Shoremates,

Welcome to our new book, The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John C. Maxwell.  In today's episode, we talk over John's credentials, the introduction of the book, and then Law #1: intentionality.  

Growth doesn't just happen.  In order to achieve the maximum amount of growth, intention must be applied.

There are several gaps we as a human race gravitate towards which sabotage us from living the best versions of our lives.  We go through these in detail throughout the episode. 

If you have decided to make the transition to intentional personal growth, ask how far you can go, focus on the journey rather than the destination, do something now as a sense of urgency is valuable, and face any fears you may have (and know that fear is totally normal to experience.)

For today's actions steps: 

1. Do you have a plan for personal development? If not, think about people you look up to, and ask what specifically about them you admire. From this list, picture yourself with everyone of those traits.
2. Listen to the gaps that are the most common again.  Which ones do you trend to most?  Whenever you have these thoughts again, tell yourself (outloud!) that they are lies. 
3. Face your fears, and do something now.  Motivation is a lie, and you’ll only start to feel it once you see progress towards these goals. 

Shoremates, thank you for joining me on another episode and always remember,

You've got this!

J.D. Elliott