How do you improve yourself?

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China
July 10, 2008 9:22am CST
I have been confused about this question for a very long time, and I still don't know how to really improve myself. I think the real improvement of oneself should be in mentality and spirit, not in health or wealth or something like that. How do you improve yourself and how do you know you are improving?
6 responses
@valeria1 (2721)
• United States
10 Jul 08
Try to be honest at all times. Be truthful to yourself. Keep your honor and integrity and never never let other people give their own opinions in how to live your life. Follow your perceptions and enjoy life forever.
• China
17 Jul 08
Yeah, I totally agree. But we live in society and there are a lot of relationships between me and other people. So there are always times when other people influence our life unknowingly.
@Asz1505 (16)
• United States
21 Jul 08
I think you have to start with the little things. Make sure your hair is neat. Keep your nails neat. General stuff. If you look good people will treat you better. I heard years ago you are treated by how you look. If you look good you feel good. This applies to days when you are not going to work. Read different things so you can talk about different subjects with some knowledge. I work with people who never read watch the news nothing. I can never talk to them, they think I am a know it all, and it is not that. I read all the time about different things, because my job is so stressful I try to fill my off time with other thoughts. There is more in our lives than talking about our work. If I meet someone who has an interest in something I look it up and try to get a little knowledge about it, so we can discuss it next time we meet. These are the way to improve yourself.
@bea_29 (320)
• Philippines
11 Jul 08
it depends on what aspect you want to improve. is it your body, your personality or for your career advancement. for this stage in my life i now mainly focus on my career. i improve it by updating myself in new trends about nursing by attending seminars,finishing masteral studies and reading materials in the internet.
@melo_828 (427)
• Philippines
10 Jul 08
i improve myself on a lot of things by learning mistakes in past experiences and make me a better person of today. we must believe in ourself that we can improve it. and don't always forget to pray because it is the best way to improve ourselves, to be with God....
@Alex42692 (167)
• United States
11 Jul 08
I read on how to do it. If I want to get better with girls, I'll read on it and go out there and be with girls. If I want to get in better shape, I scroll through my Muscle and Fitness magazines and the internet. I practice what I'm doing. If I want to get beter at martial arts, I got to practice. If I want to get better at an intrument, practice.
@zeny_zion (1283)
• Philippines
17 Jul 08
I think to improve ourself is to get more educated. Like, reading books that interest us. Search the internet, it will help us broaden our knowledge to everything we want to learn. There's a lot of things that we can do to help us improve ourself. Now, if we have money to spent, travel is the best. It will help us learn more about the culture and history. Meet new people and talk about anything under the sun. There's more we can do to improve.