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How can I accelerate my personal growth efficiently?
Accelerating personal growth can lead to staggering transformations. Here are some guidelines and techniques for accelerating personal growth, illustrated with a classic true story.
Tasha Eurich tells this story in her Insight book, which is pertinent to the question of accelerating personal growth.
It is a time of escalating conflict. A young Colonel aged only 22 and with no combat experience finds himself as second in command of an army.
The Colonel launches a successful attack against an enemy scouting party, which is destroyed. While flushed with the success of his first victory, the Colonel worries that the enemy will launch a revenge attack. He decides to move to a more defensible position.
Unfortunately, the Colonel’s choice of a new site is abysmal. Part of the reason for this wrong decision is tactical errors made without the benefit of combat experience.
However, it is more to do with the Colonel’s lack of self-awareness. He sees in his earlier victory skills which he doesn’t have. Further, he is blind to his many weaknesses. In truth, the young Colonel is brash, arrogant and lacking in personal insight. He does not listen to…
