The Real Purpose of Personal Growth & Development

Everybody talks and wants Growth. Growth is also one of the higher human needs after basic needs like survival, connection, and belonging.

But what is Growth REALLY about? What is the end product and Purpose that we are ultimately after? Nobody wants growth just for the sake of growth, or at least not many people that I know of…

Yes, it allows us to make more money, fix our houses, and take longer holidays with our loved ones.??

But it also allows us to be and become better human beings.

We become patient, more understanding, and better at handling tough conversations. We get better at Emotional State management and increase our Focus to avoid distractions.

We build better and more empowering routines and rituals. Growth is also about discipline to be able to go to bed earlier, to say yes to a healthy and active lifestyle, and to surround ourselves with positive and uplifting people.

Growth is ultimately about the?New Adaptations?and the?Higher Baseline?to operate from!

Purpose-Driven Adaptations

As we know, our body is always looking for equilibrium and homeostasis.

It wants to return to normal and known. The Purpose of these adaptations through growth is to familiarize and raise the operational level to a New Normal.

And the key point to remember is that we all have our own baseline. Adaptations allow us to push and pull that baseline higher.?

What is a walk in the park for one, is maximal or even impossible defeat for another.

This becomes actionable and quite simple with elite athletes and in the world of sports.

We can also draw a direct conclusion to business life from the fact that an average day for the Top Performer is often still miles ahead of the great day for the Average Performer.

And possibly the most important point to make in this conversation is the unsexy fact that these adaptations take time. They most definitely will not occur in one-time heroic efforts but in consistent daily pursuits.?

Volume is almost always more important than Intensity.

When we apply consistent pressure to any form of resistance, it will eventually start to stretch and adapt to this new normal, what I like to call a higher baseline!

And for me personally, it is easier to talk about these?adaptations?instead of continuous Growth. It is less heavy and allows me to fall deep into the process.

As we now know,?Process Focused approach to life and business is always more sustainable than behaviors based on pure Goal Seeking and attachments to outcomes.

So maybe for the rest of this year of 2023, we can Focus on building and lifting our Operational Baseline higher.

To look for New Adaptations to become better versions of ourselves.

And to Perform with Purpose,

Tuomo

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