IMO, people have the wrong idea about "self development" and "personal growth" - It sounds like some new age self-help, spiritual BS. This is not self developme

IMO, people have the wrong idea about "self development" and "personal growth" - It sounds like some new age self-help, spiritual BS. This is not self development. Self development has nothing to do with positive thinking, visualizing success or spiritual stuff. That's a load of horse shit. Real self-development involves choosing difficult goals and focusing all your energy on attaining them; learning new skills and improving existing skills in the process. It's about mastering some useful skills in order to give yourself a sizable competitive advantage in the marketplace and in society - This is the best way to gain control of your future. The emotional, spiritual, positive thinking and visualization aspects of 'self improvement' are nonsense. This doesn't yield any improvement, all it does is it shows everyone that you're a gullible, delusional fool. The world doesn't give a shit about your positive thoughts; in fact they tend to cause people to be neglectful. The world cares about results.