Personal Development Toolkit - Being

Each week, Personal Development Toolkit features a one word tool of personal growth and development. This week's tool is Being.

Welcome to Personal Development Toolkit, a new feature appearing every Monday. Each week, Personal Development Toolkit will feature a one word tool you can use to construct additions to your personal growth and development. Each week's toolkit will include a brief description of the tool and a suggestion for using it.

Being: Being is a state of existence, a sometimes temporary role a person displays based on emotion and feeling. In a single day most people will exhibit many states of being.

Example: Jennifer was elated when her best friend thanked her for being so generous, supportive, and loyal. These are traits Jennifer admires and expects of herself.

This Week: Using the tool of awareness be conscious of who you are being for the next week. Set aside a small part of yourself to watch over you from a distance and observe who you are being as you go about your life for this week.

As you see yourself being a certain way, perhaps grumpy or picky, or critical, ask yourself if this is who you want to be right then. Perhaps the answer will be yes; that's fine, then you are conscious of who you are and are choosing the way you want to be just then. But if the answer is no, then you have the opportunity to choose another way of being, perhaps compassionate, cheery, or accepting.

Do this for one week and you'll be amazed at the conscious control you have over your life and your happiness.