Why Self-Development is Important

Personal development is critical, and I believe that you need to be your best self to make everyone around you better.

Watch this video for a small resumé, or keep reading to know it all.

Where it all started

I have always been interested in self-development, but my interest increased when I was a teenager. I had to figure out "who am I?" and "who do I want to be?" and stuff like that.

So I started taking all these personality tests and started reading about how different people could be, simply trying to get to know myself better.

That worked like a charm. The more I learned about myself, the easier it was for me to meet and understand people around me and just be optimistic about almost any situation I was in.

From myself to others

So that went well for me for a lot of years. After college, I pursued being a better "leader." I really wanted to help other people learn and improve themselves. I went on courses and tried it out in practice with a few people in my father's company. At the base of it all, these courses were about communication and teamwork. So in this stage of life, I learned a lot about listening to other people, making them listen to me, solving problems together despite differences, and more.
So you can say that my focus shifted from myself to the people around me.

I forgot myself

I improved a lot in these skills, and this went well for like 4-5 years.... until I didn't. Slowly I started getting misunderstood, and I became worse and worse at listening and noticing other people.

This came slowly, and I did notice it a little bit but didn't think more of it because I still believed I was becoming better at it. I was wrong. By having such a high focus on trying to understand and help others, I forgot to focus on myself. I just recently realized how bad it can be to forget yourself.

Big changes

Everything is quite good at this point in my life, and I have saved up a bit from the last 6 years of work. So my girlfriend and I decided to sell everything and move to Spain because we are young and want to explore the world.

We had never lived together before, so we knew there would be stuff we had to discuss along the way. But no matter what I did, I always felt that I did something wrong. My girlfriend was also a bit "worried" because back in time when she got to know me, I was much more cheerful and much more thoughtful to people around me. Now it was completely the opposite. I started not noticing her, and I was much less happy now than just one or two years ago. So we talked a lot about this. I decided to take a step back and find my way to a better self again.

The start of something important

So here I am now. This is why I write this blog. I want to improve myself. I want to be better. I want to give out more cheer and joy to people around me, as I have done most of my life. I want to help people be happier in their everyday life. To do this, I need to work on myself and find new sides of myself that can give value to others and that I can improve.

I believe that you need to help yourself before you can help others, and I have been neglecting myself for so long that I am no longer the person I want to be. My questions are no longer "who am I?" or "who do I want to be?". I know that I have a huge passion for helping others, so now my questions are, "how do I become myself?" and "how do I become my better self?"