| How do you know if a person is willing to attain self | | | | ambition to achieve anything more from their lives |
| improvement? This is a question with no definite | | | | than they currently have. |
| answer. It will all depend on the individual. | | | | Is self improvement important? |
| Many people have goals, dreams or ambitions but do | | | | The reality is that throughout our lives we are all |
| not know how to go about achieving them. They | | | | constantly growing and developing. Circumstances |
| may have thought about what would make up self | | | | make us grow and develop, even if we do not make |
| improvement and their ideal life, but have no idea | | | | the conscious decision to do so. |
| how to even begin to make the plans and take the | | | | Up to a certain age, we learn through formal |
| actions required to make them a reality. | | | | education and we continue to learn through our |
| Some people have a vague idea on how to go about | | | | experiences for the rest of our lives. We have to |
| self improvement. These are the ones that believe | | | | learn and grow to deal with everything that life |
| that if only they had a better job, or had been given | | | | throws at us. We all have to go through self |
| better opportunities, or met the love of their life, or | | | | improvement. |
| whatever else, everything would be fine and they | | | | Modern life moves at a dramatically faster pace than |
| would be happy. | | | | at anytime in history. For anyone living in modern |
| They feel that their happiness or lack of happiness is | | | | society there are more opportunities to do anything |
| decided by external factors and their thoughts and | | | | that you want to do with your life than ever before. |
| actions are of little consequence. | | | | But there is also more competition than ever before, |
| Some believe that if only they had more money they | | | | and ever changing technology means that there really |
| could have whatever they want and be on their way | | | | are few, if any "jobs for life" anymore. It is now |
| to self improvement. | | | | normal not only to change jobs quite often |
| They may have spent little time thinking about what | | | | throughout our working lives, but even to completely |
| they actually want from life, and do not really believe | | | | change careers and industries. |
| there is anything they can do to create their fuzzy | | | | Because the workplace is so competitive, people who |
| version of utopia anyway, apart from buying more | | | | are ambitious and hungry for success know they |
| lottery tickets. | | | | need to learn new skills and knowledge to keep |
| Other people do not even know what they actually | | | | ahead of the pack. To attain this, self improvement is |
| want from their lives and may even have little idea | | | | needed. |
| what would really makes them happy. They seem to | | | | These are the people that will be most likely to keep |
| just drift from day to day, week to week, month to | | | | their jobs, or progress within their chosen field or |
| month, and year to year, and do little more than just | | | | that will be readily employable in different |
| about get by. | | | | organizations or industries. A commitment to self |
| They may have seemingly secure jobs and be | | | | improvement and personal growth may well be the |
| earning enough to live relatively comfortable lives. | | | | deciding factor in how anyone's future will turn out. |
| They seem happy enough and have no great | | | | |