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8 Crucial Strategies To Use In Your Self-Development (If You’re Willing)

Chase Arbeiter
7 min readFeb 2, 2020

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Emerson said we choose to become the person we desire to be. Our self-development plays an incredible role in the transformation that we take in this process. We must take the proper steps to develop ourselves.

It’s hard, painful, and ugly, at times. It requires a vulnerability that we have to be willing to explore.

“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.” ―Henry David Thoreau

Whether you are in your 20’s ready to set the world on fire, in your 30’s with more conviction on who you want to be, or just want to re-commit yourself to personal development — it doesn’t matter — these painful steps will be crucial in this process.

If you are going to work on your development, then you are willing to learn, grow, and do the work necessary for this growth.

Here are some strategies to enhance this process:

Be Willing To Let Go Of Your Ego

Yes, I know, you don’t have an ego, I must be talking about someone else, right? For the sake of this point, please assume that we all have an ego, to some extent.

It’s essential to adopt this concept first and foremost. To understand that we need to work…

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Chase Arbeiter
Chase Arbeiter

Written by Chase Arbeiter

I write about building a better life, chasing excellence in your craft, and using your work as a catalyst for your best life.

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