September 22, 1963. A car full of young men on their way home to Madrid takes too sharp of a turn at more than 100 miles per hour. The car skids, leaps off the road, and sends three of the passengers flying from the vehicle. Miraculously, everyone survives. However, one of the young men – a promising up-and-comer in professional…
Our goals demand that we grow. No matter what our goal looks like, we must grow to achieve it. If we were already living – believing, speaking, acting – in the way that the goal required us to, we would have achieved it already. Having a desire implies a need to make up distance between who we are and who…
One of the greatest miracles of life is that you don’t need to be tomorrow what you are today, and one of the greatest insights of life is that you can’t be tomorrow what you don’t do today. – John Maxwell Why don’t we do the things we should do in order to grow? Our list of excuses could be…
Every January, people start budgeting, going back to the gym, and putting down their cigarettes. Why? Because with a new year comes the recognition that we want to change. There is something in our lives that we wish were different. And yet, according to Forbes, 80% of those who start January with resolve to change will be back into their…
“Begin with the end in mind.” This household maxim is one of Stephen Covey’s 7 habits of highly effective people. It describes the successful person’s ability to create something in their mind before they bring it into the world. It’s also the way that many – or rather, most – great growth journeys begin: with a vivid mental image of…
This blog post has been adapted from Dr. John C. Maxwell’s bestselling personal growth guidebook, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth. If you’re on a journey of personal development and seeking practical action steps toward achieving new heights of potential, you can pick up a copy here. As of today, would you say your life has been built by chance,…
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