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Abstract from Wikipedia article “personal development” written by Metizo. For the full Wikipedia article click here: personal development

Personal development is not limited to self-development or self-help; it also includes developing others and by extension refers to the methods, programs, tools, techniques, and assessment systems used in personal development. At the level of self-improvement, personal development includes the following:

• Becoming the person one aspires to be; integrating social identity with self-identification
• Increasing awareness or defining of one’s priorities, values, chosen way of life or ethics.
• Strategizing and realizing dreams, aspirations, career and lifestyle priorities.
• Developing professional potential and talents; developing individual competencies, learning on the job
• Improving the quality of lifestyle in such areas as health, wealth, culture, family, friends and communities.
• Learning techniques or methods to expand awareness, gain control of one’s life or achieve wisdom.

The personal development of others may be a function within the role of teacher or mentor, a personal competency such as a manager’s ability to develop the potential of employees, or a professional service such as providing training, assessment or coaching. Personal development is an industry with two distinct markets, business-to-individual and business-to-institution. The business-to-individual market includes books, motivational speaking, e-learning programs, workshops, individual counseling, life coaching and techniques such as yoga, martial arts, meditation and fitness programs. Business-to-institution markets reach tens of millions of students in higher education and hundreds of millions of employees in companies through training, employee development programs, development tools, self-assessment, feedback, coaching and mentoring. Some consulting firms are specialized in personal development but generalist firms in human resources, recruitment and organizational strategy have recently entered this growing market, not to mention a large number of smaller firms and self-employed professionals who provide consulting, training and coaching.

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