How To Create a Personal Development Plan

Creating your own tailored personal development plan is a big step towards setting and achieving your goals, but without the right approach it can seem a daunting and even impossible task. But with the right tools, all it takes is literally 15 minutes a day. NLP is one of the many tools at your disposal that can help you in building confidence to go after your goals with passion and determination.Before we get started, let me ask you a question: "Why do successful people seem to find it easier to get what they want in life?" And why do some people get to the top of their careers and earn good money, while you continue to struggle to make a decent living?The answer is fairly simple - the people who get what they want in life are not inhibited. Situations that are important to them do not make them feel nervous. They don't feel anxious when they have to push themselves out of their comfort zones.So why should this be? Why is it that some people feel less inhibited than others? What is their secret? Simple really - when they discovered strategies for coping with situations that worked well for them, they repeated those strategies constantly until that behaviour became second nature.Having learned the behaviors they need to emanate success, successful people then practice these empowering behaviors every day. In doing so, they leave no room in their emotional make-up for negative and dis-empowering emotions.If these people can learn how to not feel nervous and anxious in important situations, so can you.If successful sportsmen and women can learn how to stay relaxed and calm when they find themselves in a winning position in sport, you can too.If these people have learned how to stand in front of a room full of people, be relaxed, smile, and present their ideas, so can you.Ultimately, if successful people can learn how to build a personal development plan that empowers them to overcome their fears and frustrations, and turn them into positive and goal driven actions to achieve their highest dreams and ambitions - then you can too.If you can dedicate 5 to 10 minutes each day to practising some simple NLP techniques, you can start to take control of your fears and frustrations and turn them into positive and empowering emotions.NLP - or Neuro Linguistic Programming - in its simplest form is basically a method to help you control your thoughts and reactions in any given situation. When you experience negative emotions, like fear or nerves or anxiety, you are reacting negatively to that situation. NLP provides a mechanism that shows you how to take those negative reactions, and turn them round into positive and functional reactions that will start to empower you.There are two very simple exercises that you can perform to help get started using these NLP techniques to create your personal development plan:1. First of all, you need to start to take notice (or become aware) of the things that are causing you to feel bad. If a particular situation of place causes you to feel nervous or anxious, simply make a note of it. The best plan is to carry a little notebook around with you so that you can take notes whenever you feel this way.You can't start to break through your limiting emotions and beliefs until you fully understand what they are. This exercise helps you identify exactly what those negative behaviour patterns are.2. The second exercise is even easier - you simply need to write down how you would like to feel most of the time, and what feelings and behaviours you want to eliminate from your life.Take you time to do step two thoroughly - the more detailed your list, the better you will be able to focus in on those areas, and create a personal development plan that supports your goals.