Personal Growth Challenge & Questions (Coaching Tips)

Do you have a plan to grow?

Ask your self “How did this building we are in come about?”
In what order were the parts of the building made or built?
Why should I focus on growth more than goals?
        Growth always exceeds goals.  Goals have a stopping point.

Start Making Your Plan…. NOW!

Start asking the big questions now

1. Where do you want to go?
2. What direction do you want to go?
3. What’s the farthest you can imagine going?
4. How long will it take?

Not having all the answers is normal but keep asking them daily!

Make your plan now.  Now is the best time to start. Some day is not programed on your watch but today is. Step out and create action.

Personal growth is not accidental it must be intentional.  We have to change our mindset to really grow.

Accidental growth VS. Intentional growth

On a scale of 1-10 rate where you see yourself right now in each of these areas.

Plans to start tomorrow  –––––––––––––––––  Insists on starting now
Waits for growth to come –––––––––––––––– Takes responsibility to grow
Learns only from mistakes ––––––––––––––– Learns before mistakes
Depends on good luck ––––––––––––––––– Relies on hard work
Quits early and often –––––––––––––––––– Perseveres long and hard
Falls into bad habits –––––––––––––––––– Fights for good habits
Talks big –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Follows through
Plays it safe ––––––––––––––––––––––––– Takes risks
Thinks like a victim ––––––––––––––––––– Thinks like a learner
Relies on talent –––––––––––––––––––––– Relies on character
Stops learning after graduation –––––––––– Never stops learning

John C Maxwell shows several gaps we often have to personal growth, which of these gaps has presented the greatest challenge to you?

1. The Assumption Gap – I assume I will automatically grow
2. The Knowledge Gap – I don’t know how to grow
3. The timing Gap – It’s not the right time to grow
4. The Mistake Gap – I am afraid of growing
5. The Perfection Gap – I have to find the best way before I can start growing
6. The Inspiration Gap – I don’t feel like growing
7. The Comparison Gap – Others are better than I am
8. The Expectation Gap – I thought it would be easier than this

Specific steps to amazing growth

Want to really grow? Take some time and write out a growth plan. And take the first step TODAY to grow.

Look at your calendar for the next year: Schedule specific, timed and focused growth plans. If you think you don’t have to time to schedule something else, imagine what last year could have looked like if you had scheduled plans for growing.

Remember, growing is not a goal, but a life-long process that MUST start with being intentional. While scheduling growth time may seem simplistic, it IS the beginning of action intention.

Someone once said, “Do what you love so well that someone will pay you to do it.”

Pat Bruce

Life coach

Ostrander, OhioWhat mountain do you have that needs to be moved? That’s our goal in transformation.- ICF-certified- John Maxwell Certified Coach, Trainer, Speaker- ICCA-certified- Light University Coaching- John Maxwell Group Coaching