Xtraordinary Women Magazine August/September 2015 | Page 70

Your Life & Spiritual Questions Answered By
Whispered Guidance – Michelle Vooght.com
Question: Why
 is
 it
 so
 hard
 looking
 at

ourselves?

For
 many,
 the
 idea
 of
 personal

development
 or
 self-­‐development
 feels

uncomfortable.

 Maybe
 it
 is
 because
 we

will
 feel
 judged
 or
 criticized
 or
 perhaps,

fearful
 of
 the
 feeling
 of
 not
 being
 “good

enough”.

 The
 responsibility
 upon
 us,
 to

become
 a
 better
 person,
 happier
 or
 more

competence
 is
 either
 for
 us,
 a
 senseless

activity
 or
 very
 hard
 work!

Either
 way,
 the
 value
 and
 benefit
 from

constantly
 looking
 at
 ourselves,
 the

progress
 we’ve
 made,
 exploring
 and

identifying
 further
 areas
 of
 improvement

cannot
 be
 underestimated.

More
 so
 in
 the
 world
 of
 the

entrepreneur.

 Being
 successful
 in
 one’s

own
 business
 and
 constantly
 improving

oneself
 to
 overcome
 a
 milliard
 of
 challenges,
 requires
 us
 to
 make
 changes
 to
 ourselves,

our
 belief
 systems
 and
 at
 times,
 our
 attitude
 and
 behaviour.

 Ultimately,
 it
 is
 our

attitude
 that
 drives
 our
 success.

Whilst
 many
 factors
 impact
 and
 influence
 our
 attitude,
 with
 self-­‐development
 we

come
 to
 understand
 that
 it
 is
 not
 WHAT
 happens
 to
 us
 what
 matters,
 but
 what
 we
 DO

about
 it.

Most
 successful
 entrepreneurs
 have
 developed
 this
 competence
 and
 remain
 consistent

in
 improving
 their
 thought
 processes
 and
 empowering
 themselves
 –
 a
 strong
 successful

person
 does
 not
 fear
 change
 and
 shakes
 hands
 with
 the
 inner
 critic.

Self-­‐development
 allows
 us
 to
 re-­‐create
 limiting
 Beliefs:

It
 takes
 a
 lot
 of
 self-­‐study
 to
 recreate
 limiting
 beliefs
 –
 firstly
 we
 need
 to
 understand

and
 evaluate
 what
 our
 current
 belief
 system
 is,
 and
 how
 this
 be
 a
 barrier
 to
 our

ultimate
 achievement
 and/or
 living
 our
 highest
 potential.