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 a time comes in every man s life when he feels like he has had enough of the hum drum life he has been leading so far and now it s time for a change how will he go about it what any one would do will be to walk in to any bookstore where there,ll be shelves upon shelves full of books about personal development many of us have read some of these books some have come across major personal development ideas in magazines or online


do you really want to change
it,s tough question ,but it,s an important one to think about do you really want to change  the question it self might look a little silly because... of you want to get out of your dead end job of course you want to lose weight and get healthier of course you want to quit smoking
the thing is when ever you change on one hand you,re also giving some thing up on the other to get out of your dead end job you will be leaving behind your familiar daily routine to lose weight you,ll have to stop eating so much junk food so on plus, change also takes a lot of energy and dedication you might have to do things which which are hard or scary like going back to college facing up to some one or tacking a big issue in your life
if you,re not ready to change your whole life that,s okay instead of focusing on far off dreams start smaller with your personal development aims may be you,d like to eventually move into a new career but for now a good start is tacking your procrastination habit

taking action
good personal development books blogs audio programs seminars and so on are great to help you change a great writer can open your eyes up to new ideas give you just the advise you need and genuinely change your life the problem is most people don,t get as much as they should out of the material they read
it,s very easy to not along in agreement with a writer or speaker you might fell inspired or even determined while you are reading only to end up forgetting all about those insights you had soon as you put the book or article down  to help you take action
get clear about what you want to learn or change you are not just reading a book or blog post out of general interest there,s specific situation in you,r life where you want to improve or change some thing what,s your goal
 chose good material ask friends to recommend their favorite  blogs or books or check out reviews on amazon you want solid content and a style which makes it easy for you to read and comprehend read with a note book in hand not down questions which come to your mind while you are reading or any new ideas or insights make a particular note of anything you want to try out for your self  a new way of managing your time for instanceso you,ve just read this blog don,t let it be yet another piece of good advice that you promptly forget instead take a minute now to figure out what you,re going to do differently next time you pick up a personal development book





just reading won,t do
after you are fed up with the way your life has been following and you want some thing to change in your life it,s tempting to look for a quick fix and books do promise a lot with titles like i will make you rich but can they really deliver

yes but only with a bit of well may be quite a bit of work from you
many of us find that simply reading about personal development gives us a little boost and we fell we,ve done some thing productive but we might not quite leap into actually doing some thing with what we,ve read
don,t you fall into this trap don,t go buying book after book or reading blog after blog hoping that this time you will finally find  secrets to help you change your life you will never find it not unless you,re engaging with what you read nothing is ever going to be any different