As long as we are alive and in control of our faculties, we have the potential to continue to grow and improve. Technalink has always supported people who want to improve themselves, but because everyone is different, everyone will have different approaches and interests in doing this. Here are six ways that self-improvement can help you.
Develop Resilience
Resilience, or adaptability, is the ability to process and eventually resolve challenges and difficulties. Being a resilient person means having the inner qualities required to assess an obstacle, period of stress, conflict, or strife and find a way to get through it. Being a resilient person means being better able to withstand the potential negative events we inevitably encounter in life and find ways to endure or overcome them with faster, more rapid outcomes.
Work On Proactive Listening
There are some times when a person wants a sympathetic ear—someone who will nod and not judge, clarify, or interrupt while a person says something they’ve been wanting to say. On the other hand, there are many times when a person wants an active listener.
Active listening is when you are focused on the person and not just hearing what they are saying but thinking about it. Passive listening is often about letting someone talk with no real obligation on your part to even remember what was said; the important thing is not to interrupt. Active listening, however, means adding to what was said because you’ve given their words thought, and you maintain the thread of the conversation. This can be incredibly productive for both parties if the skill is highly developed.
Managing Emotions
One of the most useful skills for self-improvement is learning the challenging discipline of managing your emotions. This is not to say that you control your emotions, which is both unhealthy and unfair. You should always feel what you feel and not try to suppress that emotional response.
However, you can control how you decide to act in the aftermath of an emotional experience. Experiencing anger, for example, doesn’t inevitably mean responding with violence. Feeling afraid doesn’t mean paralysis and inaction.
Improve Your Emotional Intelligence
Intellectual quotient, or IQ, is a measure of academic intelligence, the ability to process data, solve math sums, and solve problems. Emotional intelligence, on the other hand, is about understanding your own emotions and those of others to interact with them effectively. Relationship management, conflict resolution, and building up productive acquaintances and relationships are all the results of good EQ and are invaluable skills in the workplace.
Accepting Change
There are some things in life that we have no control over. Catastrophic weather events, the death of a friend or family member, the end of a relationship, or even the bankruptcy of a business are often beyond our control. In many situations, how we react to what happens can often be just as important as the event itself.
This is why people must develop an ability to realistically and gracefully accept those things that can’t be changed. Refusing to accept the end of a relationship or being in denial about the loss of a job can only exacerbate an already bad situation. Accepting and moving on is a better result.
Expand Your Business Network
An extremely useful form of self-improvement is the willingness to put yourself “out there” and increase the sphere of your business network. People tend to prefer working with those they know and trust. So, if you already provide a reliable product or service that produces results, networking with other professionals and gaining their familiarity and trust places you in the priority line when it comes to choosing who to work with within the area relevant to your interests.
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