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What does it mean?
Personal growth requires changing your current habits or identity to meet future needs.
In plain terms
You cannot grow if you stay the same.
What can you take from it?
Change is necessary for progress.

Where it applies

  • self-help
  • career development
  • personal crisis

Putting it to work

  • setting goals
  • breaking habits
  • learning new skills

Questions to consider

  • What parts of yourself need to change?
  • What are you holding onto that stops growth?

Another view

Some core values should remain constant even as you grow.

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