Personal development is worth it.
But doubters fall into all-or-nothing thinking.
“Self-help is just fluffy, feel-good stuff.”
“Self-improvement distracts from enjoying who you already are.”
“You’ll get too obsessed and become a self-improvement junkie.”
“Stop trying to copy other people.”
Yes, these critiques CAN be true.
But the doubters think they’re ALWAYS true, and fail to activate the critical and creative thinking to unlock growth.
And growth leads to higher flourishing and higher happiness quotient.
It’s all about the happiness quotient!
It IS possible to get unhealthfully obsessed, to fall into the trap of the “improvement treadmill,” to become dogmatic.
But sometimes those are mere lessons learned along the hero’s journey.
The benefits, the enhanced health, the higher fulfillment, the sharp power over mind, the honest relationships, the atomic habits, the control of finance, the authenticity, the active creativity, the chiseled purpose.
These are the (on-going) rewards of an “improved” Self.
Yes, Self is already perfect (in one sense).
Yes, Self can be improved (in another sense).
That’s the key the all-or-nothing doubters miss.
Almost any statement contains nuance, context, and multiple lenses.
That’s the key.
Personal development, at its core, is philosophy, not dogma.
Personal development is play.
