Your Guide To Self Esteem and Personal Growth

When Self Esteem and Personal Growth don't work

When it comes to self esteem and personal growth we all can think of times when we've fallen short. We attend all the seminars, we read all the books and we try to change our self talk and visualize abundance and a week later we're back on the couch eating potato chips and watching the latest reality television program. Then we sigh heavily and say to ourselves: "This stuff doesn't work!"

Well, you're right. It doesn't work. They're not supposed to. You are.

Taking Responsibility

I must have bought and re-bought Napoleon Hills "Think and Grow Rich a dozen times and until recently it did nothing for me. This was primarily because I wasn't willing to take responsibility for my own actions and follow the directions laid out before me. I thought that I could just do a few of the activities printed in the book and my life would magically rearrange itself to one that I would rather have. Now I know better and my life has revealed an abundance I've never known before.

Wasted Time

I'm 43 years old now. I started reading books and attending lectures on self esteem and personal abundance when I was in my 20's. So by my calculations I've wasted a good twenty years misusing the information I've come across. I now believe that I could have changed my entire attitude in about six weeks. But honestly I don't cry over spilt milk. Without the mistakes I've made in the past, i wouldn't have become the person I am today. So what can I, a middle aged man realizing that he is in the prime of his life tell you that can help you not make the mistakes I made? What advice can I give you? Well it's quite simple and can be summed up in 3 little words:

Practice, Practice, Practice.

Yup, that subtitle says it all. Chances are you will get frustrated. Chances are equally as good that you will actually quit and what you must understand is that it's okay. There is nothing wrong with you, you've just hit a little speed bump and that speed bump is you. Old habits are hard to change (actually, they're quite easy to change but that's for another article to discuss), but as soon as you're able, get off the couch, throw away that bag of potato chips and get back on that horse!

Here's a few resources that helped me. I believe they can help you as well.

Bill Ferguson's Mastery of Life
A great site that shows you how to accept your life as it is. By accepting your life you can see it clearer and thereby readily come up with solutions for change.

Simpleology
Time management, money management, life management. It ain't complicated folks, it's quite simple. Probably the best online course I've ever seen. Simpleology I is free, II and III are $97 dollars but totally worth it. I suggest you don't buy anything until you've gone through course I and make your decision about paying for II or III then.

The Six Week Extreme Life Makeover
A great step-by-step plan using what is now known as the law of attraction. It says that it takes virtually no effort to use, but take my word for it. It takes effort to put down the potato chips, believe me :-)

(I guess you guys can tell I have a thing for potato chips, huh?)

Conclusion

This is just a partial list of the resources available to you in your quest for better self esteem and personal growth. I honestly hope you take my words to heart and do something with them. Remember, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing as before but expecting different results. So get out there and do something different!