Go for big growth for big goals

If your vision is wanting to make a go places, you’re won’t achieve that by doing the little you can and hoping for the best. What must you do then? Do things that propel exponential personal growth. Here are a few suggestions;

BE DELIBERATE IN YOUR EFFORTS: What level of excellence or goal is eluding you? Why is this so? What do you do when you’re struggling? Where would you like to go on onto from what you are doing now? You need to be intentional, develop big goals based on a core set of skills you know you have that you can get you started on, make sure you find a mentor who will guide you, be your sounding board and help address any skills gaps quickly.

AVOID GRAVITY PEOPLE: These are people who specialise in negativity. You are excited about something, they burst your bubble. They may not do this on purpose. They see the glass half empty and are eternal pessimists. Sometimes, ‘gravity people’ can even be your boss, who will keep you in a box rather than encourage you to step out and take out a chance on your potential. If you have such a boss, you’ll need to consider moving to another department or another job.

BE YOUR BEST ADVOCATE: If you have the right people around you, there will no shortage of people who will wish you well. But you should be your own strongest champion because that is what will keep you going when people can’t always be available when you need them. Keep your mind and energy focused on what you can do rather than what you can’t. Avoid self-induced negative stress and side step any unnecessary ‘drama’ in that divides your attention and drains you.

BREAK UNHELPFUL PATTERNS: These take several forms; always distracted at work?, seeking counsel from the wrong source?, defending the indefensible, blaming others for your troubles?, not taking personal responsibility for mistakes?, abusing your position? Identify unhelpful patterns in yourself and find a way to break them. A good way is identify someone willing to be your ‘monitor’ to hold you accountable.

Now take action: What one thing will you do in the next 6 months to increase your personal growth