Comments on: The 5 Phases of Personal Development

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:25:55 +0000

I’m a big fan of the “find the right process and don’t worry about it.”

The worrying part, that’s no good.
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By: srinirao

srinirao — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:25:49 +0000

@Rebecca: It’s interesting you bring that up because Untemplater did a great interview with Seth Godin the other day where he said “most of you don’t know about the 25 businesses I started that failed.” This is definitely tricky for most people I started three blogs before this which all bombed. But I learned, adjusted, found mentors and 8 months later here we are

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:12:56 +0000

Great post! I liked that you pointed out the following, “…you fail to realize that those who have achieved MASSIVE levels of success worked at it.” We see the success of people, but never what they went through. If they’re a great speaker and or writer, they can “show” people what they went through. I agree that you must have faith. This is tricky for most people.

By: srinirao

srinirao — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:29:43 +0000

@Marc: I think that small steps method is really smart. It actually enables you to get past the doubt phase. The mistake I think I made was to jump from the small phase to the giant phase and then giving up when I didn’t think it worked. There is a post I’ve been wanting to write called “Slowing down will ultimately get you their faster.” Still brewing in my head.

By: Marc Winitz

Marc Winitz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:13:53 +0000

It’s clear you are learning the lesson as it is evident in the post. It seems as if you are living it which is nice to see. I fully subscribe to the “take small steps method” for personal development. Not doing this is somewhat of a condition of the fast paced society we live in now. Even if you are in a high pressure job, situation or personal need to achieve, you can hardly go wrong by slowing down and making small achievements. Your first four points ultimately achieve that. Nice post.

By: srinirao

srinirao — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:07:28 +0000

@Annabel: I guess it’s almost synchronicity that you came to my blog today since this was the first time I’ve had a proper surf session since our storms. We’ve had nothing but rain for almost 7 days. Australia is on my list of surf trips . There are definitely peaks and troughs to the experience.

@Ryan: I think to some degree that’s where I got the ideas from. I’ve probably listened to the back half a dozen times in the last 2 months. I’ve been tremendously action oriented with all my blogging projects and I’m starting to see the pay off now after about 8 months of work.

By: Ryan Stephens

Ryan Stephens — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:37:56 +0000

Good stuff. As I was reading I also recalled what I’d read in Napolean’s Think and Grow Rich. I also agree that the transition from doubt to faith is the toughest one. It’s so easy for most people to let their lizard brain do the talking (Shout out to Seth’s new book), and let their careers and/or lives stagnate.

Another great approach is Tony Robbins’ from Potential –> Action –> Results –> Certainty. It’s a never ending cycle and the more action you take, the more results you’ll get, which will make you more certain about the fact that you have potential to succeed again.
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By: Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot

Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:15:06 +0000

I don’t think everyone will make the same progress either. It’s never a continuous upwards climb, there are always peaks and troughs in our development and climbing back out of those troughs is the key, no matter how deep they feel.

$5000? Very specific! I’m just visualizing plenty:) I really hope we get there. I know you’ve put a lot of work in to it and deserve it so there’s no doubt it will come.

Hang ten when you’re not working, I will be:)

By: srinirao

srinirao — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:54:58 +0000

@Amit: I never really had thought of them in that way either. Then I looked back at the process of what I’ve experienced with it and the result was this blog post.

By: srinirao

srinirao — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:13:47 +0000

@Dani: Good to see you back over here. I was realizing just the other day how all of my personal development had evolved. It also seems like this concepts could be applied to anything in life.