1. Personal Development

By: Ab Van Deemter
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:40:02
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There has been a time in my life that I was only chasing money and personal success through money. For quite some time I managed to live a wealthy life with lots of so-called friends. And although I had lots of fun during that time, I lost everything because I lacked a real important thing in my life:

- Personal Growth -

I forgot how important it is to work hard to become my very best me and to be able to live my full potential.

I thought that personal development came automatically, as long as I worked hard to earn more money.

My teacher and mentor Christopher Beaver – Telluride (CO) taught me how much more important it is to constantly ask myself: “Who have I become”, instead of “What do I have”.

He taught me that what I become in life is directly related to what I get.

So, I had to learn to accept that what ever I had that day (which was nothing anymore by the time I met him) I had attracted by what I had become by that day.

In other words: before I lost everything, my income in my life had taken a lucky jump and since I had not learned to handle the responsibilities that come with it, it had shrunk back to the amount that I could handle.

So, I learned that

- to get more than you have, you have to become more than you are

And

- unless you change who you are, you will always have what you’ve got.

So, are you consciously working on your personal development?

If not, I suggest you start taking some action today!

Ab van Deemter (http://www.passiontogrow.com) is a Personal Growth specialist and a spiritual person, who believes in sharing his knowledge of personal perseverance. He has studied metaphysics and other holistic methods for many years and embarked on a life of success. With successful tools for personal freedom he has made it past a life full of obstacles and now mentors and teaches many people in his company, his surroundings and beyond that.

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