Learn new useful roles
Mastering new roles by a person is one of the main mechanisms of personality development. Mastering the role of a boy or a girl, the role of a student or a ringleader, the child grows up. The role is assembled from actions that a person can already perform, but in the assembled form it already has new qualities, giving a person a previously unusual status, rights and obligations, interests and values, voice and manners.
Follow the created ideal image
Write down 5-10 sentences about yourself the way you want, about your ideal self. Wake up your imagination and write down your wildest goals. Are you a successful person? Are you decisive? Are you a true leader? Think smarter! Are you a professional in your field? Do you have an amazing sense of humor?
«But is it true?» – perhaps, you ask. True or not, it’s up to you. If you strive for this description of yours and embody it in life, it will be true. You will stagnate and will not develop yourself — there will be lies and lies. It is in your hands to make your ideal your truth.
«But how to implement it?» — you may ask the question again. Easily. Write in every conspicuous place and each time, remembering, ask yourself: am I acting like I’m ideal or like I’m used to? And do what you would do if you were perfect.
“But this is difficult and not always possible…” someone will suddenly say. “Yes,” we will answer him, “This is the “real problem.” What to do with problems, see Translating a problem into a task
Keep a self-improvement diary
Every day you do not just live, but do some activities, look after yourself in some areas to become better. At one time, Benjamin Franklin did it like this, see →