How Self-Improvement Can Help

Written By Colēgia

Self-improvement offers one of the most useful paths for personal development. It gives you the opportunity to better yourself while also having fun along the way. Today we want to talk about why this concept is so important along with some ways to work towards it.

It Keeps You Motivated

Motivation is a powerful way to keep you centered and self-improvement plays a significant role in this. It's important to break down the two major types of motivation. There is intrinsic and extrinsic motivation which each focuses on different elements. Intrinsic motivation is built around the idea that the process of something is inherently rewarding and provides us with our own sense of accomplishment just by doing it. Extrinsic motivation relies on rewards outside of the process that can motivate us. Both of these are important because they can be applied in different manners. Intrinsic motivation compliments self-improvement since it can teach us the value in simply enjoying the process of getting better at something. It also works with extrinsic motivation since it can help us get closer to things that we want such as a reward. Getting better at what we do works both ways since it improves our skills along with sustaining our happiness.

“Motivation is a powerful way to keep you centered and self-improvement plays a significant role in this.”

It Helps You Accomplish Your Goals

Goals also play a big role in self-improvement. Many of us have things that we want to accomplish in our lives. For some of us, it's working towards higher education that can lead to a job we enjoy. For others, it's a matter of having a healthy support network. There's a multitude of things we want to do and balancing all of them can take time and energy. Having an open mind and being able to work on yourself can make these goals much easier to do. Mentality is a key element in this and learning how to be more flexible with your thinking can bring you into a state of cognitive consonance. This is the state where our thoughts match our actions. Our goals are best accomplished when we are in a good frame of mind and being able to do that is much easier when we work on ourselves.

“Goals also play a big role in self-improvement.”

It Let's You Better Yourself as a Person

The last way that self-improvement helps is that it's the most actionable way to better yourself as a person. There are many qualities we have. Some we are proud of and others we may have a desire to work on. Recognizing these is important because it can help us accept who we are along with being able to improve at those things. A good example is communication. Oftentimes a common issue with communication is that we may have a desire to be right. While our opinions are valid, it's also good to recognize that there are multiple ways to see and do things. Self-Improvement gives us the power to understand this and helps us work towards expressing ourselves while still being respectful. The road towards improvement takes time and it's ultimately worth the journey.

Colēgia

Colēgia

Previous

How to be Self-Sufficient
Next

How to Build Happiness