How to tap into your potential!

What is your strategy for developing greater self-awareness? Who will you enlist to help you learn, change and grow? How would your life change if you were to increase your thinking capacity? How would that make you look and feel?

These questions got me thinking and wondering about my journey so far. Do you have a personal growth plan?

A few years ago, I had no plan... nobody told me that I was supposed to have a personal growth plan.

NOW I do have a plan since I heard "Growth is not automatic. I had to be Intentional." I have become more INTENTIONAL every day to overcome some of the challenges and limiting beliefs that were hindering my growth!

NOW I am helping others get started and I hope you are asking: How can I get started? Glad you asked - check out https://bit.ly/GETSTARTED23 and see for yourself!

In 2019, I started my first Mastermind Group on "15 Invaluable Laws Of Growth" and every week we read one chapter at a time and applied the lessons we learnt. We started with "The Law Of Intentionality" and I found out that I had 8 growth gaps to ponder upon. One of my biggest growth gap was "The Timing Gap - It's Not The Right Time To Begin".

I kept pushing off getting my Program Management (PgMP) Certification since I did not think it was the right time for me to spend on improving my skills as a manager. I had various excuses not to move forward - let me share a couple!

1. I was waiting for my company to pay for getting certified. In my mind, I worked for IBM and IBM was getting paid for my work as an IBM consultant to Horizon BCBSNJ. It was their responsibility to upskill my abilities to do a better job at my workplace which would benefit them!
2. I was waiting for my manager to give me a promotion. In my mind, I was already doing a great job as a working mom of 3 kids. Every year I waited for the time of performance appraisal to see how I was being rewarded for all the hard work I was putting in, working tirelessly and it was disappointing to say the least over the years.

In March 2013, after having worked for IBM for almost 10 years I decided to quit IBM and take on a consulting job with MetLife in New York city. This was a difficult decision to make and I was faced with another Growth Gap "The Perfection Gap - I Have To Find The Best Way Before I Start".

In April 2015, I decided participate in my 1st Half Marathon. I wanted to be part of a bigger cause and I decided to raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) and teamed up with Team In Training.

A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13?miles 192.5?yards)—half the distance of a marathon.

I was faced with another Growth Gap "The Inspiration Gap - I Don't Feel Like Doing It". Most people don't act as quickly as they should on things that matter most. I knew that I wanted to get active and improve my health. I decided to take that step forward by Asking the big questions now.

Let me ask YOU the same questions:

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

I completed my first half marathon walking for 3.5 hours and it was a great accomplishment for a "couch potato" like me who was barely able to walk for a mile without taking a break when I started preparing 4 months before.

If you have dreams, goals or aspirations, you need to grow to achieve them. But if you are like most people - like I was - you have one or more mistaken beliefs that create a gap that keeps you from growing and reaching your potential.

Think about what is holding you back from being intentional as you need to be. Is it "The Assumption Gap - I Assume That I Will Automatically Grow".

During my upcoming Mastermind Sessions, we will do a deeper dive into this law and the growth gaps to help you put an Action Plan together. I will become your Accountability Partner for the next few weeks (4 to 12 weeks) as you take the next step to reach your potential.

"The problem for many people is that they never take up the duty of developing themselves.Instead of working to get better, they merely get by. If you want to be the person you were created to be, then you must do more than just experience life and hope you’ll pick up some lessons along the way. You must go out and seize opportunities to grow as if your future depended upon it." says John C. Maxwell.

Contact Anupama Kinatukara, PgMP?, PMP? for details on how to be part of the upcoming Mastermind Group or how I can coach you on an individual basis to accelerate your growth.

Let me CHALLENGE you to ANSWER THIS QUESTION : In which skill or competency do you hope to grow professionally over the next year? What sort of action will be required on your part to make sure that the growth happens?

SAVE THE DATE and join my upcoming webinar on 4th January 2024 - https://www.projectmanagement.com/webinars/901450/Boost-your-Leadership-Potential----By-the-Law-Of-Inner-Circle-

Next time, I will share about AWARENESS - You can make Choices that Maximize Your Possibilities.