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                                              The Perennial


                                      Process of Personal



                                                      Growth




                        ost of you might have come across the
                  Mterm  personal  growth  and  wondered
                  what it means. Personal growth is also called as
                  self-improvement and self-growth. Now, what
                  is personal growth?
                      This term refers to various techniques for
                  improving one’s habits, behaviour, acti ons and
                  reacti ons.
                      Here are few examples to clarify.
                      What is personal growth:
                      •  Learning to control anger.
                      •  Learning to overcome procrasti nati on.
                      •  Learning to overcome laziness
                      •  Learning to be more polite and           about people who have achieved success.
                         considerate.                                 This  oft en  leads  people  to  new  path,  to
                      •  Becoming a more responsible person.      make  changes  in  their  lives,  expanding  their
                      Personal Growth also means:                 knowledge and self awareness, improving skills
                      •  Learning new things and developing       and developing new ones.
                         new skills.                                  Personal growth can help you in all areas of
                      •  Changing your mindset and becoming       your life. It can help you at work. It can change
                         more positi ve.                          your  atti  tude  towards  work,  and  therefore
                      Successful  personal  growth  requires      open new opportuniti es for advancement.
                  moti vati on,  the  desire  to  improve  and  the   A  very  simple  and  useful  method  for
                  willingness to strive to make change. You also   personal growth is to look at your behaviour
                  need to be willing to get out of your comfort   and your life with an open and unbiased mind.
                  zone  and  someti mes  you  need  to  do  things   This will show you what changes you have to
                  that are uncomfortable  because  they are for   make in your life and in yourself. And in this
                  your own good. An open mind means desire to     way you can learn what you need to improve
                  learn and grow.                                 in you.
                      Personal  growth  is  ongoing  process  that    Thus  in  conclusion  people  are  diff erent
                  starts  from  the  birth.  But  mostly  shaped   from one another. What works for one might
                  by  parents,  teachers  and  the  environment.   not work for another. This means that you need
                  Someti mes  people  are  inspired  to  take  steps   to explore the various techniques and ways for
                  towards the personal growth aft er reading an   personal growth to fi nd what is suitable for you.
                  inspirati onal book, watching movies or reading                       - Cadet Santosh, 4754






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