Is personal development for old people?

Hi,

I was looking in my Youtube account and noticed some really interesting things. Normally I just go into it and look at the comments and videos from other people but I looked at the “insights” section.

This is where you can view details about who is looking at your videos. For someone with a website it is very useful because I do a lot of videos and need to know what people want from me! Well while looking at these details I saw something very interesting.

I am in my 30′s and have been involved in the Personal Development industry for about 6 years. So that means I started reading Personal Development books when I was about 27.

Well on my Youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/lifeturnaroundnow the most people viewing my personal development videos are in the 45 – 55 age range!

That got me thinking……

Is Personal Development only interesting to older people?

Do people only start thinking about changing themselves after life has given them a bit of a difficult time?

Probably. You probably need to feel a bit of this to then start looking at how you can change yourself.

Then I realised that is a very sad thing. Why don’t we teach personal development to our children? Surely this should be taught in schools?

I have said for a long time that “How to win friends and influence people” should be taught in schools.

Now I do need to be open here. I do know that in England they have introduced processes that essentially help children understand their emotions and how to goal set etc. But this is only some of what they should know.

Would the world be a better place if we were taught Personal Development at school?

Imagine schools teaching: -

Goal Setting
Commuinication
Spiritual
Success thinking
Law of Attraction

etc

I know some people reading this might say that they do…..but I mean really teaching this stuff. Get it into the class room and have kids read books on all different topics.

If any teachers are reading this I would really like to hear from you…..leave a comment and tell me what you think!

Perhaps we can campaign for this? I know on Youtube there is a friend of mine who teaches the Law of Attraction to children.

Perhaps it is on us to do this and not schools?