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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

personal development

Hello everybody!

I'm not sure about the expression personal growth and development. Can you please help me to find something more appropriate? I think growth and development have the same meaning in this sentence. The expression works in my language but it doesn't sound natural in English. I'm not sure if effort and endavour are OK, too.

The result of negotiation is therefore mostly in our own hands and it depends on the effort and endavour put in and on the preparation for the process as well as on the personal growth and development in this area.

Thank you very much
  

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I find 'growth and development' a much more familiar phrase (even if redundant) than 'effort and endeavor' (which is raucously redundant). Who precisely is growing and developing, however? Perhaps: The result of negotiation is therefore mostly in our own hands, and it depends on the effort put into the preparation and into the process itself, as well as on the personal growth and development of the negotiators.

  • I find 'growth and development' a much more familiar phrase (even if redundant) than 'effort and endeavor' (which is raucously redundant).
  • Who precisely is growing and developing, however?
  • Perhaps: The result of negotiation is therefore mostly in our own hands, and it depends on the effort put into the preparation and into the process itself, as well as on the personal growth and development of the negotiators.
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I find 'growth and development' a much more familiar phrase (even if redundant) than 'effort and endeavor' (which is raucously redundant). Who precisely is growing and developing, however? Perhaps:

The result of negotiation is therefore mostly in our own hands, and it depends on the effort put into the preparation and into the process itself, as well as on the personal growth
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We (as negotiators) I guess. Pronoun (our) is mentioned in the beginning of the sentence.

Thank you MrM

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