Self Growth
When I began my main site (White Dove Books) I decided it would be all about Personal Development, Self Growth & Motivation. Indeed these were the original terms I used for my main keywords.
However, I have recently been thinking much more about what these terms actually mean. I wrote about Personal Development here ...
http://www.warriorforum.com/mind-war...velopment.html
... and my thoughts on Motivation are here ...
http://www.warriorforum.com/mind-war...otivation.html
... so now I thought it was time I put down some thoughts on the subject of Self Growth.
It is a term that’s closely connected with Personal Development of course – perhaps even synonymous - but I suppose Personal Development has come to represent the wider subject and Self Growth specifically relates to the process of becoming all you can be – what Abraham Maslow referred to as ‘self actualisation’.
In Maslow’s hierarchy, there are five levels corresponding to the needs we all share as human beings. They are:
Self Actualisation
Esteem
Social
Safety
Physiological
I suppose that I see Self Growth as ascending the hierarchy – moving from a focus on attending to physiological needs to a life that is eventually centred around achieving your Life-Purpose
In short, I see Personal Development as the subject; and Self Growth as a Process.
I would be very interested to hear other views on this.
However, I have recently been thinking much more about what these terms actually mean. I wrote about Personal Development here ...
http://www.warriorforum.com/mind-war...velopment.html
... and my thoughts on Motivation are here ...
http://www.warriorforum.com/mind-war...otivation.html
... so now I thought it was time I put down some thoughts on the subject of Self Growth.
It is a term that’s closely connected with Personal Development of course – perhaps even synonymous - but I suppose Personal Development has come to represent the wider subject and Self Growth specifically relates to the process of becoming all you can be – what Abraham Maslow referred to as ‘self actualisation’.
In Maslow’s hierarchy, there are five levels corresponding to the needs we all share as human beings. They are:
Self Actualisation
Esteem
Social
Safety
Physiological
I suppose that I see Self Growth as ascending the hierarchy – moving from a focus on attending to physiological needs to a life that is eventually centred around achieving your Life-Purpose
In short, I see Personal Development as the subject; and Self Growth as a Process.
I would be very interested to hear other views on this.
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