“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.†~ Henry David Thoreau
Life is about learning and personal growth. Whether you are a tween, teen, young adult, adult, or parent of one, the evolution of personal growth can be both gratifying and confusing. Personal Growth resources include:
- Events – List of upcoming personal growth events
- Self-Awareness – developing character, assessing personality preferences, understanding values
- Confidence & Self-Esteem
- Motivation & Inspiration
- Goal Setting – setting goals, creating vision “boardsâ€
- Leadership Potential – developing leadership potential, attending community service organizations
- Driving
SELF-AWARENESS
Being clear about yourself helps you make better life decisions. Therefore, being self-aware helps to make sure your actions are in alignment with your character, personality preferences, and values.
Assessing Personality Preferences
- “What Kind of Thinker are You Quiz†— Try the quiz to find your thinking style.
- Jung Typology Test™ — Shortened version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Provides a description of your personality type.
- Role Model Profiler — Results provide a list of celebrities’ names considered the best role models for a test taker. This test is $3.
Understanding Values
- Core values Assessment – Assess and analyze your values.
- Defining Values – Based on 7 values for leadership success. Nicely defines values.
- Louis Vuitton Core Values – Where will life take YOU?
CONFIDENCE & SELF-ESTEEM
Confidence and self-esteem are the ways you think and feel about yourself. Having a healthy dose of self-esteem and confidence can lead to a more successful and satisfying life. They can be gained at any time in your life.
- Developing Self-Esteem & a Positive Attitude — Workbook to define, assess, and develop self-esteem.
- How to Develop Self-Esteem — Tips and resources
- Building Self-Esteem: A Self-Help Guide — Great tips and resources.
- How to Build Self-Confidence — Tips along with a helpful and entertaining video.
- 10 Ways to Instantly Build Self-Confidence — Great Tips.
MOTIVATION & INSPIRATION
Motivation causes us to act, whether it is to eat to reduce hunger or read a book to gain knowledge. Inspiration is the process of being mentally stimulated to do or feel something, especially something creative.
- How To Motivate Yourself – Self Motivation — Great tips.
- Motivate and Inspire Someone Today – Tips and video on various ways to motivate and inspire yourself or others.
- You want something. Go get it. Period. – YouTube excerpt from “The Pursuit of Happiness.â€
- Famous Failures – Video about famous people who struggled for success.
- Our Deepest Fear . . . – Inspiring video including the poem about facing our deepest fears.
- Traffic Wear — Uses universally common visual symbols to promote the valuable themes of leadership, character and prevention.
GOAL SETTING
Harvard Business School study showed that the top 3% of successful people are successful because they have written, specific goals. What do you want change in your life? Setting Goals and using a vision “board†can help you get there.
Setting Goals
- Goal Maker: Why Set Goals
- Stay focused – Collection of motivational quotes, sayings and thoughts.
Creating Vision “Boardsâ€
- Making a Vision Board – One of a series of YouTube videos on creating vision boards.
- Digital Dream Board — FREE online system to help you create your own “vision board.â€
- The Complete Vision Board Kit – Book and kit by John Assaraf.
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vision Boards — Book by Marcia Layton Turner.
- The Vision Board – Book by Joyce Schwarz.
- Goal Achievement through Treasure Mapping: A Guide to Personal and Professional Fulfillment – Book by Barbara Laporte and Cindy Rogers.
- The Lifeboard – A vision board kit.
- The Secret to You HD – Inspiration to help visualize YOUR goals.
- Daily Affirmations to Change your life – Grab a few affirmations for your “board.â€
LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL
Developing leadership during adolescence can enhance self-esteem, prevent risky behavior, and serve as a springboard for successful adulthood. Here are some ways to development the leadership potential as well as a list of community service organizations specifically design to development leadership potential in girls and young women.
Developing Leadership Potential
- The Young Women’s Leadership Program – Developed by Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), the curriculum of the multi-phase leadership program addresses some of the challenges girls expect as a high school junior or senior in the fall.
- Youth leadership: A Guide to Understanding Leadership Development in Adolescents
- Risk Attitudes Profiler
Attending Community Service Organizations
- Girl Scouts — World’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world.
- Sprites – Began in 1968 as an organization to teach teen girls, grades 7-12, the value of volunteering in their community, while building strong relationships with others.
DRIVING
What does this have to do with “personal growth� For many teens, driving is one of the key teen privileges which helps gain a sense of independence from parents and further establish a sense of identity.  With privileges, comes responsibility. Here are some tips on how to obtain and maintain a driver’s license.