Self Help
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Korean: 성공학 (seonggonghak, "the study of success") and Korean: 자조론 (jajoron, "self-help theory") are umbrella terms for the personal-development movements commonly called Self-help or self-reliance. They are not academic fields classified in a formal school curriculum, but they are widely used terms.
They are also commonly called Korean: 처세술 or Korean: 처세학 (the art of getting on in life), Korean: 자기계발 (self-development), or Korean: 잠재력 개발 (potential development),
and in general
- goal setting
- time management
- leadership
- motivation
go by many different names like these.
자기 개발 (jagi gaebal) vs 자기 계발 (jagi gyebal)
- 개발 (gaebal): to develop knowledge or talent
- 계발 (gyebal): to awaken something a person did not know they had, such as wisdom, talent, or ideas
In short, both expressions refer to what a person does to improve their own abilities.
However, 자기개발 and 자기계발 are used in different situations.
- 자기 개발 (jagi gaebal)
- When developing a talent you already knew you had
- 자기 계발 (jagi gyebal)
- When awakening a talent you did not know you had
Methodology
Methodologies related to the study of success.
The lost art of research as leisure
From theory to practice: a framework for research as leisure
- Cultivate curiosity
- Sharpen the question
- Gather evidence
- Develop an answer
- Build a knowledge community
Being good at your job
- Curriculum
- Agentic Patterns - collection of practical design patterns for AI agents
- Product#50 lessons learned building successful products at PostHog
See also
- Startup company - lessons from startups
- Professionalism (Korean: 프로페셔널리즘)
- Mindset (Korean: 마인드셋)
Favorite site
- Self-help - Wikipedia
- Wikipedia (en) on self-help
- Wikipedia (ko) on self-help
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