任务型阅读。 On our journey to finding our true self and achieving our full potential, we sometimes get into hard times. However, we must never lose hope for only through determination and discipline will we be able to reach personal growth. The following tips may help you to achieve your goals for personal growth. Find challenges If you don't find any challenges to your life, don't just let it be but find them yourself. You should understand that staying too much in your comfort zone would just cause you to remain where you are and therefore never improve. So try to find new challenges that would further develop your strengths and therefore achieve their peak performance. Always have a positive mindset (思维模式) You should develop a positive mindset, as this would be useful when you face any challenge along the way. Through this type of mindset, you will be able to continue with your life no matter how hard the challenge you face is. You should always find a reason to be happy, which would fuel you to go on further and further until you reach your destination. You are not alone and you shouldn't let yourself be This is a very important factor. Sometimes we are so stubborn about doing things on our own that we don't ask others for help. Generally speaking, doing things by yourself is not wrong, and, in fact, it's even preferred to be independent. However, there are really instances in our life that we need to ask others for help. You shouldn't see this as being weak, and other people won't think less of you if you do this. We humans are communal individuals and we could achieve more in this world if we help one another. So don't hesitate to ask for help if you need it, and also lend a hand to others when they need you. Plan When you want to achieve something, don't be in a rush. You need to make good preparations before doing it, that is, to plan your overall course of action in advance. Create a goal that you are ready to bet your life on, and check it to see if it is really the goal you want to attain before you give it your all without any second thoughts. When you're sure about it, plan the ways to achieve it, and to evaluate if your process is effective while still along the way. You can change your course of actions while you still have time. Make sure that your goals are specific, attainable and time limited. In this way you can make sure you are not planning to fail, but to be successful in your search for personal growth. Consistency is the key to securing self-improvement; however, being able to do this is really hard. Still we need to be prepared to pay our dues if we want to reach our goal in life.