Kaizen Philosophy
The ultimate goal of any human being on earth is to be able to live a purposeful life. The human race experiences the restless need to become better from personal level, corporate level, nations, continental associations and the world at large, they all seek to improve at something. Partly this has seen the rise of human development institutions in an effort to try and meet the demand of an emerging market on personal development. Kaizen, a Japanese word that is derived from Kai which means (change) and Zen which means (for the better) has gained popularity and become a common philosophy in the world (Popovich, 2011). It means continuous improvement and in our perspective it stands for the ideal to always seek on improving oneself no matter the level of achievement in life.
Kazien philosophy was founded in 1950 under the backdrop of a labor crisis in Japan. It has been instrumental in the development of strong personal discipline among people who apply it on their daily lives (Popovich, 2011). In my goal to better myself, I have listed ten personal improvement areas ranging from the most important to me, to the least important of them. First on my list is health and wellbeing; which basically covers fitness as well as eating habits. Second is relationships in relation to family, third are my dreams and aspirations; in fourth is my spiritual well being. From fifth ill name them following each other; creative genius, money and career, time management, my community, talking habits and lastly my sleep. In this study, we shall only cover the top three areas (Singh, 2008).
Planning Stage
Acquiring physical health comes with many benefits. One is able to have a great work output; desirable physical fitness and enjoy gen...
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...k. In my health and well being personal improvement measures such as body mass index, the blood pressure as well as blood sugar level will continuously be undertaken at the hospital quantitatively. I will keep their records as I seek to observe my personal improvement. Finally on the relationship front I shall measure my improvement qualitatively using feedback channels from my family members that will constantly be evaluating progress as well as give appraisals on how far the relationship has improved.
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