One of the best ways to continue growing as
a person is to focus on yourself or to focus
on self improvement. If you are just starting
your self improvement journey, it might seem
scary but the thing is that self improvement
is an ongoing process. There is no pressure
to meet deadlines or to achieve a million
accomplishments. Self improvement is all about
learning and growing. This could mean taking
more steps to reach a goal or adding extra
things into your day to make you feel better.
This video will go over a step by step guide
to help you get started on your self improvement
journey.
First off, the very first thing you should
do in your self improvement journey is to
clean your room. This sounds like a joke but
I’m serious here. Self improvement is all
about overcoming obstacles to become better
and grow as a person. For example, if you
want to be more attractive you need to go
to the gym, clean up your diet, and get a
skincare routine. Since you want to accomplish
a big goal, it makes sense that the obstacle
is huge. This is why a lot of people struggle
with self improvement. Most people want to
start off with a huge goal but they struggle
to accomplish it because they don’t have
the necessary skills. If you ever played video
games, specifically RPGs, you know that you
can’t just fight a super strong boss in
the beginning or you will get 1 shot. You
need to level up and get strong enough before
you even stand a chance. The same concept
applies in real life. You need to overcome
smaller obstacles before you can deal with
big ones. When you are cleaning your room
and doing every little thing from rearranging
to taking out the trash, you are leveling
up your skills by increasing your motivation,
work ethic and discipline. By taking care
of your immediate environment, you can then
take on bigger challenges. One of the biggest
advocates for cleaning your room before taking
on bigger challenges is Jordan B Peterson.
If you want to learn more about this subject,
you should listen to his episode on the Joe
Rogan podcast.
Second, figure out your next place to start.
If you are feeling goal-less, you should look
at the 4 pillars of a good life and think
about which one you want to work on first.
The 4 pillars of a good life are health, wealth,
love, and happiness. Health refers to your
physical health so if that’s your area of
concern you want to look into getting more
exercise and fixing your diet. Wealth refers
to your finances and career so you want to
look into getting a side hustle, starting
a business, saving money, and other personal
finance topics. Love refers to your relationships
so you want to look into finding a significant
other and improving the relationships you
have or forming new ones. Happiness refers
to your mental health and I think it’s the
most complex pillar. If you want to improve
your happiness you want to look into adding
things into your day that make you feel better
or building habits that can make you happier.
You also might want to look into how to handle
your emotions better which is a complex subject.
Find out which area needs some attention and
start from there.
Third, once you know where to start, it’s
time to do some research and learn. Everyone
has their preferred way of learning so there
are many ways to approach this step. Some
people learn best by reading books on the
subject while other people learn best by video
tutorials. One thing to watch out for is the
dopamine rush when you finish the material.
You will feel good and your mind thinks that
you improved yourself but the truth is that
just learning doesn’t mean you did any self
improvement. You need to apply what you learned
to actually grow as a person. This is a common
trap that people who are on their self improvement
journey fall into. They keep consuming material
but they don’t apply anything which doesn’t
do anything for them. When you are going through
the materials, I suggest you should take notes
on the things you strongly agree with and
start thinking about how to apply what you
learned. By the way, it’s ok to not agree
with everything you learned, in fact, it’s
a good thing. It’s not very effective to
try to apply things you don’t believe in
after all.
Fourth, execute and apply what you learned.
This step is pretty self explanatory. After
you apply what you learned, take note of the
result. If the result isn’t what you desired,
think about what went wrong. From there, you
can either improve from the failure last time
and try again or you can try something else
to try to achieve your goal. It’s up to
you to make the decision on what the best
move is. You will probably spend most of your
time here on this step since you can only
move onto the last step once you achieve your
goal and get what you want.
Fifth, find other areas you want to improve
in and start the process from step 3. You
basically have a goal you want to achieve,
learn how to achieve it, and then do what
you need to do to achieve it. Remember that
self improvement is an ongoing process and
you will constantly be doing things to improve
yourself.
That’s basically how the self improvement
journey is. Some people might not agree with
the 1st step about cleaning your room but
I strongly suggest you do it or at least give
it more thought. The idea of doing smaller
challenges before bigger ones is something
you should think about and apply if you believe
in it. Other than that, most people’s self
improvement journey will be similar to what
I outlined in this video. By the way, if you
are interested in an online course, there
are several online courses I linked in the
description that are done by Practical Psychology.
He’s one of the biggest self improvement
Youtube channels and his courses are effective.
Check them out and see if the course interests
you.
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