Question yourself every day. Ask yourself: Who am I? What have I learned? What have I created? What forward progress have I made? Who have I helped? What am I doing to improve myself – today? To get better, faster, stronger, healthier, smarter?
Life is a never ending journey of reaching out of our comfort zone. We can always reach new levels.
Coaching is unlocking people’s potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.
So never be embarrassed by mistakes, rather, be thankful for them, because they always present an opportunity for personal growth.
It’s you versus you.” Meaning, you’re the only thing standing in your own way.
Meditation takes us from survival to creation; from separation to connection; from imbalance to balance; from emergency mode to growth-and-repair mode; and from the limiting emotions of fear, anger, and sadness to the expansive emotions of joy, freedom, and love.
This is why we seek personal growth – to be free from the pain we cause ourselves, to make better choices, to feel better about who we are becoming, to act more confidently in social situations, and to unleash our full creativity and contributions into the world in order to make our highest difference. Gaining Personal Freedom in this sense is letting go of any self-doubt and self-loathing and allowing ourselves permission to be our unique, powerful, authentic selves.
If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started I was desperately wishing to be where I am now.
The natural ups and downs of life can either generate personal growth or create personal fears. Which of these dominates is completely dependent upon how we view change.
Self-esteem is important because it sets up a powerful cycle of personal growth and willingness to take risks.
Review is essential to evaluation, which is essential to progress.
People don’t expect perfection, but they do appreciate when they see leaders who sincerely try to improve and ask for help in areas where they might be weak. You don’t have to be good at everything to lead, but the best leaders are honest about where they need assistance, working to fill in those gaps, while also taking action and responsibility for areas of personal growth.
Success is not a goal to reach or a finish line to cross. It is a system to improve, an endless process to refine.
The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating. It happens in the throes of conflict, when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice.
Friends, personal growth is supposed to be personal. It’s not one size fits all. It has to be customized to you and the way you learn best, or it’s never going to stick. Be strict about your goal but flexible in how you get there.
When people around you do not support your personal growth and reinvention, it doesn’t mean you are on the wrong path or that you have to listen to them. Just because someone continues to judge you from where you were doesn’t mean you have to stay there.
The treasure you seek is in the work you’re avoiding.
You are in danger of living a life so comfortable and soft, that you will die without ever realizing your true potential.
Whatever it takes for you to believe that you’re better than good enough to achieve your dreams is what you must do. And remember, your greatness is not tied to any outcome. It is found in the valiance of the attempt.
Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.