What is Empowerment?

http://www.knowyourmind.com What is empowerment? What is personal development? Is it the same as personal power? It is reasonable to say that we now understand the relationship between mind, body, emotions, behaviour and actions.

In my view, it is probably easier for men to feel empowered and exercise personal power than women. This, in essence, is due to the bias against women in all kinds of areas. However, empowerment for women comes down to the same thing -- understanding your boundaries, choosing to be self-sufficient, and taking control.

Of course, we also recognise that change is a constant and therefore virtually unavoidable. Since we realise that we are at liberty to learn methods to create the change we want, this puts us in a powerful position. We can change almost anything we choose, and at any time, providing we are serious about learning the techniques of change.

Accepting there are areas in our lives that need to change and deciding to take action leads directly to empowerment. Perhaps it boils down to the way in which we control how we process our thoughts and emotions because these actions fundamentally affect the way we choose to behave.

Empowerment involves accepting you have control over your life. Your thoughts, your beliefs, your values are the drivers that determine how you feel and the way in which you decide to act.

If you want to empower people, you need to encourage them to take personal responsibility for the choices they make. Empowering people in this way can be really fulfilling. We do have free choice and we need to exercise this to experience the joy of empowerment.




What is empowerment? What is personal development? Is it the same as personal power? It is reasonable to say that we now understand the relationship between mind, body, emotions, behaviour and actions.

In my view, it is probably easier for men to feel empowered and exercise personal power than women. This, in essence, is due to the bias against women in all kinds of areas. However, empowerment for women comes down to the same thing -- understanding your boundaries, choosing to be self-sufficient, and taking control.

Of course, we also recognise that change is a constant and therefore virtually unavoidable. Since we realise that we are at liberty to learn methods to create the change we want, this puts us in a powerful position. We can change almost anything we choose, and at any time, providing we are serious about learning the techniques of change.

Accepting there are areas in our lives that need to change and deciding to take action leads directly to empowerment. Perhaps it boils down to the way in which we control how we process our thoughts and emotions because these actions fundamentally affect the way we choose to behave.

Empowerment involves accepting you have control over your life. Your thoughts, your beliefs, your values are the drivers that determine how you feel and the way in which you decide to act.

If you want to empower people, you need to encourage them to take personal responsibility for the choices they make. Empowering people in this way can be really fulfilling. We do have free choice and we need to exercise this to experience the joy of empowerment.