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Personal Growth Keeps me Going

Personal Growth Keeps me Going

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About ten years ago, a mentor of mine asked me two tough questions. They were聽1) What are you doing to Develop yourself? & 2) What are you doing to Develop others?

When he asked those two questions, I was confused and surprised because I had just graduated from college two years before. Until I was asked those questions, I never view personal growth as a ongoing path. I thought when I graduated from school, and my growing days were finished.聽

I was stuck in an assumption gap thinking that my life would just get better because I now had a piece of paper. It was then I knew the answer to the first question. It was "Now that I graduated, Nothing." 聽During my college years I devoted the majority of my time teaching youth my skills through the Boy Scouts of America. After I went home, I got a job, all this stopped for a period. So, the second answer was also the same.

It was then I realized that after I stopped growing, I also stop helping others grow with passion. Sure, I help through my career, yet it wasn't with a goal to help them grow. It was to get a paycheck.聽 I couldn't give, what I did not have.聽

My friend, Craig, was my first really mentor. He聽 was the one who helped me get started. Top Selling Author John Maxwell stated that "Getting started is the 'Key to Life'". Craig told me that I could have everything I ever wanted in life depending on my ability to grow. I later realized that it is my growth that would create my mindset. My mindset > attitude > behavior > actions > results > performance.聽 This all starts with personal development.

If you are going to grow, you have to do it on purpose. Therefore it must be intentional. You and me must make a commitment to grow. Here are 6 steps I wanted to share that I heard from John Maxwell.

1) Make it Public - Share you commitment with someone or a group

2) If it is not Public, it is Worthless - This creates a sense of accountability

3) Identify the areas you want to grow - At least 2, & no more than 5. Ex. area of skill, and an area of choice

4) Invest one hour a day in Preparation, Practice, and Reflection

5) Spend one hour a week on writing about what you learned

6) Share you growth with someone - If whomever you share your growth with is unhappy, dropped them as an associate.

Today, I have my own accountability buddies. I also enjoy sharing what I have learned from Books, Audios, Personal Experiences, and Seminars with people such as you on beBee. In doing this and can do all 6 steps and happily answer the first two questions.

Now it is time for YOU to ask yourself those two question and Intentionally make a commitment to grow if you have not yet. Just follow the steps. Allow the Hive to help you.聽


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