Still a day behind due to how crazy this past week was, but hopefully I can catch up today.
Day 16 is a little bit of a repeat. It emphasizes how the only advantage ‘successful’ people have over us is knowledge. Which I feel is true.
Being ‘smart’ has nothing to do with being successful. It’s all about the type of habits we have, the type of information we have, and then what we do with that information.
Anyone can get information. And anyone can ‘do’ stuff with that information.
Want to run your own online business? Awesome. You can totally do it. All you need to do is research the information you need and then take the necessary actions to do it.
Want to become more organized? Look into articles about decluttering and organization. See what other people are doing and then figure out what would work best for you.
It really is all about researching, reading some stuff, maybe watching a video on Youtube, and then taking action. All you need is information and determination to reach a goal.
Look back at your key priority. Look at your push goal. What information do you need to help you with those objectives?
My key priority this time ‘round is Personal Growth, which is a bit nebulous. It covers a large area for me; pretty much my whole life.
I have dedicated time each day to different areas that I feel focus on personal growth and development. One hour is spent on personal career related projects, one hour on a craft project, at least one hour on school assignments, another hour at the gym focusing on strength / cardio, and a final hour at the dojo for aikido / taekwondo.
Phew. 5 hours of me time basically. I’m happy to report that I’ve been pretty good about sticking to that regime so far.
That doesn’t really give me anything to research though. What could I look into that would help me on my quest for “Personal Growth”? It’s not like I need a self-help book or anything. At least I don’t feel like that is what I would need.
Really I don’t feel like I “need” anything at all. I think I have a handle on it. I’m more interested in other perspectives, other schools of thought that may, or may not, broaden my own way of thinking.
So I pondered over my key priority last night. I wasn’t sure what to research into, so I wasn’t sure what to write here. When I woke up I honestly wasn’t any closer to knowing what to ‘research’, and I was starting to feel sort of lame about that fact.
Not having something to research made me feel like I was saying, “I’m already a bawce. I need no additional information because I know everything. Kneel before me minion and bow before my greatness.”
Totally not how I feel, or the vibe I want to give off… So if I don’t know everything, why couldn’t I figure out what to look into, what to research to help me achieve my goal?
A little frustrated, I started asking myself, “Why do I want personal growth? What do I hope to achieve with this goal? Why is this a priority?”
After a little bit I came to the conclusion that through personal growth I hope to achieve balance and stability. I hope to become a better me. Ultimately it is about an inner peace, a spiritual calm, and learning to harmonize all areas of my life.
A large part of balance for me comes from understanding myself, which is something that’s actually relatively new to me. It wasn’t until about 4 years ago that I was exposed to the MBTI test, and even then I didn’t really start researching into my personality type until after college.
That was a huge eye opener for me. For the first time in my life I didn’t feel like an alien. I was / am a perfectly healthy INFJ.
Then came the discovery of introversion, and HSP. Understanding the different facets that made me, well… me, helped me to understand what I needed to be happy and to feel balanced. I feel like there is more that I could learn in this area though, and that with more knowledge, and an even better understanding of myself, that I could achieve my goals easier.
So having come to this realization, I will be picking back up my research into my personality type, beginning with introversion. There are several books I would like to read so it’s the perfect place to start in my opinion.
“Do something that you’ve wanted to do, but kept putting off because it never lined up with your priorities.”
Oh look… it lines up with my priorities now… Guess I should get on that… : D