Personal development goals help you grow as a person. They exist to give you a long-term vision of how you want to improve yourself over time.

Self-awareness is the extent to which we are conscious of our strengths, motives, and desires.

Authenticity is the extent to which we are open and honest in our relationships. 

Compassion is an empathic understanding of a person's feelings, accompanied by altruism, or a desire to act on that person's behalf.” Put simply:

Compassion is when you relate to someone’s situation, and you want to help them. You see someone in trouble, and you feel like pitching in. Its different from the basic concept of “kindness” in that the word compassion implies that you see yourself in their shoes.

Empathy is our ability to see outside of our own perspective and walk in another's shoes.  Its the awareness of other people's emotions and the ability to understand their feelings and emotions. Empathy is deeply rooted in our brains and bodies. It’s so rudimentary that it’s actually instinctual.  Research shows that empathic workplaces tend to enjoy stronger collaboration, less stress, and greater morale, and their employees bounce back more quickly from difficult moments such as layoffs. Research also demonstrates that empathy is contagious: people “catch” each other’s care and altruism. To build empathic cultures, leaders can begin by identifying connectors, and recruiting them for help championing the cause. This not only increases the likelihood that new ideals will “take”; it also allows employees to be recognized for connecting with others — highlighting another positive social norm at the same time.

For many of us, productivity is an absolute good, an obvious goal for ourselves as much as for the organizations where we work. It feels like a badge of honor, and our sense of productivity can seem like a direct reflection of our success in life.

The Bureau of labor Statistics defines productivity as “a measure of economic performance that compares the amount of goods and services produced (output) with the amount of inputs used to produce those goods and services.”

When people think of "being productive," they often think about what they’re personally getting done. For many people, that means checking things off the "to-do" list. That type of personal productivity reflects how efficient you are at completing tasks. But not all tasks are created equal.