Personal Development

I was thinking about personal development today, and it seems to me that there is a tendency to categorise personal development.

We tend to think along the lines of our roles in life, rather than looking at what underlies those roles. You have an appraisal, for example, and things are raised in the context of your job. But, surely the way you do your job is an expression of the person you are?

It seems to me that it would be better to take the approach of trying to develop (note that I don't say improve) the person you are as a whole, in the realisation that the improvements will show through in all aspects of your life, rather than just button hole your personal development into just one area of your life.