To meet a challenge is rewarding.

But there is more to it than that.

To successfully meet a challenge you must become something that you were not before.

What have you challenged yourself with lately?

When the routine comes undone.

When the new habit is not yet ingrained.

When you fall off the wagon.

You can beat yourself up.

You can say “I can’t”.

You can get frustrated.

You can listen to your negative self-talk.

You can give up.

Or you can recover and start to build the habit or routine again.

Until it is built-in.

What do you need to deliver?

How daunting is it?

To deliver, there is a plan.

The plan is broken down into many steps.

The steps cannot all be done at once.

So, focus on the next step that can be done.

Just the next step.

Not so daunting now?

How do you deal with the unexpected?

Technology will let you down.

The meeting will be postponed until later.

The meeting will be brought forward.

They thought you were going to do it.

And you thought they would.

The flight will be delayed.

The backup will fail.

The phone call will upend your day.

The delivery will be late.

People will not show.

This stuff will happen.

How will you handle the unexpected?

Are you communicating or talking?

If a delivered message is not understood, then you are just talking.

When the message is understood by the receiver, then you are communicating.

For the message to be understood by the receiver, it is the sender that must communicate.

You’re chasing your goals.

Things are going well.

You’re having successes.

The work is paying off.

How often do you celebrate?

Life is busy.

So it’s easy to move onto the next thing.

Remember to stop and celebrate.

Occasionally, a person sees something inside you that you cannot see yourself.

They believe in you.

Gave you a break.

Encouraged and emboldened.

Pushed you beyond your own expectations.

They saw something you didn’t know you had.

And you flourished.

What can you see in the people around you?

Where are you going?

How are you growing there?

Personal growth is a journey.

A journey to reaching your fullest potential.

You might grow inadvertently, leaving it to chance.

Or, you can grow deliberately and with purpose.

Where you want to go is intertwined with how you will grow there.

If you find yourself in a different crowd.

Immerse yourself.

You might learn different things.

You might hear different philosophies.

You might make difference acquaintances.

These differences might make a difference.

We are busily going somewhere.

Heading towards something.

Is it somewhere you want to go?

Is it something you would like to do?

Have you stopped to think where you are busily going?