Podcast: What is Your Identity?

EPISODE 238

Personal development has traditionally focused on goals, motivation, and habits.

People set goals to lose weight, write a book, start a business, etc. and then search for the motivation or discipline required to reach them.

Yet many people discover a frustrating pattern: goals are set enthusiastically, but over time motivation fades and habits slowly disappear to achieve those goals.

There is a new approach to personal growth and development that suggests a different starting point.

Instead of focusing primarily on goals, individuals focus on identity, who they are becoming.

This perspective is called identity-based development, and it proposes that lasting change occurs when behaviors align with a person’s identity rather than simply with external objectives such as their long term or short term goals.

At its core, identity-based development shifts the question from “What do I want to achieve?” to “Who do I want to become?”

What are some practical ways to implement identity-based development so that your behavior naturally aligns with the person someone you want become?

Practicing identity-based development creates a significant positive impact in your own life.

Out There on the Edge of Everything®…

Stephen Lesavich, PhD

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Certified solution-focused life coach and experienced business coach.

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