Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
1 The Law of Intentionality: Growth Doesn't Just Happen 1
2 The Law of Awareness: You Must Know Yourself to Grow Yourself 16
3 The Law of the Mirror: You Must See Value in Yourself to Add Value to Yourself 35
4 The Law of Reflection: Learning to Pause Allows Growth to Catch Up With You 51
5 The Law of Consistency: Motivation Gets You Going-Discipline Keeps You Growing 69
6 The Law of Environment: Growth Thrives in Conducive Surroundings 84
7 The Law of Design: To Maximize Growth, Develop Strategies 101
8 The Law of Pain: Good Management of Bad Experiences Leads to Great Growth 121
9 The Law of the Ladder: Character Growth Determines the Height of Your Personal Growth 138
10 The Law of the Rubber Band: Growth Stops When You Lose the Tension Between Where you Are and Where you Could Be 156
11 The Law of Trade-Offs: You Have to Give Up to Grow Up 173
12 The Law of Curiosity: Growth is Stimulated by Asking Why? 192
13 The Law of Modeling: It's Hard to Improve When You Have no One but Yourself to Follow 210
14 The Law of Expansion: Growth Always Increases Your Capacity 226
15 The Law of Contribution: Growing Yourself Enables You to Grow Others 243
Notes 261