A personal development plan is a map of your self development journey. It is basically a goal setting practice, but for the area of personal development. In a way, it is all encompassing in ones life and not just limited to specific goals. The objective of it is to plan for your aspirations in regards to personal development. Among other things, it involves identifying what skills you need to learn, the aspects of yourself needs to be improved, abilities that are you lacking and areas which needs to be given priority for improvement.

Although it is in essence a goal setting plan, however due to the nature of personal development, a slightly different approach would be more suitable and effective as opposed to using the goal setting method. Hence, the reason for having a personal development plan.

For many people who are serious about success, goal setting is a must. However, many do not set goals for the area of their personal development. People normally have financial goals, health goals, career and professional goals, spiritual goals and relationship goals. However, they have no goals for their personal development.

This is not ideal because as you get more and more caught up in achieving your goals, you will unconsciously tend to neglect learning more and improving further. In addition, when people start seeing success, many get complacent and stop their personal development. It is this complacency that usually causes many successful individuals to consequently fall.

Heres the gist of having a personal development plan. Everyone works hard towards achieving their goals. Unfortunately, often times many neglect working on whats most important to their success THEMSELVES; their skills, abilities and knowledge.

Goal setting takes care of what we want, but it does not take care of what we need. Having this plan for personal development helps to ensure that we are continually focused on making sure we improve and get what we need.

Though the basic premise of a plan for personal development seems quite simple, it is important that you spend time and really work on it so that you can come up with a really good and detailed plan. This is important to ensure that you are effectively developing yourself and headed the right direction.

The first thing that you want to do is to learn more about the methods for writing a personal development plan. Things like how to discover your strengths/weaknesses, knowing what to prioritize on etc. Once you are familiar with that you can proceed to create your detailed plan.

Here is a personal development plan template that you can use as a reference to create your own. Just follow the sections in the template and youll be on your way. Feel free to make any changes to the template to suit your personal needs if necessary. Though nothing is written in stone, however try to not to lose the essence of the template.

Here is an example personal development plan as a reference. Check this out if youre having trouble with writing any part of your plan.

Finally, use these personal development plan tips to ensure the effectiveness of your personal development plan and to get the most out of it.

Having a personal development plan helps you make sure your knowledge, skills and abilities are constantly upgraded. When all is said and done, it is your capabilities that ultimately affects your level of success and the quality of your life. So dont neglect it.

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Being happy at work means growing as an individual. The funny thing is most of us dont equate personal development with our jobs. We see them as separate entities that dont belong together. I believe this couldnt be further from the truth.

The reason why personal development and happiness at work are forever linked together is simple. The better we are at cultivating relationships and productivity, the more we enjoy our jobs.

Artists at Heart

We are all artists at heart. I watched a George Carlin interview over at 43 Folders. He talked about the importance of enjoying the various parts of writing, performing and promoting (marketing). He became successful when he began to understand who he was. In the earlier half to middle half of his career he thought that he should be an actor because everyone else was doing it. He hated it. Success came easier when he stopped trying to be something he wasnt and figured out what really made him happy.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted. Deepak Chopra

By not forcing yourself to work hard (being a big bully) and allowing your desires to pull you like a giant work-happiness magnet to do great work, the pain (stress and worry) will be significantly reduced and success will happen.

Why It Works for Companies

Dwayne J. Clark, CEO of Aegis Living stopped reviewing sales numbers at his annual meeting and created a yearly inspirational meeting. He brought in spiritual, personal development, and relationship speakers (Deepak Chopra and Jack Canfield) to give back to his employees. Popular speakers cost over $80,000 for an hours time. They did this to show that they were serious about creating an atmosphere that would help people grow.

From the day he launched Aegis with Bill Gallaher in 1997, Clark pledged to improve employees lives. Jim Berry of Inc. Magazine (check out the whole article Is it an annual meeting? Or an Episode of Oprah?

Dwayne began to see a significant improvement with his employees. They were more compassionate toward each other. They were also willing to share personal problems with each other. He was able to create a community that supported each other.

The turnover rate at Aegis is 25% to 43% a year, compared to the industry standard of 70% to 120%.

By fostering personal development at your company, you can also promote better teamwork, happier employees, and of course improve the bottom line.

Your Career

When you take the time to develop your emotional intelligence and personal skills, youll reap the rewards at work. The better you understand your needs, the easier it is to fulfill them.

