Personal Growth and Development: The Importance of Personal Growth in Business

The idea of personal growth for me has gonethe state of attraction. Don't feel you need to be
360º in my thinking about how it relates toable to do this perfectly right away. It doesn't
business.Let me explain why. I am a "READY GO"happen for most people that way. We are a
person so in the early days of my business I feltwork in progress so give yourself permission to
that the personal growth component was not ado your work a little at a time. Whenever I find
priority.my mind going to a negative I take a deep
At first, I felt that far too many people "nested"breath and move myself to a positive state. So
in personal development and never did thefirst is the mind-set of attraction. Next I want my
business. I was just the opposite. I didn't donew starts to spend time with Napoleon Hill in
anything much in the direction of personal growth.Think and Grow Rich where they will immerse
As my organization grew, and grew very quickly,themselves and feel the importance of growing
I discerned that not everyone has come alongthemselves personally. Early in this work, Hill
the same path of development. People, all of ussuggest how to master self-confidence. This
have come to the business via different directionsconfidence piece is one of my favorites. Do a
having come from various career backgrounds.team call on confidence and focus on the portion
Many of those career paths are not terribly rich inof his writings.
providing opportunity for a person to develop andThe 4 Hour Work Week is the freshest piece I
grow. We all need to be growing in our journeyshave read in a long time. Readers will be
here on planet earth.highlighting and taking notes on the perspectives
What I will tell you is that it does not build yourand checking the websites Tim Ferriss suggests.
business to stick your head in a book or tap yourIt will be a book to carry around with you as you
toes to the introduction music of the motivationalgrow your business and choose to develop a
tapes more an hour or two tops per day. This islifestyle only some people "dreamline". You Were
NOT income producing activity. Income producingBorn Rich is just a timeless piece from a highly
activity needs to take at least 80% of your workrespected mentor to so many of us. Bob Proctor
week. I have no more than five suggestions inhelped me understand that we are all born with
my "Leaders are Readers" section and then aabundance and what we do with that is up to us.
few more in the "Supercharge and Take it to theJoseph Murphy's The Power of the Subconscious
Next Level" portion. I separate the two so newMind opens a bright new way in which you use
business coaches know they can get startedyour mind!
quickly with a short list in terms of personalThe privilege we have before us with a network
growth. On my short list is the following:marketing business is what it allows us in
- Watch or read The Secret (relationships and the development of individuals.
- Add these important books to your library andDON'T be a gerbil on one of those little tread
make it a priority to read them...o Think and Growwheels going round and round and never getting
Rich by Napoleon Hillo You Were Born Rich byon down the road toward your financial goal. DO
Bob Proctoro The 4 Hour Work Week byhold in high regard the value of personal
Timothy Ferrisso The Power of the Subconsciousdevelopment. Plan to jog your way through the
Mind by Joseph Murphyshort list and walk on to whatever you choose to
These are not in a particular order except onesupercharge to the next level. Just make it as
and two. Listening to The Secret will greatly assisteasy as possible in the start up to begin your
people in an important mind-set ? that of being injourney of growth.