When I launched this blog as Personal CI last year, I had this grand view of myself and what I would blog about to encourage others to embrace personal continuous improvement. I thought about the things I've learned from people like Jim Rohn, Amthony Robbins and Don Akers (to name a few) and how these things have shaped me and progressed me. I thought about how I had learned to pick up on these things and apply them to my life. I dreamed how I would pass these things on to the readers so they could grow and maybe even tell others. What I didn't realize is that God had plans for my personal C I that would far surpass what I thought I would do with the normal CI process and the words from my C I mentors.
As it turns out, the areas in which I've grown since last year were blind spots - areas *I* would not have chosen to work on because (by definition) I didn't even see they needed work. Well, maybe that's not entirely true; I knew I could've used some work in those areas, but not nearly as much, and not nearly as urgently as was actually the case.
I won't go into the personal events with which this chapter began (at least not right now) only because I don't want this to be about those events. I want this to be about the journey to always improve - the semper meliori. I'm sure those things will come out as this iteration of the blog moves forward. In fact, I am writing a series of books about them all. The first of which will be out soon.
From a personal C I standpoint, the last six months have been like drinking from a fire hose, as they say. It seems like every single day I've learned something, I've seen something or have been reminded of something that afforded an opportunity to get better. The content of the posts that are to follow will be taken from these lessons and those that are still to come.
I hope you will choose to come back to see where I've been, and where I'm going. If you do, I hope and pray that what I've learned will benefit you and perhaps even prevent you from having to learn the same things the way I have.
Until next time, don't forget who you are -
- AC
