How to Improve Yourself

Congratulations on your interest in improving yourself! Many people would rather blame their circumstances on others than change themselves. Thanks for taking responsibility for yourself and your behavior!


Steps

1. Imagine what you would be like in your perfect world. How are you different and how could you achieve this?

2. Determine what needs improvement and what doesn't. Identify your assets (honest, hardworking, loving...etc.) and your liabilities (angry, lazy...etc.) This is best done with a trusted confident, a loved one, a therapist, a religious leader or even a "Sponsor" in a 12 step group. Most people are experts at self deception. Having an outside party helps to break down some of that. Also, we sometimes have a problem of being either too hard or too soft on ourselves. We need an accurate picture of ourselves if we are to improve.

3. Seek out information on how to pursue that change. Information can be gathered from books, articles, friends, family, and professionals. It is amazing how much information will find you when you are ready!

4. Pick which suggestions you can apply to yourself and to practice those suggestions. If a certain set doesn't seem to work, try another! Nothing works for everyone. You need to find what works for you!

5. Practice, practice, practice! Change comes slowly for most people and can be very uncomfortable. Just keep going until your change is your new reality (the changed you).

6. Be sincere. To further improve yourself. If you do good deeds (even if it ranges from simple things like giving someone a smile or helping your mom) with a sincere heart, everything you do automatically becomes better and you'll have true happiness in your life. (Doing any good deed doesn't mean you have to expect anything in return)

7. Believe in yourself. Recognize your strengths, even if you have to list all of them down. You have to be your own best friend, then you can be a good friend or lover to others.


Tips

* Don't give up if you don't see improvement right away! Pat yourself on your back for "victories" and give yourself a break if you back slide. "Rome wasn't built in a day"! Just keep at it as you are able. Good luck and good for you!

* It also helps to be generous and charitable


Warnings

* Use common sense and don't go overboard with anything!

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