Why most self development doesn't work...

Do you ever feel like those self-development books are going in one ear and out the other? That's how I felt before I quit my buy-side job last year to create the LIFE Intelligence app. I was finding books ineffective, videos painfully boring, and conferences and seminars cringe-worthily old school.

Most traditional personal growth and professional development trainings are costly and ineffective. So ineffective that most of us don’t bother with it. Dan Goleman, who popularized emotional intelligence, even says that most EI workshops don't stick! Some reasons for this:

1. Habits need to be unlearned and relearned, requiring constant practice.

2. Emotional memories need to be encoded with interaction and introspection.

3. We're slaves to our self-image. People rarely have self awareness to see their own gaps.

If you're interested in how I'm trying to solve these problems, read on! https://www.lifeintelligence.io/blog/life-making-self-development-scientific