10 Tips For Personal Development

Most people have extremely unrealistic expectations when it comes to personal development.

They think that if they read a single book...

Attend one seminar...

Take one masterclass...

...or watch one webinar...

That they are somehow going to learn all the "secrets" and "strategies" to become an overnight success.

The reality of personal development is much different.

Personal development is a lifelong commitment to growth.

It's understanding that no matter how much you learn...

No matter how skilled you become...

...and no matter how long you've spent developing yourself and your craft...

You will always have a lot more to learn and improve upon.

This is a process you must commit to every single day through personal development.

It's about taking lessons, advice, experiences, and knowledge from people much further down the road than you...

Then applying these things to your life and craft.

Why Personal Development Matters

I believe it's our collective obligation to become the absolute best versions of our individual selves possible.

Why?

Because the example you set has the biggest impact of anything else you can possibly do.

People study your example.

Not your words.

Which means if you truly want to have a profound impact on your family...

Your friends...

Your community...

...and your country...

You have to set the example for what it means to be truly excellent.

Excellence is impossible without personal development.

Without it ... You are shortchanging your potential and producing a result that's far less than what you're truly capable of.

Your professional life is no different.

If you want to dominate your competition and become a real master of your craft...

You need to commit yourself to personal development.

Thinking you are going to win big in business or life without putting in the time and effort to develop yourself is the most arrogant thought you could ever have.

You won't.

10 Tips For Personal Development

Here are 10 tips for personal development that will actually change your life.

I recommend you take them and apply them immediately.

1. Set Massive Goals

Small goals require small actions.

Small actions will give you a small life.

Free yourself to think bigger.

...and by bigger, I mean 100 times bigger than you're thinking currently.

That vision of your perfect life?

It needs to be much bigger than it is currently.

...and I say this for a very practical reason.

The action and effort you put in will fall short of the goals you're looking to accomplish.

Why? Because achieving the life you truly want for yourself is going to be much more difficult than you think.

That's the truth.

We tend to have unrealistic expectations for the actual work required to get wherever it is we're trying to go.

Which is why you have to take your current goals and make them massive.

Massive goals require massive action.

Massive action will give you a massive life.

Setting massive goals is one of the best things you can do for your own development because it will force you to push much harder than you ever thought was possible for you.

Set goals that scare you.

Set goals that require you to become a different person.

Set goals that make your voice shake when you talk about them.

Once you do...

Personal development will no longer be optional for you.

It will be an absolute must.

2. Focus on Building Discipline

Motivation comes and goes.

You can't count on it.

If you actually want to accomplish your goals ... You need discipline.

There will be more days when you don't feel like showing up than there will be days when you do feel like showing up.

This is why discipline is so valuable.

Motivation comes and goes.

You can't count on it.

Discipline is what you need.

Discipline is doing what needs to be done when you don't feel like doing it.

Discipline is keeping your promises to yourself.

Discipline is showing up every day regardless of circumstances.

Without discipline, you'll never achieve anything meaningful.

With discipline, you can achieve anything.

3. Embrace Discomfort

Comfort breeds complacency.

If you want a foolproof method to continually improve yourself...

Continuously place yourself in uncomfortable situations.

You need to step outside of your comfort zone to grow.

Because outside of your comfort zone is where all the skills are built.

Discipline.

Perseverance.

Grit.

Mental toughness.

Seek out discomfort and embrace it.

Do the things that scare you.

Have the difficult conversations.

Take calculated risks.

Push yourself past the point of your perceived limit.

The most significant strides you'll make in your personal development will be during times of massive discomfort.

4. Keep The Promises You Make to Yourself

Every time you break a promise ... you lose respect for yourself.

Every time you quit ... you prove you can't be trusted.

Start keeping your promises.

All of them.

No matter how small.

No matter how you feel.

Confidence and discipline are built by keeping the promises you make to yourself.

Period.

If you're serious about your personal development...

