Advice on how to improve one’s self is everywhere. It accounts for about 2.5% of all book sales in the United States. Add in speeches, training programs, TV programs, online-products, coaches, yoga, and the like, self-help is a $10 billion industry per year, and that’s just in the U.S.
4 Self-Improvement Myths That May Be Holding You Back
Our observation of hundreds of performance seekers has led to delineating a series of myths that hold people back when trying to improve. These assertions are based on a diverse set of fields, including psychology, sports, arts, and leadership. We hope that by dispelling these myths, explaining the reality and offering some sound advice instead, we can help move people toward more effective personal development. Myth 1: Performing at the top means consistent peak performance. Myth 2: We get better by benchmarking ourselves against others. Myth 3: Successful people engage in “singular deliberate practice” of one winning strategy. Myth 4: Improvement stems from unwavering focus on your most challenging goals. In the end, improvement comes from knowing our own unique challenges and abilities, not from following pop-culture formulas.