Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit of Personal Growth

This books has power to transform your life rapidly. and I mean it.I will write mini summary of this book and some core ideas which definatly inspired me.This book is centered around 3 simple (simple is not easy) principle which are TRUTH, LOVE and POWER.If you increate your alignment with this 3 universal laws in any area of your life including career, health, finance, relationship, spirituality then you will experience tremendous growth in minimum amount of time.Truth: It means installing empowering beliefs and giveup beliefs which does not serve you.For Example: Which one of these belief is more empowering1. Most people just want to be left alone.2. People are usually friendly and approachableRemember your perceptions are not your passive observation but its active creator.Love: It means connecting with what you truly desire and disconnect with everything which done not resonate and compatible with you including people, ideas, activities, places etc.I have observer most people tolerate their part of life and people which are not resonate with them but thats big mistake ... tolerance is not good, I will say tolerace is Sin. its resistance to your true desire and its excuse of not being courageous and embrace what you truly desire in your life.They always have fear abour what will happen to people if i disconnect with them and connect with other people who are not more resonate with me.I will say this fear has nothing to do with that people, Fear is there because you are not ready for that change yet.POWER: Power is third principle, which says you are responsible for your life and you must take necessary actions to transform your life. you must increase your power by progressively doing things which you fear most and create strong muscle of power of body, mind, heart and spirit.This book also has one whole component of how to set goals which improves your present reality and gives you happiness here and now.Most people have conflict between growh and happiness because of wrong belief. and they can resolve this conflict by knowing there life purpose. because life puprose is both direction and destiny.I have also write small summary of my life journey and my life purpose in my inspired-life-purpose com site with methods."growth is never ending process" and "happines is a never ending present moment."

There are thousands of books published in the personal development field.So why should you read this one? Because it's an...Accessible. Practical. Integrative Framework.Accessible: This book was not written from a Tibetan monastery or Princeton think-tank-- it was written by a transparent, plain spoken guy who is sharing what he has learned from both extensive reading and analysis and the lab of his own life. You won't need to haul out your dictionary or scratch your head and think, "Now what does he mean by that?"Practical: This book gives more than just concepts- in each chapter there are practical exercises where you can put the concepts into direct doable action designed to kick-start growth and change in your life. I dare you to read this book and not find a dozen ideas that will REALLY WORK in your life immediately.Integrative Framework: I've read other books that helped me with organization or work or approach to life or understanding myself. They were helpful, but they dealt with only one component of my life. One the other hand, Personal Development for Smart People gave me an overall framework that let me see a complete picture of my growth as a person, and allowed me to integrate those other good ideas and books into the framework. This allowed me to utilize all my resources more effectively and see where they fit into my life as a whole.What's inside......In the introduction, Steve sets out the question,"What does it mean for us to grow as conscious human beings, and how do we intelligently guide that process?"He answers that there are three universal principles: truth, love & power. The goal of the book is, "to teach you how to bring all areas of your life into alignment with these universal principles." He starts out with chapters on each principle, its components, common blocks to it, and ways to increase it in your life. Each chapter contains clearly written insights, engaging personal experiences, and practical exercises.He next devotes chapters to principles he derives from the first three, which include oneness (truth+love), authority (truth+power), and courage (love+power). He caps it off with a chapter on intelligence, which he defines as the integration and mastery of all six principles.After a discussion of the principles, he moves to application. There are chapters on how to apply each principle to the areas of habits, career, money, health, relationships, and spirituality.What did I like about this book?-I love that it is an integrative framework that I can fix in my head and use to structure my insights and actions about personal growth.-The three basic principles are solid and I was immediately able to apply them to my own life. They echo the three principles that the Apostle Paul once wrote, "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."-The book has given me insight and motivation to make some real, substantial changes in my life. I currently am in week 2 of getting up at 5am every morning (even weekends), exercising a half hour a day, and not eating dessert or red meat. I've lost 7 pounds, crafted an effective life purpose statement and feel greater clarity and productivity.What came up short?-Steve's principle of "oneness" is not a universally accepted principle in the same category as truth, power, & love. For Steve, this belief serves him because he rejects the idea of a Judeo-Christian Creator God. For me, knowing that I am a loved child of an omnipotent Sovereign works better than thinking I am one with everything else in the world.-Some of the application chapters were strong (money was especially helpful to me), but others such as relationships, health and spirituality again strayed more into aspects of Steve's personal worldview than universally accepted principles.Overall, Personal Development for Smart People is a great read and a fantastic resource. There are some parts you will likely not agree with, but there's a lot of gold to be mined and effectively used in your life. I've read it twice in two weeks, and already given two copies to friends. Highly recommended