For most organizations…the process of interviewing…hiring…and training a new employee…doesn’t last long…

Most organizations feel that they have hired a competent individual…and the individual will inspire themselves to learn and grow…

The sad part is…organizations expect ALL employees to come out of a pretty little gift-wrapped box…with all of the knowledge and discipline…to go forward…

All the organization needs to do…is to take that individual… out of that gift-wrapped box… and put them in place…

This is why a lot of companies fail to develop talent…and are constantly searching for the next… pretty little gift wrapped box…

Organizations need to personally develop all of its employees…

Not just on the skills that are needed for performing their jobs…but skills that help them expand their lives…

Skills that help the employee become a better all around person…and an asset to the company…

Does your organization inspire its employees…to expand and grow their lives??

After all…what are the employees working toward??

What are there personal aspirations??

What kind of life does the employee want to live…outside of the workplace???

Here are 7 steps…that you can present to your employees…to help them get a better understanding of how to enrich their lives…

# 1 – A desire to see or do something new…

We are all looking to break out of the doldrums…to go somewhere we have never been before…or do something we have never done before…

Take some time to experience something new….

# 2 – A desire to see or do something grand…

Do you think anybody would go and see the “Tiny” canyon??...NO WAY…

But hundreds of thousands of people go see the Grand Canyon…

What GRAND thing do you have planned for your life…

Make it big…you only go around once…

# 3 – A desire to learn….

Are you involved in anything that causes you to continually learn and grow?

Are you reading any books…listening to any audio…watching any video?

How can you possibly go forward in life…using the same skill sets you learned years ago?

# 4 – A willingness to be spontaneous…

If life feels boring or the same everyday…you aren’t willing to just sometimes…go with the flow…and do something completely out of character…

Now…I’m not talking about anything that is illegal…immoral…or unethical…

I’m talking about just letting yourself go in the moment…and feel uninhibited…

It could be liberating…

# 5 – An expectation that there will be breakdowns…

In the movie Forrest Gump…Forrest says it perfectly….

“life is like a box of chocolates…you never know what you are going to get”…

Not everyday…or every situation is going to work out perfectly in your life…

Know this going in…and it won’t wreak havoc upon you when it happens…

When you hit the wall…don’t splatter…learn to bounce…

# 6 – Focus on fun….

Whatever the adventure is…we usually expect to have fun…don’t we?

Your entire life needs to have that same feeling…

You have 2 choices when you get up every morning…you can either engage life and have fun…or let life run you over and be depressed…

What do you choose???

And lastly…you need to have a clear destination…

Ultimately…our adventure usually has a clear destination…

It may be the top of the mountain…or it may be getting the entire family together at a resort…

Whatever it may be…have a clear destination…a clear goal…it’s what gives us all… a little purpose…

Personally develop the people in your organization…it will inspire them…

And if you have inspired people…your organization will go far…

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Personal Development - Jim Kristoff video

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