Gerry Cueto's Personal Development Blog
So what is personal development anyway?
Personal development empowers you to take conscious control over all areas of your life, to be proactive instead of unconsciously reacting to everything that goes on around you. It gives you mental tools to deal with many areas in your life. I aim to try, test, and refine the concepts I post about in this site, and update them as often as possible to maximize their efficiency.
Are there any rules in personal development?
Personal development doesn’t force itself on you making you have to go to bed early, get organized, or get a great career, but it educates you on how to get those things that you want done and desire to take the necessary steps, instead of feeling guilty for not doing it. It’s about education, not obedience.
Isn’t this just a fancy term for self help?
Not really. A lot of self help claims to be the final authority on its advice. It cannot be falsified whereas personal development can. This is important because if somebody has a better idea and provides sufficient evidence to support it, I have to be intellectually honest and update my idea. Faith-based self help cannot be falsified because it relies on a dogma that is said to be consistent and “always works,” which isn’t necessarily true.
Personal development is not a set of quick fix magic pill solutions for life’s problems and it’s not just thinking positively and having your life change just because of its bare assertion. Although it includes and promotes positive thinking, you have to take action somewhere along the way. Like Steve Pavlina said, “Personal development is hard work.” It takes a while to go from point A to point B, and that’s not something that happens overnight. Although there may be overnight changes like newly acquired skills and beliefs, life transformations require attitude, self-discipline, and most importantly, action. Do you have what it takes to be the best you possible?
Recommended Reading
This website encompasses a variety of topics from mundane things around the house to relationships and careers. I’m the guinea pig that tries it all out and then I blog about it. I’m definitely open to personal development suggestions, topics to talk about, or things to try out. Don’t be shy to drop me a line.
- Finding a Meaningful Career – Learn how to find a meaningful career or improve the one you’re currently in
- Reversing My Sleep Schedule – Be able to proactively control your sleeping schedule without suffering insomnia
- Having Fun Getting Organized – Be able to turn mundane or unpleasant routines around your home or office into something interesting you’ll look forward to doing everyday
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Update - May 08, 2008
Added the front-page site introduction. 
