Everyone has goals and ideals, but they're usually half-buried under an inundation of responsibilities. Fortunately, the drive for self development is not only resilient, but can truly be realized through honoring one's personal motivation in life. Here are a few universally applicable tools, inspired by life coach Tony Robbins, for personal growth through manifesting what's truly important in one's life.
Consider Motivating Forces in One's Life
The biggest blocks to self-development are losing touch with one's inspiration and lack of motivation. Even if someone hasn't honored their ideals for decades, making the time to really analyze how one wants to live — whether one simply wants to be kinder or more successful — is itself a huge step towards realizing how to live that ideal.
Tony Robbins calls this step 'Get Focused and Clear.' Through an earnest appraisal of one's current life situation, the creation of a compelling vision for how that situation will improve via one's personal growth, and considering reasons why realizing that vision is absolutely worthwhile, lack of motivation is powerfully dispensed with.
Find Experts in One's Area of Self-Development
Having decided the niche of what self-development direction to take immediately narrows down the field of expertise to help; whether one is interested in getting an art degree or finding a spiritual teacher, the internet, local experts, and a bookseller or local library are all one needs to make huge leaps in understanding and motivating oneself further.
To Tony Robbins, this step is called 'Get the Best Tools for Success,' and once the resources are in place, a daily ritual must follow to realize one's motivation, step by step. It's considered normal to hurry through life in a perpetual flurry of activity; now that one has made the commitment to move toward what's truly important, weave it into that activity and invite it to transform oneself.
Identifying and Overcoming Blocks to Personal Growth
Known as the 'Get Aligned, Get Integrated and Get Results' step in the Tony Robbins approach, this step enhances one's available internal resources. First, consider disempowering beliefs in the desired area of self-development. Second, identify beliefs that would result in more motivation or empowerment.
Third, visualize oneself at the height of one's ability in the area one wishes to progress in; in other words, what would one look like, or who would one be, at the top of one's game? To Tony Robbins, this area or 'game' might be in one or more of seven areas: one's physical body, emotions & meaning, relationships, time, work/career/mission, finances, and celebrate & contribute.
Tony Robbins' Change Your Life Workshop
To begin envisioning, and realizing, this web of motivations, resources, and obstacles, explore Tony Robbins' free online experience, the Change Your Life Workshop.
Source
"Change Your Life Workshop." AnthonyRobbins.com. Anthony Robbins, n.d. Web. 16 Mar 2010.
Josefine Cole - Josefine is a BA graduate of Naropa University's Religious Studies program, which emphasizes self-transformation through practice of ...
