Man is innately selfish in varying degrees, depending on the extent of\; hence, the focus on what I am getting as opposed to what I am giving.
should The This is an anomaly, Rohn (2005a) notes that:
What you become is far more important than what you get. The important question to ask on the job is not, “What am I getting?” Instead, you should ask, “What am I becoming?“ Getting and becoming are like Siamese twins: what you have today you have attracted by becoming the person you are today.
…. Income rarely exceeds personal development. Sometimes income takes a Lucky jump, but unless you learn to handle the responsibilities that come with it, it will usually shrink back to the amount you can handle….
It is hard to keep that which has not been obtained through personal development.
With this background on the importance of personal development as an essential requisite to enhance one’s lot in life, let us proceed to examine the inherent potentials there are in communication skills to achieve personal development; and how we as communication scholars can utilize these skills to develop ourselves and ultimately build a life worth celebrating. The objectives of this paper therefore are:
§ The draw our attention to the sacrosanct and utilitarian nature of communication.
§ To acquaint us with the different areas of personal development there are
§ To examine how we can use communication skills to explore the various forms of personal development training to enhance ourselves.
Meanwhile, it will be apposite at this point to define some key terms that we will come across in this paper to aid our understanding.
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