What Is Personal Growth Essay

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Devinee Outlaw
Ms.Slivensky
English 12
12 October 2017
Personal Growth Dr. Steve Maraboli once said, “Love yourself enough to create an environment in your life that is positive to nourish your personal growth. A vibrant surrounding and self commit to making choices that will help your greatest expression of your unique beauty and purpose of your personal growth.” Growing up can be a challenge the older you get the harder life is you just have to push through it, here's my story on my personal growth. This essay will examine my personal self development in relation to self-awareness and listening skills. Personal development refers to a set of activities that one can engage in for the purpose of enhancing self knowledge and identity. When we look at the generations of our grandparents and …show more content…

My personal growth was the best experience ever because I'm still working on myself to be more self loved, to be confident and etc. this journey has been the best experience ever. For people out there who has anger issues or just need help with personal growth here's a tip. When you make this decision to begin your own journey of personal growth and development, take the first step towards a better and brighter future. Although, your journey is yours to travel alone, there are tools that can help you to get the most out of life. Developing the journey of personal growth and development is a transformational process, in which improvements are made in your physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, social, and/or financial state.People want to grow and develop themselves because they are unsatisfied with their life and the direction it is heading. To change its course and create a satisfying life, undergoing the personal growth and development process is essential. Once this process is working the results are endless. You will find meaning and purpose in yourself that wasn't there before. Life goals

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