When I wrote that to have or achieve more, we must
first "become" more. Personal development, "being all you
can be", is clearly the first and most powerful step to a
happy, successful life.
In the past, learning to walk and talk, learning to read,
or drive a car or use a computer were skills that expanded
our world, and now as adults, every new level of personal
development continues to expand our world and lets us play
a "bigger game". The more we develop ALL of our potential,
the more opportunities we have and the more effectively we
can seize them.
And the wonderful thing is that personal development is not
"hard"! In fact, it is such a natural part of life that it
is almost impossible to stop the process. How would you
prevent a child from learning language? How would you stop
a child from making friends, playing games, or growing up?
Growth is the NATURAL state of things!
Human beings are naturally curious. We explore and poke
around. We ask questions and experiment. Our natural
curiosity and the desire to "be more" has created our
world. Our determination to "be more" has started
businesses, written great books, and given us the Internet.
And yet, tragically, very few of us plan our personal
growth as intentionally as we should, and I think there are
two major reasons that we get "stuck".
The first is that we are careless with our time. Only
rarely are human beings truly "stuck"! More often we are
just so rushed, so confused and so stressed that it's easier
to say "I don't have time" than to arrange our lives, solve
our problems and make progress.
The second reason we fail to "become more" is that we don't
know how. Our schools teach us "stuff", but they don't
necessarily teach us how to become powerful human beings.
Too often, education is really about mastering the fine art
of sitting still, and life requires more of us.
While any plan for personal development is better than
none, I prefer plans that are simple. I like simple. I
like easy. I like things I understand.
So, this week I am recommending a tremendous book by
Eric J. Aronson. The book is simply called, "DASH". I
hope you'll buy and read it.
Aronson points out that on our tombstones, our lives are
often depicted by a little "dash" between the date we were
born and the date we died. He wants that "dash" to be as
fulfilling and exciting as possible, so he's developed a
simple little acronym around that "DASH":
D-etermination
A-ttitude
S-uccess
H-appiness
Aren't those the four things that make life work out? You
can make it more complicated if you like, but for me this
little book makes a world of sense. I was sent a review
copy and expected to spend a few minutes glancing through
it, but I couldn't put it down! I read the entire book and
ended up building this issue of IMPACT around it. This is
very powerful material!
first "become" more. Personal development, "being all you
can be", is clearly the first and most powerful step to a
happy, successful life.
In the past, learning to walk and talk, learning to read,
or drive a car or use a computer were skills that expanded
our world, and now as adults, every new level of personal
development continues to expand our world and lets us play
a "bigger game". The more we develop ALL of our potential,
the more opportunities we have and the more effectively we
can seize them.
And the wonderful thing is that personal development is not
"hard"! In fact, it is such a natural part of life that it
is almost impossible to stop the process. How would you
prevent a child from learning language? How would you stop
a child from making friends, playing games, or growing up?
Growth is the NATURAL state of things!
Human beings are naturally curious. We explore and poke
around. We ask questions and experiment. Our natural
curiosity and the desire to "be more" has created our
world. Our determination to "be more" has started
businesses, written great books, and given us the Internet.
And yet, tragically, very few of us plan our personal
growth as intentionally as we should, and I think there are
two major reasons that we get "stuck".
The first is that we are careless with our time. Only
rarely are human beings truly "stuck"! More often we are
just so rushed, so confused and so stressed that it's easier
to say "I don't have time" than to arrange our lives, solve
our problems and make progress.
The second reason we fail to "become more" is that we don't
know how. Our schools teach us "stuff", but they don't
necessarily teach us how to become powerful human beings.
Too often, education is really about mastering the fine art
of sitting still, and life requires more of us.
While any plan for personal development is better than
none, I prefer plans that are simple. I like simple. I
like easy. I like things I understand.
So, this week I am recommending a tremendous book by
Eric J. Aronson. The book is simply called, "DASH". I
hope you'll buy and read it.
Aronson points out that on our tombstones, our lives are
often depicted by a little "dash" between the date we were
born and the date we died. He wants that "dash" to be as
fulfilling and exciting as possible, so he's developed a
simple little acronym around that "DASH":
D-etermination
A-ttitude
S-uccess
H-appiness
Aren't those the four things that make life work out? You
can make it more complicated if you like, but for me this
little book makes a world of sense. I was sent a review
copy and expected to spend a few minutes glancing through
it, but I couldn't put it down! I read the entire book and
ended up building this issue of IMPACT around it. This is
very powerful material!
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