MODULE 3 - HOW TO DEVELOP YOURSELF.

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1. DATE YOURSELF

When we talk of dating yourself, it simply means spending time with yourself, asking questions to come to a point of awareness.

The more time you spend with yourself, the more insight and knowledge you gain about yourself.

If you check the two or three people who are closest to you, you would discover that before you got close to those people you spent a lot of time in communicating and by the more you increase your level of communication the more intimate you became with that person.

Get to the point where you see yourself as your best friend. So you need to come to that point where you thoroughly understand yourself.

📌 What do I enjoy doing?
📌What are my talent?
📌 What is that thing I can do over and over again without getting tired?
📌 What does success mean to me? Etc.

So you need to pay attention to yourself ask yourself these questions and

2. Journal.

The more you write, the more clarity dawns on you. It's important you write down your thoughts and ideas. They may not make sense at first but with time, you start making sense of them.

Another reason you should write down your ideas is because even if they are unrealistic and doesn't make sense, you never know when an opportunity will require that your idea and boom!!!

3. Develop;

This is the conscious investment to grow on the areas you have discovered.

What have you discovered about yourself,
Create a development plan. Create a plan that covers the growth of your spirit, soul and body. It could be;

📌Reading
📌Attending conferences and workshop
📌Mentorship
📌Education
📌Internship
📌Networking and building relationship
Etc

4. Explore

The truth is what you have discovered at first about yourself (passion, interest etc) can change with time.

There are other hidden you that may not be unraveled unless you become flexible and try out new things.

As we wrap up this module, I want to mention that youu need to be patient with yourself, acquire as much skills as you can, travel if you can and get involved.

Thanks for reading. Next we'll look at "Why Personal Development?".

More to come... Follow so you don't miss any. Meanwhile, you can check out some of my recent mini-series 👇

1 - Dealing with Needless Fear
2- Causes of Fear of Failure
3 - How to Handle Unnecessary Fear
4 - Conclusion on Dealing with Fear