Personal Development

A lot of people today wishes for changes in their lifestyle, attitude, state of mind, behavior, etc. This is in line with human nature, as all men seeks for a better or worse life and a better way of living.

There is a saying that nothing good comes easy and also that bad things is only attributed to man. These sayings is one hundred percent correct and true, if we relate them to the beginning of the world, after God created everything in the world; including man. He cursed man for committing sin against him.

Personal development is a unique topic that come today, come tomorrow, we endlessly keep saying, writing and doing so many things about it, because it is a topic that regards we humans and how most of us are willing to improve ourselves.

Individual or personal development is not that easy to come by, you hardly see people moving from one phase of life, behavior, character, or the way they do things to another. Rather, you often see them get worse, even St. Paul in the bible said that the things he wishes to do, he ends up not doing them.

What do we mean by personal development? Feel free to use the comment section below and tell us your own understanding and opinion on personal development. Your meaning and definition may differ from mine, as i will give the meaning below.

Personal development simply means the change in the character and behavior of a person, which takes processes and which is also consistent in nature.

The change which i will be emphasizing on do most times takes on different shapes; it means that there are different kinds of changes which occurs everyday of our lives, and which also affects our character and behavior as well as the way we see things.

For instance, you may see someone acting normal today and the next day the person's attitude has totally changed, may be from normal to abnormal or even more better.

What are the causes of changes we experience everyday, which is as a result of personal development?

There are many causes of personal development or behavioral changes in humans, and these changes differs which may either lead one to a better or worse state.

I did a little research on the causes of development in human behavior, and from the result of my research, i have four causes which is as a result of personal development and changes in character and behavior of people. They are:

  • Nature
  • Environment
  • Taste of things or human taste and
  • Humans

Nature

The cause of nature is what we observe and which is common in our everyday life. Nature changes and also the world which is part of nature changes with time. As far as there is time, which is not stagnant, everything and everyone that exist is bound by time which is subject to change.

Nature itself changes, and the changes in nature has a role to play in human behavior, our lives and daily living. For example, someone of this generation cannot be compared to the generations of the old in terms of things experienced, likewise the way things are. So human development is subject to changes in nature.

Environment

Our environment influences our behavior as well. Environment, being part of nature is subject to change, and there are different kinds of environment, both environment being possessed by humans and animals. Here we are referring to human environment.

Environment simply means surrounding, so the environment you find yourself is also the surrounding you find yourself. There are surroundings that creates bad influence on character while others does the other way round. So in a sense, bad behavior is as a result of bad surrounding.

Taste of things

The human taste of things, what we perceive and how we perceive things differs which is an important factor for personal development. The way one sees one thing is different from another view.

The likelihood of one thing we perceive might supplant another, thereby creating change in decision making. For example, i have in mind of purchasing an iPhone 6, without the prior knowledge o f iPhone 7. When i go to the market to purchase the iPhone 6, i may change my mind and go for iPhone 7, after learning about it as being higher than iPhone 6; but that is if i have enough money to do so.

Humans

We humans differ in behavior, attitude and in fact almost everything we do. You cannot see a person that is one hundred percent complete in terms of behavior, attitude and character same with another person, even it doesn't happen in twins.

Almost everyday we come in contact with new people and then we see different characters and behaviors these people exhibit, which aids in change of behavior or on how to deal with such persons. Also, people are not being treated alike because of the unique nature of every being.

In summary, the development of human behavior or changes paves way for decision making, cause of changes we experience everyday and every moment, we make decisions regarding these changes in order to suit in our better way of life.

I am OAJ.

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