Do you have a Development Plan?

While most people realize that personal development is a positive step in improving one’s life, most people may have difficulty in finding ways to accomplish it. If you are one of them please read the next line, I promise you that it change your life, becuase you will learn where a personal development plan is important.

A personal development plan will help you map out areas in which improvement is desired or necessary to acheive your dreams. A personal
development plan will also outline short and long term goals that are realistic and SMART. A personal development plan will also identify the means to accomplish the changes that you want to make in your life. Finally a personal development plan will document the steps you make on the way so you can continually evaluate the progress that is made.

A personal development plan starts out with identifying the areas in which you want to improve. Start out by making a list of the areas in
your life where you are the most challenged. Then, order those areas so that you have the issue that is most pressing or needs the most improvement
so you can work on that first. It is not necessary to use a personal development plan as a way to fix everything in your life all at once. instead, you can concentrate on one item at a time. This is a more manageable way to affect change in your life and you will be able to see the results more quickly. Use teh power of "chunking", one item at the time.

After you have identified the area in which you want to concentrate in your personal development plan, think about goals and target that you want to
accomplish. It is often easy to come up with a grand scheme goal that will fix whatever it is you want to improve on. However, those are
generally long term goals. Once the long term goal is identified, try coming up with smaller, short term goals. The benefit of this is that
you will be able to accomplish tasks in a shorter time period and see changes for the better. This will lead to a sense of accomplishment
and you will feel more motivated to continue.

For example, if you want to create a personal development plan for losing weight, you may want to make several short term goals. Your
long term goal may be that you want to lose fifty pounds. Start out with short term goals such as exercising at least three times per week
for a half an hour each. Another short term goal can be to cut out or reduce particular foods from your diet. After each short term goal is
accomplished, you can move on to another short term goal such as exercising five times per week, increasing the duration, increasing
weight training or changing your diet further.

After a goal is accomplished, rewards are a great motivation. Reward yourself positively for sticking to your personal development plan goals. You can buy a new outfit or treat yourself to a spa day since you will feel better about yourself. Be careful, though, not to reward negatively in ways that will work against your personal development plan. For example, in the weight scenario, do not reward yourself with a chocolate cake. This could cause you to backslide.

Identify a means of support in your personal development plan. You can contact your physician, seek counseling, identify support groups
geared toward your particular issue or read books. It is not easy to change without help so don’t try. Get the support you need. Use your
personal development plan to document the changes that are being made and the progress you are making. This will help you continually
evaluate your personal development plan and allow you to revise it from time to time if necessary.

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