Growth does not always happen when we are looking.

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Looking at our progress.

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Looking at our surroundings.

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Growth tends to happen when we do not even notice.

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Like a seed planted in the ground.

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We water it.

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We fertilize it.

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And we take care of it all the time.

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Yet we don't see it sprouting.

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But day after day it is growing under the ground.

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The roots grow down so it can have the nutrients it needs.

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And slowly a small stem begins to push it's way up through the soil.

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Until that one special day comes and we see it sprouting out of the ground.

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It seemed like nothing was happening for so long.

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And now it begins to grow quickly and soon we cannot believe how big the plant gets.

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The same is true for us.

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We may work at something for a long time.

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Honing our skills.

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Gaining experience.

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Yet we don't feel like we are really getting that much better.

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We have good days and we have bad days.

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Until one day we take that next step in our business, our career, or our life.

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And to our amazement we do something we've never done before.

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Or we just do it more naturally, more easily, more fluidly.

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Now we see all that hard work paying off.

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Now we feel that we've really accomplished something.

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Yet if we look back, we can see that it was not one big step.

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It was a series of little steps that we took each day.

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One after another.

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We moved inch by inch.

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And now we are on top of the hill.

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Enjoying the beautiful vista.

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We did not get there overnight.

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And the transformation was not in some magic recipe.

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The transformation was in the whole journey.

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It did not matter what path we took.

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By merely making the decision and following through we transformed.

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Almost without noticing.

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So where are you transforming without noticing? How are you changing through the journey?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant