阅读理解

Therearetwobasicwaystoseegrowth：oneasaproducttheotherasaprocess．

Peoplehavegenerallyviewedpersonalgrowthasanexternal(外在的)resultoraproductthatcaneasilybeidentifiedandmeasured．Theworkerwhogetsarisethestudentwhosegradesimprovetheforeignerwholearnsanewlanguage－alltheseexamplesofpeoplewhohavemeasurableresultstoshowfortheirefforts．

Bycontrasttheprocessofpersonalgrowthismuchmoredifficulttodeterminesinceitisajourneyandnotthespecificsignpostsorlandmarksalongtheway．Theprocessisnottheroaditselfbuttheattitudesfeelingspeoplehaveandtheircautionorcourageastheymeetwithnewexperiencesandunexpecteddifficulties．Inthisprocessthejourneyneverreallyends;therearealwaysnewwaystoexperiencetheworldnewideastotrynewchallengestoaccept．

Inordertogrowtotravelnewroadspeopleneedtohaveawilltotakeriskstofacetheunknownandtoacceptthepossibilitythattheymay“fail”atfirst．Howweseeourabilitytogrow?Doweseeourselvesasquickandcurious?Ifsowetendtotakemorechancesandbemoreopentounfamiliarexperiences．Dowethinkwe’reshyandindecisive?Thenoursenseoffearcancauseustohesitatetomoveslowlyandnottotakeastepuntilweknowthegroundissafe．Dowethinkwe’reslowtoadapttochangeorthatwe’renotsmartenoughtodealwithanewchallenge?Thenwearelikelytotakeamorepassiveroleornottryatall．

Thefeelingsofinsecurityandself-doubtarebothunavoidableandnecessaryifwearetochangeandgrow．Ifweprotectourselvestoomuchthenwestopgrowing．Webecometrappedinsideashellofourownmaking．

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succeedinclimbingupthesocialladder

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growupfromhisownachievements

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