69 Personal Growth Questions You Need to Ask Yourself

Is your life scalable for personal growth?

I’m not asking if you can grow, we can all grow, and improve or decline.  I’m asking you if you have room and structure in your life for personal growth.

I believe it’s a powerful question and I think questions, in general, are powerful and we don’t ask enough of them.

They can help us learn about things and about ourselves.

So, instead of me writing a typical blog post, today I am going to spend most of this post asking questions, or rather I am going to have you ask questions of yourself.

First though, let’s go back to the concept of scalable. If you are not familiar with the term scalable, let’s take a moment to define it.

In business, scalability is the ability for a business to grow without being limited by resources or by the way the business has been structured.  According to Investopedia, ‘Scalability is a characteristic of a system, model or function that describes its capability to cope and perform under an increased or expanding workload. A system that scales well will be able to maintain or even increase its level of performance or efficiency when tested by larger operational demands.’

Let’s look at a simple business example…

Without getting too much into the business weeds, a simple example would be a restaurant chain that can add restaurants across the country and maintain or improve its financial performance and quality after adding the additional restaurants.

So, when I ask, ‘is your life scalable for personal growth?’

What I mean is do you have the structure and resources in your life that allow for personal growth? Will you be able to realize your potential or are there things in your life that will limit you from being all that you can be?

Here is when I turn into a walking question mark and ask you some questions that will hopefully make you think a little bit…

Let’s continue by looking at some questions you can ask yourself to see if your life is scalable for personal growth.  There are no right or wrong answers, just read them and take some time to think about them in relation to your personal growth…

Do I Have the Right People in My Life?

  Am I surrounded by people that allow me to grow?
  Do those people help me grow?
  Do those people challenge me? And do I challenge them?
  Celebrated businessman Jim Rohn has been quoted as saying that you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. The question is – am I spending time with the right 5 people?
  Do I need to change the 5 people I am spending most of my time with?
  Am I helping other people grow? Am I adding value to the 5 people I am most spending time with?
  Are my friends smarter than me? Are they dumber? Do I need new friends?
  Do I trust the people in my life? If not, should they be in my life?
  Do I have people in my life that hold me accountable? Do I hold others accountable? More importantly, do I hold myself accountable?
  Are there people I admire and respect that I need to reach out to?

Am I Making the Best Use of My Time?

  When I say I’m busy, am I? Or is that all bullshit and some things just aren’t a priority for me?
  Do I make up stuff to seem busy because I don’t want to do what I really need to do?
  Am I wasting my time on certain things?
  Do I spend time with the wrong people?
  Are there things I can do to save time?
  Do I have a personal development plan or am I flying by the seats of my pants?
  Can I do a better job of prioritizing things in my life?
  Am I able to say no to people?
  Can I do a better job at being focused?
  Do I take time to think and reflect or am I just running around like a maniac?
  Do I take time for myself?
  Am I spending time doing the same things even though deep down I need to do something different to improve?
  Is there enough balance in my life?

Do I Have the Patience to See Things Through?

  Do I give up on things too quickly?
  Am I persistent and determined enough?
  Do I constantly make excuses for not following through on things?
  Am I constantly changing what I am focused on?
  Do I get bored with things easily? Does that mean I am not focusing on the right things, to begin with?
  Am I focused on the right things?
  Am I naïve and unrealistic?
  Can I push myself harder?
  Am I committed to the things I am trying to accomplish?

Am I Using All the Resources Available to Me?

  Are there people that could help me that I am not utilizing?
  Do I spend money on things that I could get for free?
  Are there resources that I could buy that would help me?
  Am I utilizing all the free information available to me? (online, on podcasts, on YouTube, etc.)
  Could I go from A to B quicker by using a specific resource?
  Do I leverage technology as much as I can?
  Have I allocated money for personal growth? Am I investing in myself enough?

Can I Make Better Use of the Resources I Already Have?

  Do I waste things? Am I buying stuff that I don’t need?
  Do I have a healthy relationship with money?
  Are there people that I know who have accomplished what I want to that I can reach out to?
  Is my health helping or inhibiting my personal growth? Can I be healthier? How?
  Do I delegate enough?
  Am I staying true to my values and beliefs? Do I have personal values and beliefs?
  Am I using my personal mission statement to help make decisions and guide me?
  Me – am I using all my God-given talents?

Why don’t we conclude with 2 more questions you can ask yourself?

Am I committed to improving?

Am I asking myself the right questions?

Until next time, keep scaling your personal growth, keep asking the right questions and as always…PYMFP!
–Rick

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