Personal growth is an increase in your ability to respond effectively to what real life dishes out. This shows up in three areas.

What it feels like to be you.

Confident, calm, happy, and clear -vs.- anxious, scattered, depressed, confused.

The quality of your relationships.

Open, honest, clearly-defined, confronting, fulfilling -vs.- stressful, out of balance, inauthentic.

The level of your performance.

Achievement of your goals for projects, business results, personal finances -vs.- stuckness and disappointing results.

That’s the top-level checklist for assessing how you are responding to what real life dishes out. When you grow your self, these areas get better. When you look at one or more of those categories and say “needs improvement”, that’s a good time to engage in a personal growth process.

For those who launch and lead, your growth and/or struggle in all three of these areas show up all over your organization.