3 Personal Development Goals for the Year Ahead

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If you’ve been feeling stuck in the same place and you’re in the market to set new goals and challenges, one great way to frame a further period of change is to declare it a new year, no matter where you are in the actual year, month, or even the week. There’s a clean slate feel to a new year, and you can start by declaring today. At that beginning, consider some or all of the significant changes below to supercharge your personal development.

Revitalize Your Career

It’s the first place many people look for satisfaction and challenge, but if you’ve been in the same career for a while, even if you’re successful, it can all start to feel a little bit repetitive. This might be the right time to take a giant leap forward, whether it’s starting your own company, expanding to an additional venture if you already own one, or thinking about switching gears entirely. What marketable skills do you have that you could take into a new and exciting career? Who do you have in your personal network already that can help you get there? Reevaluate what you want to do with your life, and are you doing it right now? If the answer to the latter question is no, it’s time to take the first step toward that new dream.

Diversify Your Investing

From cryptocurrency to NFTs, to online brokerage opportunities, the internet has changed much of the investment landscape. Many options did not exist 10 or 20 years ago, such as real estate investment shares, which allow you to own a portion of a property as you would with stock shares. One exciting alternative is digital property shares, offering the buyer of a physical building its digital twin as part of the package. Companies are now exploring the possibilities offered by selling digital real estate replicas alongside the existing property. 

As work and leisure move increasingly into the online space with the rise of work-from-home and the gig economy, these virtual buildings provide the case of a place for offsite employees to meet. However, these are also exciting investment opportunities in digital real estate, even if you don’t have this particular need. Companies are also looking at offering digital real estate in the residential marketplace. Last year, real estate sales within the metaverse exceeded half a billion dollars. This may be an excellent time to get in on the forefront of this new opportunity.

Slow Down

Maybe the answer isn’t that you aren’t driving hard enough but that you’re driving too hard. If you’re already a high achiever, the chances are even greater that this could be the answer. You don’t have to stop achieving to do it, either. Taking one day each week or month to go on a digital diet, starting a meditation practice, or finding a physical activity that gets you out of the office and out of your head, can send you back to your work more focused and productive than ever before.