The 5 Stages of Personal Growth

Above The Middle

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4 min readMar 20

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Personal growth is not linear. We know this by now but can we divide it up into some sort of sequential process?

That’s what I aim to do today.

Here are, in my opinion, the 5 stages of personal growth. Disclaimer: Being fluid in nature, residing in one stage doesn’t mean we can’t fall back into the one below us. We can make positive changes in our life, but we can also make negative…

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