Next time you are caught in office politics, denied a raise or refused much needed appreciation, try to think of the situation as a chance to grow. Notice how it makes you feel and try to end the negative cycle and give appreciation to people you work with. Believe me, if you enjoy feeling a certain way then chances are they will too. Youll probably notice that by taking the time to improve your happiness, your ability to be compassionate and your overall personal development skills, you will be able to enjoy your job even more.

I put a little resource list that I know you all will enjoy.

Three of my favorite personal development blogs are:

Steve Pavlina Check out my Interview with Steve.

Positivity Blog How to double your productivity (series)

Abundance Blog Five Stress-Busting Techniques for Busy People

Three of my favorite blogs on improving your career through knowing yourself:

Penelope Trunk How to go to a meeting when you want to sit home and cry

Get Rich Slowly JD doesnt post many career based articles, but How Do You Turn Passion into a Career? (And Should You?) is fantastic.)

Delightful Work An Authentic Approach to Making More Money

Do you believe in personally improving yourself at your job? How do you bring more love, spirituality, and power into your working day?

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If you want to create a personal development plan that helps you to actually achieve your goals, solid preparation is the answer.

Preparation already starts with your interest in reading this article, so you are already a good step ahead! However, there is a bit more to it.

So, what if I showed you how to use some great preparation techniques to create a powerful personal development plan that guides you along the way to your goals?

UPDATE: For a little personal development plan 101, check out this presentation first.

You ask: What is a personal development plan?

The official Wikipedia answer on the process around the personal development plan is the following: Personal development planning is the process of creating an action plan based on awareness, values, reflection, goal-setting and planning for personal development within the context of a career, education, relationship or for self-improvement. (source).

In my simple terms: A personal development plan is an action plan that gets you from where you are right now to where you want to be in future. This can incorporate learning hard skills (like project management skills) as well as soft skills (like active listening).

Is this a bit clearer now?

Is it complicated to create a personal development plan? It can be. Everything can be complicated. For me, it is also a matter of mindset. So.

Think of two benefits right now. Ready?

There can be huge benefits, both for you as well as your employer, if everything works out as planned. In case you finish this course as a project management professional, for instance, you can be referred to as the project management expert within your company and be engaged in different interesting projects. Added values for both parties.

In general, there are three types of motivation to create a personal development plan:

But the question remains, how can you do it?

When I create a personal development plan, I use the following questions as a guideline to prepare myself best and to make this plan as useful as possible. Otherwise, I risk to lose the red thread. No matter how much motivation I have, without a logic plan, I am not getting very far.

Refer to the top of this article, if you need some tips.

There are commonly five to seven main categories of a personal development plan:

If business related, this will likely depend upon the circumstances. Is this plan related to your annual objectives? Has it been triggered during a training? During a 360 Feedback process? In all cases, you should be informed in advance.

Finally, yes, I believe plans should not only consist of words and numbers. Make a drawing on a separate page, just for your personal use. Draw an image or a symbol that you link with your desired outcome of the plan. It does not have to be pretty.

Follow the planning, aim for some progress, not perfection by tomorrow. You will be more satisfied and therefore more motivated to keep going.

If you are wondering what you need to succeed with your plan? You might like to read some techniques that I put in place. Last, but not least, do not forget to reward yourself every once in a while!

Has the question on What is a personal development plan? been answered for you? What do you think about such a detailed preparation? Does this make sense?

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Train the elephant while he is young, for he will never forget. At least, thats how this story goes that I heard in India.

When an elephant is very young and small, their trainer ties them to a tree with a thick rope.

The baby elephant struggles and struggles but is not strong enough.

Soon the elephant learns that his strength is no match for the rope.

He accepts his faith, gives up and gets used to the idea that this rope can hold him.

As the elephant grows, even a simple string is enough to hold himwithout resistance. He dares not struggle, rememberingthe ropethat he could not break many years ago.

Though the string hasno chance of holding the elephant, he does not realize that: he has convinced himself that itis stronger than him, and he never even tries.

For many people, the failure from past events is what they remember. The memory of weakness, of not beingstrong enough stopsthem from even attempting to overcomechallenges in their lives, eventhough their strength is much stronger now.

They never forget and just like the elephant who will not try tobreak the string, theyshy away from challenges in their lives that they could overcome if they would only try.

