Change first comes from within. We always hear this saying, but we do not know how to implement it. Simply put, internal change is a catalyst for many other changes in life.Simply put, when we acquire good habits in our daily lives, we will find ourselves ready to develop and succeed, and here we saw that we offered the reader some habits that, if acquired, will help you a lot in developing yourself and improving your life in general.

1. Healthy food will give you a fit and healthy body.

By healthy food, we do not mean following any diets as some might think, but we mean food that is full of all the important elements that the body needs to grow normally and perform all its vital processes properly, and then your mental abilities will be better and your performance and concentration will be at their highest levels.

Healthy food also requires good eating habits, including:

• Always make sure to divide meals throughout the day so that you eat at least 5 meals—3 main meals and 2 sub-meals.
• Paying a lot of attention to breakfast and the fact that it contains energy and protein elements.
• It is better to reduce the intake of sugars and make fruit their source.
• You should be careful not to eat a heavy meal during dinner, which may cause health and psychological problems and disturbances during sleep.

Here are suggestions for apps you can download on your phone so you can better understand healthy nutritional information during your day:

• Thrive Market app
• Pepper plate app
• Foodstand app

You can search for the names of these applications in Google Play or in the App Store, and then set them up on your phone.

2. Exercise makes you better.

It is not a requirement that you practice a specific sport and resort to participating in a sports club or the like, especially if you do not have enough time outside of work.
It is enough for you to walk a certain distance every day for a few minutes. It will help you a lot, in addition to preventing many diseases. You will find yourself full of vitality and activity and always on the verge of life.

Here are the most important results of exercise for developing yourself:

• Exercise increases your self-confidence.
• Sports make your health better and your body in excellent condition, and this is one of the reasons for gaining self-confidence through sports.
• Sport eliminates any feeling of pain or tension, which reduces a person’s daily activity and thus hinders his progress.
• Sport is a very good source for self-training to control reactions, and thus you can seize the opportunities available to you, which will help you succeed and develop yourself.
• Sport creates a new community for you, thus expanding your social network and increasing your relationships, which is certainly one of the most important tools for self development.

Here we suggest some applications that you can download to your device and that show you some exercises that you can do anywhere and anytime, even while you are at work.

• 7 Minute Workout App
• Daily Workouts app
• App for the 30 Day Fitness Challenge
• Maintain the Trainer app

3. Reading is the key to success.

Certainly, reading is the key to permanent and continuous learning, and you will not find a developed and successful person in his life unless you find him fluent in selecting the books he reads and always keeps educating himself in all fields. Reading is one of the essential things in the lives of successful people, so you should definitely read and see everything new in your field or in the field that you want to pursue.

Here are some nominations for books that help you in self development, which many agreed on, affected their lives positively, and even inspired their lives as a result of the summaries of realistic experiences they contain. These books are:

• The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.
• Think rich.
• How to influence others and win friends.

The golden triangle of self development

After you got to know your personality well, learned about the daily habits that help you positively in the process of self development, worked on solving your personal problems, and treated your weaknesses… You should now search behind the actual methods of self development, and we called it the “golden triangle” because it is the most important three aspects, which, if you follow them and develop yourself in them, will open many areas for you.

The first leg: learning languages

Of course, languages are very important in communicating with people, especially those whose culture is different from theirs, in addition to the fact that language is the key to any new field.
It is a very good step in the process of self development, but you must first master your mother tongue in order to understand other languages. As for learning resources, they are now plentiful and accessible through all forms of technology.You can download language learning applications on your smartphone, perhaps the most famous of which are:

• Duolingo app
• Hello Talk app
• Mindsnack app
• Memrise app

The second side: computer programs

Literacy now has a different meaning because it is more than just reading and writing; the most important aspect is technological literacy, which is regarded as a critical aspect of self development.In the beginning, learn how to deal with the computer basically, then learn the Office software package, which is very important in any field, especially programs (Word, Power Point, and Excel); these three programs are essential in any field of work. Then comes any other program; search in your field for important computer programs that have an effective role in the field; and search for learning resources on various e-learning platforms, the most famous of which is the YouTube platform.

Then, set aside time on a regular basis to commit to learning the program until you complete it, and we recommend that you create a monthly plan so that you can learn different programs; however, the most important thing than learning is applying it, so we emphasize the importance of these programs being required in the field in which you are a professional.Another very important point is learning how to deal with search engines and internet browsers in order to be able to access anything you want on the Internet.

The third leg: learning skills

The skills here that help a lot with self development are divided into two types:

• Hard Skills: It refers to the skills that pertain to a specific field of work, such as specialized study, knowledge of the various profession tools, and other skills that are produced through study.
• Soft Skills: These skills, if available in a person, open many doors for him to work, form relationships, and continue to succeed, and there is more than one skill required by many employers, according to studies issued by the British Center for Employment.

The most important of these skills are:

• Communication Skills.
• Decision making skills.
• Time management skills.
• Leadership skills.
• Creativity and problem-solving skills.
• Commitment and accepting responsibility.

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