Personal Growth Is Officially Here! (Google now has a School Of Personal Growth)

Personal growth and self development are hotter topics than ever today & it seems that even Google is jumping onto the bandwagon its School of Personal Growth within the Google University. When the big guys start to understand the importance of personal growth & development, you know it is not only here to stay but ready to break into the mainstream with a whoosh. You can also be sure that if someone as big as Google is investing money in this, then they have already tried & tested it & have already got good proof & data that it works.

By encouraging a climate of creativity, relaxation, support & emotional stability, human stress levels begin to fall. In turn stress hormone levels then begin to fall. By supporting creativity & relaxation other positive & happy hormones begin to flow, which in turn make us feel better and happier & allows our minds to open to new creative possibilities. In the world today information & ideas are king. It makes good business sense to keep employees happy & healthy on every level to keep their creativity levels functioning way above just the optimum.

The human mind can be seen as a process that regulates the flow of energy & information. When this is open & receptive the flow of new positive information & ideas can flow. Most people are familiar with the theory that we are all vibrating packages of energy & our thoughts & emotions are just another form of this. So, the logical step forward from this is that we are all connected & what we experience with our thoughts, feelings & emotions is a personal & shared experience.

Philosophers & scholars throughout the ages have always understood the importance of being able to fulfil our human potential. By developing individual people as whole human beings on all levels of mental, emotional & physical we not only attain higher levels of achievement on a personal level but also on a global level. However, historically in business it has never really taken off as a serious subject just regarded as something a ‘bit woolly’ & ‘trendy’ not something that ultimately creates profits.

The 3 books that I have found that inspire me which I read & reread constantly are, The Travellers Gift by Andy Andrews, The Alchemist by Paulo Coehelo and Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. These books inspire me & always give me new ideas to think about no matter how many times I may have read them before. They provide me with this set of guidelines which I use as a basis for living my life so that I am focussed & programmed not only think, but also ‘feel’ on every level.

I accept and take total responsibility for my life, whether I succeed or fail.

I seek help from others who are like minded and I surround myself with like minded individuals. I no longer surround myself with people who drag me down, make me feel bad or who complain & moan. I now choose to associate with those who I admire & those who I aspire to become like. In the economic climate that we are currently experiencing it is all too easy to get sucked into the swell of gloom & hysteria. I no longer buy newspapers and rarely if ever listen to the news. I make a conscious choice to eliminate negativity wherever possible from my life.

I no longer site on the fence prevaricating about decisions, I will make a decision then take action and see it through.

My dreams & visions of success dominate my thoughts, dreams & emotions. I am passionate about these & in my heart know that they are coming true right now. I have chosen success & happiness.

I choose to make the best out of a situation even if it does not appear to be as I wanted it or planned it as things work out the way they do for a reason. If the outcome is not as I imagined, then I try to work out what can be learned from the experience & turn it around.

I choose to forgive – myself & others. By releasing the demons of the past I free up enormous amounts of energy & time. All the time I spent dwelling on things gone by is just a waste. History is gone and by letting those thoughts & emotions go free I am free to concentrate on the present & the future.

I never give in or give up. I have total faith and focus on results. Sometimes things take a bit longer than I would like but by exercising persistence & never accepting defeat I will not fail. The longer the journey, the greater the reward at the end.

Personal growth & development is a massive area of growth in terms of market & research. The fact the a corporation so big as Google is now taking it so seriously gives it the mainstream credibility it has lacked for a long time. Maybe now we will see more companies investing in their employees in this way. Even if this does not happen we each need to view it as a personal responsibility to ourselves to enrich not only our own lives but everyone else & the world around us.