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Personal Synthesis

The Complete Guide to Personal Development

Personal Synthesis is a handy ‘one-stop-shop’ that brings together all the areas that play a vital role in our everyday lives, from self-awareness to intimate relationships.

Be more in charge of your life

Develop your personal qualities

Live life skilfully

Wherever you are and whoever you are all topics that we cover are relevant to your life!

You will find here how to take better charge of your emotions, how to think and make decisions well, motivate yourself, achieve your goals, relate to others, and many other things that really matter but we never learn about in the school.

 

Click on any area in the map below to begin exploring

the world of human mind and interactions

  • If you want to approach personal development in a systematic way, start from the first area, Self-awareness, that is near the centre of the map (to find out why it is there, check out the ‘The Map’ tab in the menu bar).
  • If you are interested in a specific topic or issue, try to find it in the map (look out for callouts with short descriptions of each area) or go to ‘Index’ in the manu bar.
  • If you want to go deeper and deal with the roots of an issue, start with an area closely related to the issue and then move towards the centre of the model. Let’s say you lack energy (even though you are physically ok). Start with the area Energy, but if that’s not enough, you can move to the root area of that group, which is Motivation, and further down the line, the areas Decisions and Meaning (that may affect your motivation). You may also pay attention to the other areas in the same group. Perhaps you need a better balance, so you may visit the area that is counterpart to Energy – Organisation.

Why is Personal Development Important?

Be more in charge of your life

Knowledge is power and personal knowledge leads to personal empowerment. Let’s remember that how you play the hand matters more than which cards you were dealt.

Develop personal qualities

Personal qualities, such as self-regulation, resilience or communication skills are increasingly important at work, in relationships, and for navigating through life generally. We have to rely on ourselves more than ever, so our own development is not a luxury but a necessity.

Live life skilfully

Living life skilfully can be satisfying even if nothing else is gained. As with happiness, personal development is not just means to an end but end in itself – in other words, it feels good!

The complete guide to personal development

In a world overflowing with information that hugely varies in quality, there is an ever-increasing need for materials that distil and bring together, in one place, all that can be relevant and useful to our psychological well-being and development.

This is a painstaking task – it is not surprising that there are very few attempts out there to bring it to fruition. To do so took more than twenty years of research and refinement through the experience of hundreds of personal development workshops with young people, university students and diverse groups of adults, but finally here we are!

 

The complete guide to personal development

In a world overflowing with information that hugely varies in quality, there is an ever-increasing need for materials that distil and bring together, in one place, all that can be relevant and useful to our psychological well-being and development.

This is a painstaking task – it is not surprising that there are very few attempts out there to bring it to fruition. To do so took more than twenty years of research and refinement through the experience of hundreds of personal development workshops with young people, university students and diverse groups of adults, but finally here we are!

What are we aiming for?

Develop personal qualities

Personal qualities such as self-awareness, stability, self-regulation, creativity, assertiveness, etc. are increasingly important at work, in relationships, as well as for our own navigating through life. We have to rely on ourselves more than ever, so our personal development is not a luxury but a necessity.

Be more in charge of your life

Knowledge is power and personal knowledge leads to personal empowerment. How you play the hand matters more than what cards you were dealt.

Live life skilfully

This can be satisfying in itself even if nothing else is gained.
As happiness, personal development is not just means to an end but end in itself.

FAQ

If I have a specific issue where do I look?

The best starting point (particularly if you are not familiar with the materials) is the index. Go through the list and click on what grabs your attention. This will take you to one of the areas. While there, you may get an idea where else to go if you need too. Just follow your intuition.

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Why call it DIY psychology manual?

We really need DIY psychology as we have to rely on ourselves more than ever. 'Manual' is also a fitting term: the materials are written in a ‘no frills’ way. Each area is presented in a simple and concise way. This should enable you to easily remember and apply its content, as well as quickly find material on any specific issue when you need it.

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Is it necessary to have a prior knowledge in psychology to engage with the materials?

No. The whole point of Personal Synthesis is to make what have generations of psychologists and other scholars discovered, accessible to everybody.

 

Are the materials here different from the 1st edition of the book Personal Synthesis?

The basic structure and some fundamentals remain the same, but the content of individual areas has been substantially changed. The materials are also made more accessible and user friendly.

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Do you have some additional questions or comments? Please post them below or send us an email, we would love to hear from you.

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PWBC (Personal Well Being Centre)
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United Kingdom

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