Personal Development Blog

Can we supplement our personal development by direct enhancement of our brain cells? Recent research suggests this may be true. As described at Science Daily, adult neurons are more adaptable or “plastic” than once thought. There may actually be on ongoing process of development.

An article at Newscientist describes how magnets might be used via Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to improve learning and memory, and directly increasing the proliferation of stem cells.

So what can you do today to improve brain cells? An article at msnbc indicates good old exercise will help boost your brain cells, perhaps not a surprise to most, but is now backed by more scientific evidence which links it to the hippocampus part of the brain.

So what is this thing called “personal development” anyway? Simply “developing yourself”? Sure, you could look at it this way, however there are so many deeper insights and techniques which have been developed throughout centuries. Certainly, at least some of these insights can help us uniquely in “developing ourself”.

First, Personal Development is often considered synonymous with personal growth, self help, or self improvement. A key thing underlying all of these is “personal” or “self”, meaning this is all about taking responsibility for YOU, not others. This is a challenge for some, especially those who tend to think very highly of themselves, and are more focused on giving advice to others, holding an attitude that they are fine the way they are. This is the initial and most important challenge of personal development, namely recognizing that we always have room for improvement, and if we don’t try to improve, then we stagnate and impede our own success. It’s about investing in yourself. Is this selfish? Certainly not, by improving yourself you are helping others, as you will offer more to others around you, e.g. better relationships, higher productivity, improved communication, better health and fitness, and maybe even earning more money!