LEVELS OF GROWTH YOU CAN’T MISS, SKIP OR AVOID

How do I start …………………………? Whatever it is

Fear, anxiety, pressure and feeling blocked from starting

Everybody feels that before starting and that’s why we get stuck before starting

And we ask even if we start that why is it not working,

GROWTH IS FAR LESS ABOUT ONE THING AND FAR MORE ABOUT MOMENTS,
STAGES AND PHASES. A SUM OF A COMMUNITY OFMOMENTS.

5 LEVELS/seasons of growth AND PHASES OF GROWTH

The problem is that we see life as binary which is not always so. We need to diagnose what phases
and stages of growth we are in and adapt to that.

LEARN, EXPERIMENT, PERFORM, STRUGGLE, THRIVE

1. LEARN
The process of starting doesn’t mean doing but the process of starting means leaning about
something.
Learning and research is a very critical stage of the doing. Ask logistical, tactical and
practical questions. How?
Do this phase first because when you start anything without doing this phase, you never
even really started anything yet no matter how far you’ve gone. You feel too scared to start
cos you never don’t have the adequate knowledge of what you’re going into. That’s why
it’s said that knowledge is power. The knowledge you have gives you confidence to go into
and flourish in your field of endeavor. Knowledge helps overcome and conquer fears.
Also ask emotional and mental questions (specific questions).
Read and learn about it. Learning is a phase of life. If everything you’re doing isn’t
producing result or you think nothing is working out right now, then it means you still have
some leaning to do. If you can’t figure out what to do, you’re confused. start by learning.
 Learn and read, listen to audio tapes on whatever it is you want to learn about or start.
Learning, workshops seminars

2. EXPERIMENT
You test your knowledge on what you learnt about.
In the experiment stage, you don’t judge yourself. You only learn and find out what works
for you and what doesn’t. you remove judgement and criticisms. You remove the guilt of
getting it wrong.
This enables you discover what works for you and what doesn’t.
During this stage, you’d realize that you learn ways to improve on what you do as you note
the flaws and errors. You create a feedback mechanism and study the feedbacks to make
necessary observations and adjustments where necessary.

You’re not worried about criticism and what anyone is saying, you’re just learning and
iterating and experimenting and learning new things. Its critically a phase of realization. If
its entitled ‘’experiment’’, then give yourself time to learn.
You’re learning by making mistakes and you’re learning by not judging yourself.
You usually don’t go to the larger scale without taking a test in a smaller way or with a
smaller version of what you do. Maybe a book. You start from small posts (the most basic
of what you do; Minimum Basic Version MVP).
IN THE EXPERIMENT STAGE, YOU SEE RANDOM RESULTS BECAUSE
YOURE EXPERIMENTING.

3. PERFORM
After going through the LEARNING and EXPERIMENTING stages, you get into rhythm.
It may not be big but here you build a routine, mastery and consistency. Here, you start
seeing repeated consistent results.
It may not be the most exiting or extraordinary stage, but it’s a critical stage you must come
into to build mastery.
Many people try to start at this stage; jumping the learning and experimenting stages and
that’s why we get so disappointed and frustrated with our results.
 YOUR PERFORMANCE IS ONLY AS STRONG AS LEARNING AND
EXPERIMENTING.
Trying to jump up to this stage feels harder.
This stage develops confidence, gives you something to look to, something to show that
you’ve developed. It provides you with the energy you need to move forward.

4. STRUGGLE
Don’t have this notion that you’re always in struggle by your thoughts because that
will turn out to become your continuous experience. And that phase will be never-
ending for you. You are extending that phase by your language.
Its important that you recognize that it exists but its more important not to make it
your existence.

5. THRIVE
The phase that everybody wants to get it. When everything is working, when you’re
winning all the awards, getting all the attention and accolades winning all the awards.
This stage only comes after we’ve learned, experimented, performed, struggles, we
then thrive, we then get the award, get recognized.
This is the bye-product of the previous four experience and it’s the most short-lived.
Thriving is not a destination.

LESSON

Recognize the phase you’re in and live it to the fullest

Really go deep into whatever phase you’re in

Start the cycle again regularly

You may be at a stage on one phase and another stage in another phase