Top 10 Nuggets On The Importance Of Personal Development (EP22)

In this episode, Serial Entrepreneur, Property Investor, Attorney and Speaker Mompoloki Lerumo Mogobe opens up and shares his views on the critical importance of personal development in an Entrepreneur's journey. He uploads his top 10 nuggets on these issues as follows:

Jim Rohn famously said 'education will make you comfortable but self education (which is personal development) will make you a fortune' or words to that effect. Some entrepreneurs can be skeptical about the benefits of personal development preferring only hard work. By personal development I am referring to reading, attending conferences, consuming and absorbing content that develops you especially intellectually, financially, emotionally and otherwise



1.CREATIVITY. It helps you become more creative and imaginative as it develops your intellectual and artistic muscles,

2.RESILIENCE. It enables you to build your resilience muscles. You learn to become resilient and persistent so you can overcome obstacles and challenges that would otherwise stop your progress.

3.OVERCOME FEAR. It makes it possible for you to become brave.It helps you feel the fear but to do it anyway. As Susan Jeffries said in her best selling book.

4.SENSE OF CONTRIBUTION. It bolsters your ability to discover your sense of direction and purpose in life. It makes you want to sacrifice and contribute more to society.

5.MORE INTERESTING.It helps you become a more interesting and fascinating individual and makes you more attractive to those who you associate with and speak with you. It makes you more appealing.

6.OVERALL IMPROVEMENT. It impacts and improves all areas of your life. If you improve in one area such as speaking, that automatically spreads and cascades into other areas as well.

7.INSPIRATIONAL. It enhances your ability to inspire and motivate others. You encourage them and push them to greater heights. My motto for instance is to inspire ,to energize and enthuse as well as to empower others!

8.FINANCIAL AND CAREER SUCCESS. If you read Dale Carnegie‘s book "How How To Win Friends And Influence Others", it will become clear that your learning improves your earning and your knowledge increases your returns in the short, medium and long run.

9.Goal Attainment. Your prospects of reaching your goals are enhanced and you will be better able to reach your destination and your goals.

10.ENHANCED DECISION MAKING. It helps you make decisions better it puts you in a position to make effective knowledge based decisions.
11 BONUS: HEALTHIER LIVING. With personal development you will be able to make better health and personal choices informed by the best health practices in science as well as empirical evidence accumulated over time.