Self-development – 7 steps to discover your potential

Self-development has been very popular through the ages.

In order to develop your abilities and discover your potential, it is necessary to have techniques and ideas.

Here are 7 steps to discover your potential.

First of all, you need papers and a pen to write down your answers as you’ll get some questions.

When you finish answering all questions, you may find the true you.

Self-development – 7 steps to discover your potential

1. Clarify who you want to be

Firstly, write who you want to be?

For example, you may want to be a thoughtful person, a gentle persona, a steady person and so on. Write down specifically and as much as possible what type of person you want to be.

You can write a person you are longing for or you respect. And also write down your reasons why you want to be that person.

2. Write down what you want to contribute to

Secondly, write down what you want to contribute to.

You can express your gratitude to people who has supported you, such as people in a club you belonged to in your high school time or your parents who raise you. You can also contribute to society, such as doing something for people facing starvation or demonstrating your abilities in the field of education.

Write down specifically what you want to do or whom you want to be helpful for.

3. Clarify what you want to get

Next, write down what you want to get.

You might want to get objects, such as a new car and a brand new house. Or you may want to get a skills or social status, like the highest TOEIC score or a new job.

Write down what you want to gain as much as you can and in detail. For example, if you want to get a job, write down a company, a start date, classification, salary, work type, condition and so forth.

4. Write down what you want to do

Then, write down what you want to do.

You may want to study abroad, travel around the world, eat cake as much as you can. You can write down something impossible, such as being taller or flying in the sky. Just write down what you really want to.

5. Write down what you have

Next, write down what you have. You can write anything you have as objects environment or skills , such as grade 2 in English proficiency test, a cosy house, a bicycle, family, friends, a doing back handspring.

6. Write down what you have done

Then, write down what you have done. You may have broken up with your boyfriend/girlfriend, won a victory, made your school festival a success. You can write everything you have done of course and also unique experiences you have done.

7. Sum up what you have written

Finally, sum up what you have written.

For instance, what you want to do is studying abroad, what you have is the TOEIC 500 score and 3 million yen in your bank account, and what you want to get is a respect.

There seems to be your potential. If you start to study English and keep saving money for some years, you will be able to study abroad as well as be respected by people around you. Thus, if you decide what you will do using what you have written down in 1-6, you will get the ways to find the true you, true satisfaction and freedom.

This is a simple way for self-development but very effective way. Try to discover your potential and take action. Taking action is the short cut to become who you want to be.

Self-development – 7 steps to discover your potential

1. Clarify who you want to be
2. Write down what you want to contribute to
3. Clarify what you want to get
4. Write down what you want to do
5. Write down what you have
6. Write down what you have done
7. Sum up what you have written

Let’s discover your potential and achieve your goals!