{"id":21385,"date":"2024-01-05T20:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margiewarrellold.flywheelsites.com\/?p=21385"},"modified":"2024-01-05T20:22:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T09:22:00","slug":"whats-your-growth-edge-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/margiewarrell.com\/whats-your-growth-edge-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s your &#8216;growth edge&#8217; for 2024?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Every blade of grass has an Angel that bends over it and whispers, &#8216;Grow! Grow!'&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1440\">I love this verse&nbsp;from the Talmud for its&nbsp;imagery as much as its encouragement. It aligns with a valuable lesson from growing up on my parent&#8217;s dairy farm which I shared in my TEDx Talk (below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cGrowth and comfort can\u2019t ride the same horse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1442\">Of course, sometimes we\u2019re thrust from our comfort zone &#8211; forced to grow in ways we might never have chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1443\">Yet often we <em>do<\/em> have a choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1444\">We can choose to stick with the status quo, safely in our comfort zone (which your brain is wired to rationalize!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1445\"><em>OR<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1446\">We can choose to step out of it,\u00a0defy the instinct\u00a0to \u2018play it safe,\u2019 and trade the \u2018comfortable familiar\u2019 for the &#8216;uncomfortable good.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to be brave\u00a0 | Margie Warrell | TEDxButler\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yx0fM8_lOAY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1448\">In the end, our lives are defined by the quality of our choices. Yet of the 35,000+ decisions we make each day, the vast majority (about 95%) are made \u2018mindlessly.\u2019&nbsp;This means that unless&nbsp;you are&nbsp;intentional, you&#8217;ll move through life on&nbsp;autopilot, defaulting to the path of minimal risk\/resistance\/hassle and&nbsp;optimal convenience\/control\/certainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1449\">Of course, you can begin anew any&nbsp;day of the year. Yet there&#8217;s something about starting a new year that beckons us to reflect and reset on the life we want to live and the person we want to be. So as you step into 2024, make a conscious choice to paint your own one-of-kind masterpiece on the blank canvas of the year ahead \u2013 of <em>your life<\/em> ahead. As you do, dare to set your sights on something that truly inspires you. For me, this includes writing my next book to help you close the think\/do gap between who you <em>are<\/em> and who you <em>can<\/em> be.&nbsp;I&#8217;ve also decided to take on a goal I shelved several years ago\u2026 running a marathon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1450\">Neither of these will be comfortable. Both will stretch me in new ways (particularly since I can hardly run 2 miles right now!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1451\">What about you?&nbsp;What&#8217;s your growth edge for the year ahead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1452\">What would you love to achieve or change that will compel you to&nbsp;grow in new ways? It doesn\u2019t need to be lofty. It just has to be meaningful <em>to you.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Comfort doesn&#8217;t stay comfortable forever.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1454\">Like grapes on the vine, we humans have an imperative to grow. If we&#8217;re not&nbsp;growing, we eventually&nbsp;languish and wither.&nbsp; You, my friend,&nbsp;were not put on this earth to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1455\">The great psychologist&nbsp;Abraham Maslow&nbsp;said, \u201cWhat we can be, we must be.\u201d So take a moment to connect to a vision that inspires you for <em>every<\/em> aspect of your life \u2013 your family and relationships, your creativity and prosperity, your work and well-being. Your life is, to quote Gandhi, &#8220;one indivisible whole&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dare to lead the change you want to see\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FvDwj86sp0I?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1456\">A note of warning: any goal that inspires you will automatically create a gap between where you are and where you want to be. Fear will fill that gap with 101 reasons &#8216;why not&#8217;. Only courage can close it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1457\">So once you\u2019ve connected to&nbsp;your&nbsp;vision, commit to taking one brave step toward it. Even a little itty bitty one.&nbsp;The size of that step doesn&#8217;t matter, just&nbsp;the direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1458\">Tomorrow, take another and enlist someone to hold your feet to the fire for when your motivation wanes (it will!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1459\">Repeat daily for 365 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1460\">Come year end 2024, you will be SO glad you did. I money-back-guarantee it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1461\">Your life will expand in proportion to your willingness to embrace the discomfort that growth requires. So what&#8217;s stopping you? More so, what will it cost you if you don&#8217;t?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1462\">As Mark Twain wrote, &#8220;Twenty years from now you will regret far more the things you didn&#8217;t do than those you did.&#8221; Indeed your psychological immune system can justify an excess of courage over an excess of timidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1463\">Make this year one in which you blossom into a whole bigger braver version of the person you have it within you to become. To quote Ana\u00efs Nin:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;And then the day came that the risk of remaining tight inside the bud became greater than the risk it took to blossom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ember1465\">Go on, be brave!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every blade of grass has an Angel that bends over it and whispers, &#8216;Grow! 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