What we mean

In the context of the "Do Work You Love" concept, self-development encompasses a holistic approach to personal growth and creates the foundation for professional growth. It involves continuous learning, self-awareness, and skill enhancement to align one’s career and life with their passions and values. Here’s how it ties into various elements:

 

1. Awareness & Management:

Discover self-development topics designed to increase your self-awareness and help you manage your life according to your unique lifestyle and aspirations.

2. Define:

Define and describe key aspects of everyday life, such as happiness and success, and use them as a navigation system and benchmarks for your self-development.

3. Lists:

Develop personalized lists of important and helpful topics to enhance alignment, clarity, focus, and direction in your self-development journey.

4. Practice:

Regularly or on-demand, put into practice what you've learned or created throughout your self-development journey to reinforce and solidify your growth.

 

In essence, self-development for us is about empowering individuals to direct their career paths, leverage available resources, and build a supportive network to achieve a fulfilling and passion-driven professional life, whether they are employed or running their own business.


Self-development topics:

 

1. self-AWERENESS & -management:

passion

roles

life philosophy

values

purpose

personality profile

 

rituals

big 5 for life

risks

processes

place for notes

home base

 

time

energy

needs

finances

health

priorities

 

fears

beliefs

emotions

thoughts & words

actions

habits

 

decision making

communication style

goal setting

self-reflectionprocess

growth mindset

commit-ments

 

furniture piece

message to the world

collaboration

personal brand

“that’s me” pitch

navigate ecosystem

 

alternative methods

traditional methods

coaching

mentoring

leadership

relationships

 

2. DEFINE:

success is …

work is …

happiness is …

love is …

freedom is …

relationship is …

 

3. LISTS:

ideas

listen / watch / read

quotes

questions

your tribe

like & love

 

to complete

problems to solve

no-gos

fun activities

role models

best moments

 

Keep / change / stop / start

compliments

principles to live by

 
 

4. PRACTICE:

journaling

spiritual practice

priming

align

experience

visualize

 

cycles

make next step

public speaking

networking

visibility

celebrate

 
 

5. other topics & Methods

Astrology

Human design

innovation

AI

food

climate change

sustainability

impact

intrapreneurship

meetup