Personal inventory – taking stock of yourself

Personal inventory – taking stock of yourself

Welcome to the Month of December which I call the Month of Personal inventory-taking which means taking stock of your unique attributes for the past “year” which of course can help to determine our future and sharpen our minds for early preparation against the New Year. Through Personal Inventory we can figure out how our plans and activities concerning our skills, experiences, strengths, weaknesses, goals and interests all fit together for the past year. By getting a better sense of our individual and collective accomplishments, we can also consciously reflect on and try once more to figure out who we really are and what we have to so far offered – and just how our self rating might fit into that.

Personal inventory and our updated dreams

Many of us dream of so many lofty timely achievements like personal enhancement -self employment, new healthy habit, philanthropic activities etc but freeze up early or mid-way when it comes to actually doing something about it. That is understandable. Not every dream needs to be fully explored to the end. But taking the time to figure out what the ingredients and mechanics of our dreams are and how our personal virtues fit into those dreams can help us uncover our underlying weaknesses, potential and zeal to keep those dreams alive. Also a personal inventory can assist us explore new frontiers and dig deeper to unravel who we are in depth thereby re-launching us into a new beginning as we break into a New Year.

Personal inventory and ability to overcoming obstacles

Moreover, by taking the time to work through our lofty dreams and interests, we may ultimately discover solutions to problems we thought were unsolvable. For example, some people worry about letting-go of their old habits or day jobs, so, for them, starting a different thing or side business may be the best option. Others worry about carrying all the family and business weight on their own shoulders, so they seek out other assistance and maybe business partners, joint venture partners and mentors. Still others get nervous about income fluctuation, so they build up solid emergency funds.

A personal inventory can help us to build a strong sense of sustainability and robust personal confidence, so we can build an action plan to achieve our dreams in record time. And that confidence will serve us in good stead, whatever path we deem right to pursue.

Time for stock taking is here!

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Posted by samiplus on December 1, 2011. Filed under Mentations, Reflections. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry