Personal growth is the process by which people recognize themselves and continually develop themselves to reach their full potential, playing an important part of their growth, maturity, success and happiness.
In this section, we will learn more about personal growth, as well as some tips and tricks to help us develop it!
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Staying Focused on Your Studies
Try these 5 study tips to help you stay focused as we move into the thick of the semester.
Understanding your feelings
When you feel happy, you may think of it as a good feeling, Conversely when you feel lonely, or nervous or frustrated you may find it unpleasant and seek to hide or avoid the feelings. Instead of labelling feelings as good or bad, learn about the purpose of feelings. You may also consider watching the enjoyable 2015 movie Inside Out to find out more.
Self - Esteem
Do you feel inferior to others and feel insecure about yourself?
Are you filled with thoughts of not being good enough and that you don't have the confidence to do the things you want to do?
Watch this video to understand the importance of self-esteem.
Improving Self-Esteem
If you were asked "How much are you worth?"
How you would answer tells you how you value yourself. Learn about Self Esteem here.
Protecting Experiences on Social Media
How much time do you spend on your apps? Which apps do you spend the most time on? How does the increased use of social media affect you? With these tips to protect and enhance your time on social media, you may increase your mental wellness.
Motivation
Feel that you are lacking motivation?
Learn about how to get round that L A G G Y feeling!
Time Management
Learn to improve your Time Management and become more effective and productive, and less stressed!
Goal Setting
Part 1/2 - Goal setting can act as your compass – pivoting you towards doing what matters. Dive into these resources to help you goal set to achieve a fruitful term/year. “The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it and the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you a great journey.” – Kalpana Chawla
Part 2/2 - How to improve your goal setting. Let’s look at what science tells us about what actually works in goal setting, and how to do goal setting right.