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Clinical Narcissism

Although must of us have exhibited some "narcissistic" behaviors at one time or another, a specific set of personality traits must be habitual for someone to be officially diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder.

Ideas to help you develop a better knowledge of yourself.

Its an imperative with a millennia-long history. But why is it important to develop a thorough knowledge of the self?

It seems that good leaders such as John Wooden, like Collins, have discovered that humility and selflessness are essential traits for successful and memorable leadership.

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Is leadership all about the leader? Or are effective leaders those who are most in tune with their followers? Vision interviews two authors on The New Psychology of Leadership.

What would happen if a video of our daily lives was placed on YouTube?

Leaders arent born, theyre developed. And a true leader is a leader in every area of life. And leadership begins at home. Parents provide the earliest influence on children. By modeling leadership in their own lives, parents profoundly affect the kind of leaders their children become.

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Its not uncommon to find, in modern literature, the call for a new Golden Rule. But do we need a new rule, or is the one we already have adequate?

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The term narcissist has come to refer to someone who indulges in self-worship or is in some way excessively self-absorbed.

You may have to lose yourself to find true self-worth.

Too many people derive little or no satisfaction from their work. So what does it take to achieve lasting fulfillment in our employment?

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I love writing about personal development topics its my passion! But I also love reading about them as well. So much of my inspiration for Live Bold and Bloom has come from great thinkers, great books, and many, many amazing personal development blogs.

One of the things I enjoy most about blogging is the supportive, interdependent nature of the business. Other bloggers arent your competition they are your partners, cheerleaders, and friends along the journey. I have met so many wonderful, talented people through my work here at Live Bold and Bloom, and I am honored to partner with many of them on other blogging projects.

Id like to share with you 25 of my favorite personal development blogs.These are in no particular order so please check them all out.

1. Momentum Gathering a beautifully simple and simply beautiful blog by my dear friend Katie Tallo who sees her blog as a way to express myself, to explore bits and pieces of life I feel passionate about and to inspire momentum in the lives of others. Her writing is exquisite.

2. Pick the Brain a blog written by many guest writers and dedicated to self improvement with a focus on personal productivity, motivation, and self education. Its one of the biggest personal development blogs on the net. Lots and lots of great articles.

3. The Change Blog written by Peter Clemens, a father of two and a seasoned blogger, The Change Blog is all about helping people make positive change, highlighting the understanding that each of us is free to choose the direction of our life.

4. Goodlife Zen my friend and partner Mary Jaksch offers practical inspiration for a happier life, focusing on great habits, creativity, spirituality, fitness, and mindfulness.

5. One With Now written beautifully by the amazing Manal Ghosain, One With Now provides practical advice on how to become more aware of this moment and accept it without resistance, reducing mental and emotional clutter and creating more space in your life for what truly matters.

6. The One Question If you are interested in finding the answer to the one question, What should I do with my life? this is the blog to visit. You can take a free life purpose test and read many great articles on life purpose.

7. Marc and Angel Hack Life This lovely husband and wife team enjoy sharing practical thoughts on a broad range of topics pertaining to life, hacks, productivity, aspirations, health, work, tech and general self improvement.

8. Change Your Thoughts Steve Aitchison, the hunky Scotsman, shows hes more than a pretty face with this thought-provoking blog about changing your thoughts, beliefs, and actions to create an amazing life.

9. The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin is the New York Times best-selling author of the book, The Happiness Project. Her blog is all about, you guessed it, finding happiness.

10. A Certain Simplicity This blog is so delectable you want to eat it. Everything from the design, photos, to the elegant writing, is the work of artist, innkeeper, and lovely friend Diana Baur. Not to be missed.

11. Advanced Life Skills writer Jonathan Wells is a certified personal and professional strategy coach who shares his career insights with practical, useful, and inspiring articles on all aspects of personal growth.

12. Zen Habits Leo Babauta is one of the top 25 bloggers in the world (according to Time Magazine), but hes mainly a really nice guy who writes beautiful, pithy posts about living simply, being healthy, and creating life-long positive habits.

13. The Bold Life Tess Marshall and I share a similar blog name and philosophy. She writes about living fearlessly, connecting peacefully, and having a wild love affair with life.