Keep the promises you make to yourself.

It's also how you'll build unshakeable confidence.

5. Accept Responsibility For Everything

Your current situation in life exists because of you and you alone.

Not your parents.

Not your friends.

Not your spouse.

Not your coworkers.

Not your boss.

Not your mentors or teachers.

You.

Quit blaming anyone or anything else for your problems and accept responsibility for your life.

There is no better way to accelerate your personal development.

The moment you take full responsibility is the moment you can take full control.

6. Surround Yourself with Winners

You are the sum of the five people you spend the most time with.

If you spend time with losers, you'll become a loser.

If you spend time with winners, you'll become a winner.

This is something you must exercise extreme caution with.

If you don't want to be more like the person in some aspect...

They don't belong in your life.

Cut out negative people.

Cut out shit-talkers.

Cut out people who constantly swirl in drama.

Cut out complainers.

Cut out professional victims.

These people will ruin your life if you allow them to.

Surrounding yourself with winners will be one of the best things you ever do for your own personal development.

7. Learn From Failure

Failure isn't the opposite of success.

It's a stepping stone on the road to success.

It's a necessary component of success.

Understand that failure is the greatest teacher.

...and learning what not to do is just as important, if not more important, for success than knowing what to do.

Your failures will guide you in the direction of what you actually need to do to be successful.

Use them as opportunities.

When you fail...

Take a step back to evaluate what went wrong and extract the lesson.

All highly successful people have failed more than most people have even tried.

Use your failures to your advantage.

8. Develop Ruthless Self-Awareness

You cannot grow when you aren't real with yourself about where you're currently at.

Most people spend their entire lives running from the truth about who they are ... their weaknesses, their bad habits, their shortcomings.

Learn to be brutally honest with yourself.

Where are you cutting corners?

Where are you making excuses?

Where are you lying to yourself?

Where can you improve?

Self-awareness is the beginning of every transformation.

You can’t fix what you won’t face.

So face it.

And once you see the truth... do something about it.

That’s how growth happens.

9. Execute with the Proper Intent

Intent is the secret ingredient that will amplify your every effort.

Execution alone is not enough.

You have to execute with a high level of intention and effort.

That means making sure every rep you take is given your full effort and focus.

Cutting corners and going through the motions will get you nowhere.

Executing with intent will take you wherever it is you're trying to go.

It doesn't matter what the task is.

Without the proper intent...

You are taking mindless reps that will stagnate your progress.

Personal development is irrelevant without the proper intent.

10. Build Mental Toughness

Understand that no matter how many books you read...

No matter how many courses you take...

No matter how many podcasts you listen to...

No matter how many seminars you attend...

No matter how many masterminds you join...

...and no matter how many programs you purchase...

Personal development is a waste of time if you aren't going to apply the lessons, perspective, and strategies you get.

Action requires mental toughness.

...and if you're serious about your growth and development...

The skill of mental toughness is one you need to build and exercise regularly.

Life is hard.

Success is hard.

Most days are going to feel like an uphill battle.

If you aren't prepared for it...

It really doesn't matter how great you become.

You need to execute.

Knowledge is not power.

Applied knowledge is power.

If you're going to take what you've learned through personal development and apply it...

You need mental toughness.

Start Building Mental Toughness for Personal Development Today

Personal development is not something you do until you reach a certain level of knowledge or skill.

It's a never-ending commitment.

Start building mental toughness, and you'll be equipped to see this commitment all the way through.

If you don't know where to start, I wrote a book called The Book on Mental Toughness.

It's a guide and resource you can rely on to help you build the skill of mental toughness and take complete control of your life for good.

The book will also give you a full breakdown of the 75 HARD Program.

75 HARD is a complete transformative mental toughness program.

It's also free.

I promise you that if you follow the program exactly as I lay it out for you and with 0 compromise or substitutions...

You and your life will never be the same.

Get your copy of The Book on Mental Toughness here and get started today.