When you are ready, the world will help you rise to the next level. (So will I.)
Until you are ready, all talk of self-improvement is barely better than saying “blah blah blah blah blah blah.”
I hope this doesn’t sound too harsh. My intention is simply to share what increasingly appears to me as a universal truth:
to grow, you must be ready to grow
By “ready”, I mean ready on the inside.
All meaningful growth happens on the inside. Just because someone doubles your salary doesn’t mean you’ve grown.
I know plenty of people who got promoted and became less effective.
It is tempting to want the privileges of growth without investing the time and effort necessary to grow. “Just give me a better car,” many of us secretly wish.
We expect more and more of our significant other, while giving less and less. That’s not growth; it’s theft.
To grow, you must be willing to look inside with enough focus and intention to cause a shift towards… generosity… compassion… curiosity… grit… or another constructive quality.
I notice that the wisest people around me tend to watch me with a detached, yet polite demeanor. Over time, I have come to realize they are waiting for a sign that my internal state is ready to support the goals my mouth is forming. When I come to them with genuine focus and clarity, they are quick to help. But until then, their polite smiles say, “I’ll be here when you are ready.”
A rat doesn't get intimidated by the size of a mountain. It makes a hole in it.
Self could be the biggest mountain to overcome.
Very powerful message. Thank you 🙏