14. My Super-Charged Life Dont you love the name? Jeff Nickles is a prolific writer about improving your life, growing your money, and finding your purpose and passion in life.

15. Make It Happen London-based writer Arvind Devalia blogs about the possibility of discovering your deepest purpose, living a fully expressed life filled with peace, love, well-being, courage and integrity.

16. The Daily Brainstorm A blogazine featuring the top bloggers on the net, including many listed here. Edited by yours truly. A great place to get all of your favorite blogs in one convenient location.

17. The Positivity Blog Well-known self development blogger Henrik Edberg (of Sweden) writes beautiful articles on how to live moreconsciously, simplify your life, become happier, create new habits and replace some old habits with better ones, improve your self-discipline, and much more.

18. Trading Pounds Blogging newcomer Stephanie Wetzel has made a big splash with her inspiring blog about weight loss, healthy habits, and self-esteem. Her story is truly amazing.

19. Optimistic Lifestyle the name says it all. Its dedicated to personal development, health care, lifestyle and career growth. Its written by Roman Soluk who has dedicated his own life to optimistic living.

20. Think Simple Now Blogger Tina Su strives to empower people to find inner clarity and personal happiness through simple, uplifting, and honest writing and she has certainly succeeded. Her blog is lovely and has become one of the biggest personal growth blogs on the net.

21. Self Help Zone This blog is a one-stop-shop for everything self-help. Its a super-blog crammed with great info on every possible life betterment topic. If you cant find it here, you wont find it!

22. Everyday Bright Written by Jennifer Gresham, an U.S. Air Force Academy grad, as well as an odd combination of PhD biochemist and award-winning poet, Everyday Bright is a blog focused on designing a career you love to enhance your life.

23. Dumb Little Man Not so dumb, and not just for men. Writer and founder Jay White offers a handful of tips that will save you money, increase your productivity, or simply keep you sane.

24. The Self Improvement Blog Another mega blog with articles, videos, quotes, and even a radio program, covering just about every personal development topic imaginable. A great resource.

25. Feelgooder Another great blog from blogging guru Darren Rowse of Problogger fame. This blog is dedicated to creating daily content on topics like health, relationships, social good, work and financeto help those who read (and write) it be informed and inspired in those areas. He features a variety of guest writers.

I am certain Ive left off many fantastic personal development blogs so if you have a favorite, please add it to the list. Or if you are a personal development blogger, feel free to share your blog with all of us here at Live Bold and Bloom.

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Mission Statement

Dedicated to the Washington State University institutional mission of offering a world class, face to face education and the Athletic Departments mission of attaining the optimal student-athlete experience, the P.R.O.W.L. student-athlete Personal Development Program is committed to promoting the student-athletes life-long process of learning and development toward excellence through five areas of focus: New-Student-Athlete Seminar, Career Development, Student-Athlete Mentoring Program, Community Outreach and Services and the P.R.O.W.L. Resource and Referral Center. Emphasis is placed on the athletes individual endeavors in academic, athletic, career, personal and community efforts while at WSU and later in life. The P.R.O.W.L. program strives to empower the student-athlete to:

P.R.O.W.L. adheres to the ethical standards of Washington State University, the WSU Athletic Department, the N.C.A.A., and the NCAA National CHAMPS Life Skills Program. The Personal Development area within the Student-Athlete Development unit is dedicated to five areas of focus to promote and facilitate the personal development of each Cougar student-athlete:

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People take on roles for different reasons. Sometimes it's because it's what is expected of you. Other times it's because you think it will help you get ahead. If you're playing a role that doesn't suit your natural talents, you could be undermining your own success.

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Continued from page 1 This list of tips is intended to help you focus on the key issues that are important to your success as a manager.

Leadership | Personal Development | Business Management | Motivation | Marketing | Quality | Customer Management

Personal Development Tips #P1 Be on time for ALL your appointments. #P2 Stop And Smell The Roses. #P3 Be Careful Who You Step On On Your Way Up. #P4 You Are Not Smarter Than Everybody.

#P5 Get Involved. #P6 Do Your Homework. #P7 It's not how hard you work, it's what you get done. #P8 Learn from the mistakes of others. #P9 Focus your energies. #P10 Work On Your Weaknesses First. #P11 Dare to Dream. #P12 Don't Limit Yourself. #P13 Anyone can steer the ship in calm waters. #P14 You have to make a difference.

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