It will help to have some perspective on working in the personal development space, what is available, where it resides, how to choose preferred resources, and how to optimize what resources to engage and when to engage them. Let’s assume for the sake of argument that our initiative is relatively new, our relevant knowledge is sparse, and our initial horizons relatively short. Let’s set this thought exercise in the US in July 2024.
Our personal development initiative likely results from a new urgent need to resolve a specific difficulty up to and including the desire for a comprehensive fulfillment plan for our entire lifetime. Starting out, we might logically assume we are lacking in self knowledge, that we don’t know what we don’t know, that we don’t understand our risk tolerance or goals, and we don’t know where to begin. Nevertheless, our interest in self help is genuine. Let’s start with some historical references in self help in order to set the stage for its current explosive growth this century.
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