When you set a goal to achieve something new to you, one of the key things to include is measurements. As in, how will you know that you’re on the right track? What data will tell you that the goal is getting closer or further away?
Nothing exists without betraying some indicator of its existence. As quantum mechanics revealed, even the act of observation leaves a ripple.
As it relates to growth, one question to consider is:
What are your obstacles to growth symptoms of?
For example, if you have high turn over compared to your competitors: what’s that tell you about your business?
If a friend laid out your obstacles as if they were theirs, what would you think were the underlying issues?
Featured image is Asclepius (center) arriving in Kos and greeted by Hippocrates (left) and a citizen (right), mosaic from the Asclepieion of Kos, 2nd-3rd century AD. Ascelpius and Hippocrates are the forefathers of modern medicine. Used under CC BY-SA 2.5 without changes. By https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2270083