I feel my explanation of the differences between vertical and lateral growth deserve a little more attention. I wrote it rather in a surge of ideas, so much so that I forgot to even mention why I am referring to them as vertical and lateral. Vertical objectives are those that require us to reach high. […]
Archives for March 2006
What is Personal Development? – Vertical and Lateral Growth
Yesterday I confronted myself with a difficult question. What is personal development? How can I define certain tasks as being related to personal development, and not others. Is personal development just goal setting and pushing yourself? My response to that was a resound “No!” A component of personal development definitely involves using goals and pushing […]
The Book a Day Challenge!
My amazon order for books will end up taking a bit longer than expected. They are usually pretty consistent with delivery times so I failed to notice that this one was going to be shipped a lot later than usual. So, despite its small size, I decided to go to our public library. The librarian […]
Living Up To Our Full Potential
An idea I am constantly referred to is that of “living up to our full potential.” I don’t agree with this concept. It might seem odd that someone who runs a personal development blog would disagree with the concept of living up to our full potential, an idea that is often used as the fundamental […]
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