What's standing in the way of your personal growth?

People don't make personal growth a daily routine because they don't think it is important. It is very hard to do this because of all the brainwashing through the years on how you are a FAILURE.

Some are just too lazy.

Not knowing that personal (self) growth requires inner/personal (self) focus, not external.

Most people try to change every external element in their lives: job position, car, location, home's interior decor, friends, hobbies, etc. Everything but what's inside and what really matters.

This is all assuming that by personal growth you meant becoming a happier person.

If by personal growth you meant success then I would say fear of failure is the leading cause.

I think that the biggest detriment to personal growth is that we don't really want to ask ourselves the hard questions and then take the action that is needed to mitigate them and become the person that we were really meant to be.

I disagree that "fear of failure" is a problem for most. I think that "fear of success" is probably a more apt answer. If we succeed, then we are seen, and can be criticized by others.

Really for most people it's mindset. Not knowing which thoughts to give the most attention to, and not knowing how to focus on goals and vision. In my opinion that is.

I think one of the biggest things is someone being impatient. It is like internet marketing. IF you aren't in it for the long run then chances are you will not be "successful" at it. Actual change occurs over time and takes a lot of work. You fail, you try again, you fail, you try again, and slowly over time the old habits start to fade away. People expecting a quick fix will not achieve much growth.

longitudinally challenged

I don't think there is a one-size-fits-all answer here. Everyone is different. For one person it might be a lack of belief in themself, for another it could be the way they were raised (to hate money for example).

For me personally I've struggled with lack of belief in myself and having confidence. My own path towards personal growth has been focused on overcoming these issues.

what is cool about these discussions is when i used to game heavily.. the forum discussions where ..why are so many people just bad at games..

I was into conspiracy theory for a while and i could inject some of that into these topics .. but again there was some need for people to wonder why no one outside conspiracy really cared ..

so yes i get argumentative here when these topics about why most people are not into personal growth ..or accept failure ..

but look at the stats on the 7 billion people on the planet .the one billion below 1 dollar a day ..how many don't have access to clean drinking water .

personal growth is just that ..and most of the people you see in the western world are still running off the programs ingrained over a few generations..get an education.. get a job and work until you retire .

so yes you may have pulled that programming out of you..but a lot havent..and still they are living better lives than 6 billion other people on the planet .

in the states it is relativly common for immigrants to live what looks like poor lives ..as they work several jobs..but compared to where they came from it is oppulant then they bank money and go back and live like kings..or they work in the state to buy a home back in their home country .

the biggest obsticle to growth is an overly narrow definition of what growth is .

Many of us are programmed that we just need to "work harder" in order to succeed. So the thought after this is that taking the time out to program yourself for success is taking time away from actually succeeding.

This is clearly illogical and yet I believe that this is what stops people from taking the time to take a step back and look at what they want in life and calmly plan the way to achieving it. It also stops them from looking at themselves and their habits to see what changes need to be made.