Comments on: The Miracle of Personal Development by Jim Rohn http://deepeningyourlove.com/the-miracle-of-personal-development-by-jim-rohn/ Supporting Aliveness and Growth in Intimate Relationships Mon, 24 May 2010 22:51:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeannine http://deepeningyourlove.com/the-miracle-of-personal-development-by-jim-rohn/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Jeannine Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:30:06 +0000 http://deepeningyourlove.com/?p=437#comment-148 So true - the metaphor is as apt for relationships as for business. "What am I becoming?" Who can I become... for you... for us? Learn to work harder on yourself than you do... on your partner. To have more than we've got... in any category... we must become more than we currently are. All fabulous statements. As a divorce coach I wish people would make THEIR growth leap IN their relationships rather than convincing themselves that the partner is the problem. It just isn't true. It's just that it takes longer than they ever imagined and so give up. So true – the metaphor is as apt for relationships as for business. “What am I becoming?” Who can I become… for you… for us? Learn to work harder on yourself than you do… on your partner. To have more than we’ve got… in any category… we must become more than we currently are. All fabulous statements.

As a divorce coach I wish people would make THEIR growth leap IN their relationships rather than convincing themselves that the partner is the problem. It just isn’t true. It’s just that it takes longer than they ever imagined and so give up.

]]> By: Kate Feldman http://deepeningyourlove.com/the-miracle-of-personal-development-by-jim-rohn/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Kate Feldman Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:23:47 +0000 http://deepeningyourlove.com/?p=437#comment-147 I was thinking that if all the out-of-integrity-business people of the world actually took this advice, the wealth would spread around more evenly. In my mind, personal growth implies deepened awareness of others, and the realities of human suffering. The message here for me is: If I focus on who I want to BE in the world, rather than on what I want to HAVE, I will end up having enough AND being the person I want to be. The corollary for me would be that becoming who I authentically am, includes the moral and spiritual imperative of sharing what I have. I believe personal development naturally results in integrity and compassion. I was thinking that if all the out-of-integrity-business people of the world actually took this advice, the wealth would spread around more evenly. In my mind, personal growth implies deepened awareness of others, and the realities of human suffering. The message here for me is: If I focus on who I want to BE in the world, rather than on what I want to HAVE, I will end up having enough AND being the person I want to be. The corollary for me would be that becoming who I authentically am, includes the moral and spiritual imperative of sharing what I have. I believe personal development naturally results in integrity and compassion.

]]> By: Meg Burdett http://deepeningyourlove.com/the-miracle-of-personal-development-by-jim-rohn/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Meg Burdett Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:43:59 +0000 http://deepeningyourlove.com/?p=437#comment-145 Conflating self-reflection and personal growth in any way with income (even to make a point about personal transformation) makes me very queasy. To say that "income rarely exceeds personal development" seems tragically out of touch with the truth of our global economic system where access to wealth is woefully skewed. Given this reasoning, am I to believe that Lloyd Blankfein and his posse are able to keep what they've "obtained" because they are more "developed" than the millions without homes, jobs or savings? I'm thinking of three of Ghandi's Seven Social Sins when I consider what actually fuels the accrual and retention of wealth as alluded to here: Politics without principles; Wealth without work; and, Commerce without morality. Rather than speaking about happiness and wealth, Mr. Rohn might more fully explore happiness as wealth. Conflating self-reflection and personal growth in any way with income (even to make a point about personal transformation) makes me very queasy. To say that “income rarely exceeds personal development” seems tragically out of touch with the truth of our global economic system where access to wealth is woefully skewed. Given this reasoning, am I to believe that Lloyd Blankfein and his posse are able to keep what they’ve “obtained” because they are more “developed” than the millions without homes, jobs or savings? I’m thinking of three of Ghandi’s Seven Social Sins when I consider what actually fuels the accrual and retention of wealth as alluded to here: Politics without principles; Wealth without work; and, Commerce without morality. Rather than speaking about happiness and wealth, Mr. Rohn might more fully explore happiness as wealth.

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