The blog’s comments are as illuminating as the postings. Can you supply an rss feed for comments as well as post. That way we can see when someone’s commenting.

The other thing was I was sitting in a meeting in my corporate IT job and thought, what if eveything was alright as it was? what if nothing needed changing? I don’t know whether this is ‘correct’ but I certainly felt a huge wave of relief.

Rgds Rob.

Tom Maurer said above that for him personal development is about improving the experience of life by feeling more awesome. Then it becomes clear – any growth that doesn’t help him feel better isn’t good growth for him.

For myself, growth is about becoming all God created me to be so I can make a contribution for the good of others that is a unique expression of who I am. Specifically, I am growing so I can help not for profits leverage their successful programs. However, this isn’t about doing – this comes out of my strengths and values, what I really care about – in other words who I am. And if this is what I was created for, I can relax, knowing that if I courageously take the path in front of me when it opens up and rest when it doesn’t then I will achieve it AND be all I can be.

I like a quote from Joe Williams who says something like: The point of setting goals is not to get stuff. It’s about who you have to become to achieve it.

I think clarity about our purpose gives us a way of getting out of our heads and regulating our growth – because it takes it out of ourselves and makes growth about others

You use money as an example. We are taught that its a good idea to save cash. But its not a good idea to horde cash. To take that one step further, once very large sums are accumulated, the greatest growth comes from giving. Although I can only understand this in an abstract sense, it seems logical. :-)

Growth need not be measured in a linear fashion, or through expansion. In that, I agree wholeheartedly.