Are We Growing?

 Happy Friday, Friends!

I hope and trust this post finds you all having a great day as a glorious new day begins to dawn in my Sweet Home Alabama! This day right here…it is going to be a special one! I can feel it! 

 

You might have thought I have not been reading The Complete 101 Collection: What Every Leader Needs To Know by John C. Maxwell. No chance! With this Happy Friday I want to share some excerpts from Chapter 1, What Will It Take For Me To Improve? from the Self-Improvement section. I will then share a few thoughts and our challenge for this week.

 

“Growth must be intentional – nobody improves by accident.”

 

“Most people fight against change, especially when it affects them personally.”

 

“But know this: people unwilling to grow will never reach their potential.”

 

“Most people don’t realize that unsuccessful and successful people do not differ substantially in their abilities. They vary in their desires to reach their potential.”

 

“If you want to be successful, you have to keep growing.”

 

“The happiest people I know are growing every day.”

 

“The people who reach their potential, no matter what their profession or background, think in terms of improvement.”

 

“The only way to improve the quality of your life is to improve yourself. If you want to grow your organization, you must grow as a leader. If you want better children, you must become a better person. If you want others to treat you more kindly, you must develop better people skills. There is no sure way to make other people in your environment improve. The only thing you truly have the ability to improve is yourself. And the amazing thing is that when you do, everything else around you suddenly gets better. So, the bottom line is that if you want to take the success journey, you must live a life of growth. And the only way you will grow is if you choose to grow.”

 

“Everything you do today builds on what you did yesterday. And altogether, those things determine what will happen tomorrow.”

 

“Self-development is a higher calling; it is the development of your potential so that you can attain the purpose for which you were created. There are times when that’s fulfilling, but other times it’s not. But no matter how it makes you feel, self-development always has one effect: It draws you toward your destiny.”

 

“But growth is always worth the price you pay because the alternative is a limited life with unfulfilled potential.”

 

“Whatever you do, don’t allow yourself to stay on a plateau. Commit yourself to climbing the mountain of personal potential – a little at a time – throughout your life. It’s one journey you’ll never regret having made. According to novelist George Eliot, “It is never too late to be what you might have become.””

 

Some pretty powerful words, aren’t they? Somehow, we know that they are right, they are true, and, if you are like me, you feel a little convicted right about now. I pray we will never forget, however, that knowledge by itself is simply knowledge. To actually apply what we know to our lives is true wisdom.

 

So, the challenge this week is really simple; are we growing? Are we committed to and challenging ourselves to grow in all aspects of our lives every day? Please remember, the goal is not perfection. The goal is continual improvement, day after day. Whatever path we may choose, please remember, it is drawing us to our destiny.

 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is ever anything I can do for you or your family. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.

 

Have a great day, a wonderful weekend, please cherish your precious family, and please stay well! 

 

Kev