams is to write a book, why not start with jotting down ideas in a journal.

7. Be flexible and willing to change your approach if things are not working. Sometimes when you set your mind to do something, with a set plan, things don’t always go smoothly. Remember that as long as you are clear about your destination, you can always change your route, it may take you longer, but as long as you get there in the end.

8. Visualise your goals on a daily basis. Better still put up pictures of your goals so that you can see them on waking up and going to bed. Our minds respond better to pictures than words.

9. Get yourself and elastic band and put it around your wrist. Make sure it fits loosely. Every time you find yourself thinking a negative thought pull the elastic band and let go so that it snaps back onto your wrist. Yes, it will hurt. That is the whole idea. Keep this up for the next 30 days and notice what happens.

10. Celebrate your achievements. Award yourself for any progress that you make because you deserve it.

Sonia is a Personal Development and Success Consultant. She has been involved in the personal development industry for over 20 years primarily in the public sector. When you visit her website be sure to download the free Confidence Building ecourse and sign up for her success strategies and tools newsletter.

Sonia Harris © 2007Personal Development and Success Coach

November 28, 2009

Goal Setting For Personal Development

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The benefits of growing as a person and making constant upgrade of personality is an innate part of us as human persons. Everybody wants to grow more and more and one’s definition of personal development along with a list of personal skills, goal planning for use in your personal development is of great significance. Reaching your potential personal and professional development becomes more and more essential as time goes by as everybody wants to get better in his or her life as much as possible.
Now when thinking of one’s personal development, looking at wanting or having more with a list of personal skills does not necessarily make you better. To become a better person you need to improve inside and in reaching your potential personal and professional development quicker that you otherwise would have. You need to improve your self within you. Personal development helps one to become a productive person and the our definition of growth is one of the first things to get defined.
Taking on personal development is a serious task, to make the world a better place (reaching your potential personal and professional development) we have to begin with ourselves first. When your ideas, habits and attitudes move for the better, you could help others live their lives better. Though it sounds easy, it takes a lot of effort, goal setting and on your part. If it is so easy then why are not others trying to make better things for themselves and for society? The theory of Self-actualization discusses that in order for human beings to grow to a higher level, they have to get their basic needs fullfilled. The basic needs of a human being include: physiological, safety, acceptance or belonging, self-esteem and self-realization. Let us see why these domains are essential in helping us to become better individuals.
Man’s physiological needs are food and water– for survival. If you are starving and not having enough food and water to take care of your hunger and thirst, where would you get the energy from to think understand about becoming better person?
With personal development acceptance or a sense of belonging is another substantial need for human persons. We need understanding and love from our family and friends and tfrom the society we live in. This acceptance will make us think of doing good things for the people who understand and accept us and in that process we become a better person.
We have to ensure our personal safety above everyone else’s security. If you do not feel safe in your personal life, how can you try to bring security to others? Y
The need for self-esteem along with a list of personal skills and capacity of making things for betterment. To maintain this self-esteem and confidence, you would do good deeds to better for life.
When is comes to personal development and our lives, the truth is that you can be whoever or whatever you choose to be, if only more of us would believe and act upon this then we would not have the level of apathy and the situation we see in our community.

November 12, 2009

Great Quotes From Great People on Self Improvement

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Self improvement is one of the most ignored journeys in our modern society. Start your journey like a child who is born into this world to learn. We can have intense desire for changing or improving who we are, but if we don’t begin the journey with one step, as Confucius once said and then break it down into smaller plans, the journey might begin to seem impossible.

Any time you sincerely want to make a change, the first thing you must do is to raise your standards. Write down all the things you would no longer accept in your life, all the things you would no longer tolerate, and all the things that you aspire to become.

Go ahead and take the actions and steps necessary to make your goal of self-improvement in some area of your life into a reality. A good example of this is how athletes will compare their current performance to their own previous performances with self-improvement being the number one goal.

The great philosopher Heraclitus says “the only permanent thing in this world is change”. Everything is in constant flux. But human nature resists this change because change is uncomfortable, stressful and painful. We hate change so much and yet it is change that has brought in so much progress for us.

Over the years my teacher has been teaching about a simple concept called ‘The Ant Philosophy’ to students. I think everybody should study ants. They have an amazing self improvement philosophy and here it is:

Ants never quit. When they’re headed somewhere and you try to stop them; they’ll look for another way. They’ll climb over, they’ll climb under, and they’ll climb around. They keep on looking for another way. Likewise never quit moving in the direction of your goal but do keep changing the ways to get where you want to go.

Take a look at these great quotes from great people on self improvement:

C.R. Lawton

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have mastered, you will never grow.”

Cindy Wagner

“I’m going to get through this; I’m going to be fine. The power to do it is all in my mind.”

Sean Gregory Derrick

“No one knows everything, but everyone can learn something.”

Unknown Author

“The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.”

Les Brown

“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.”

Unknown Author

“The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.”

Socrates

“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.”

These people are the pillars of our society and these quotes are stressing on self improvement for the betterment of society and humanity.

If we want to improve we need to learn from our mistakes, from our experience, from other people, from our failures and successes and not to forget from our leaders. Our success is the result of our ability to learn and grow in all situations.

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