How do I measure my own personal growth?
I had a magical moment of reflection a few days ago. It was an awareness I am very grateful to have had and just as easily could have missed. And it got me thinking...
As a person who spends my fair share of time focused on my own personal growth and development and working with others to do the same, how come I had to randomly stumble upon this realization?
At an immersive event in June 2018, I wrote down a list of 5 areas that currently felt out of integrity for me. Believing integrity to be one of the most important qualities in a leader and correspondingly having it very high on my list of personal values, these 5 areas did not feel good to me.
And yet, after that weekend, I did not take any action on this new information. Instead, the list got lost in the shuffle and life happened.
Fast forward to last week. I was looking for something in my old notes when I came across this list. It stopped me dead in my tracks.
Without any awareness of this happening, I resolved all 5 areas that were out of integrity. It forced me to stop and consider all of the growth that occurred, often behind the scenes, over the last year. It gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
And so, I'm doing a little rapid prototyping on some ideas to help me better track my growth and development over time. This way I can be more intentional about these amazing moments of reflection and ideally have something to share with you all to do the same.