WE have passed half of January and I am trying to do reflection every few days to keep on course. I experienced another week with people who are growing rapidly or have the desire to grow. Our first WOMEN IN BUSINESS EXPO meeting was powerful. The first time

exhibitors and the ones who exhibited before gelled magnificently, although they were from various backgrounds and a variety of businesses. The event will be at the Pegasus, March 2 and 3, and I can assure you this year is higher ground. I can also assure you the journey these women embarked on will add tremendous personal and professional growth.

I was invited to tea and chat by Ms Avia Maria Lindie whom I admire for her positive attitude and care for people. She invited some of the young people on her team to join us and it was an hour well spent. I love to be in these environments to raise my energy level and appreciate growth even more.

This takes us to some of the other laws of growth:
The Law of Consistency
Motivation Gets You Going – Discipline Keeps You Growing
The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.

When it comes to personal growth: Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.

If you want to become more disciplined and consistent in your personal performance, you need to become more disciplined and consistent in your growth.
Consider the following questions about your growth:

Growing Consistently
Do you know what you need to improve?
Your future is dependent upon your personal growth. Improving yourself daily guarantees you a future filled with possibilities. When you expand yourself, you expand your horizons, your options, your opportunities, your potential.
Do you know how you need to improve?

Match Your Motivation To Your Personality – Not everyone gets motivated the same way or is motivated by the same things.
Identify your personality

Phlegmatic- having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition
Choleric- bad-tempered or irritable
Sanguine- optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation
Melancholic- feeling or expressing pensive sadness
If you want to gain momentum and improve your motivation, begin by setting goals that are worthwhile but highly achievable. Master the basics. Then practice them every day without fail. Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time. This is an especially good idea to implement when reading a book.

You can visualise tomorrow using it as motivation to grow, but if you want to actually grow, your focus needs to be on today. If you value today and find a way to enjoy it, you will invest in today. And the small steps you take today will lead to bigger steps you take someday.

The Law of The Environment
Growth Thrives In Conducive Surroundings
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment you first find yourself in.
At some point in every person’s lifetime, there comes a need to change environments in order to grow.

If we want to reach our potential, we must be in the right environment. That usually requires us to make changes in our life. The best place to learn is always where others are ahead of you.

If you are always at the head of the class, then you’re in the wrong class.
It’s possible to change without growing, but it’s impossible to grow without changing.
When you change your attitude regarding a problem, you open up many possibilities for growth.

Whether you are a success or a failure in life has little to do with your circumstances; it has much more to do with your choices.

Choices to put yourself in a better place for growth:
Assess your current environment
Change yourself and your environment
Challenge yourself in your new environment
Focus on the moment
Move forward despite criticism

Growth thrives in conducive surroundings. If you are in a positive growth environment, be grateful. If you’re not, do what you must to change your environment and yourself.
For you to get detail on these laws, check out the living with intention ambassador FB page or send an email to beyomdtherunway1@gmail.com as we continue to celebrate this beautiful journey called life BEYOND THE RUNWAY.