You Can't Delegate Personal Growth

You can delegate tasks.

You can delegate meetings.

You can even (if you're lucky and wise) delegate decision-making.

But there’s one thing you can’t delegate: Your personal growth.

Darn it.

There’s no shortcut, no "set-it-and-forget-it" automation, no virtual assistant who can go to therapy for you, journal on your behalf, or sit through that uncomfortable moment of self-awareness and say, “Hmm… maybe I need to take a look at that.”

Some things only you can do.

And the thing is — you already know this. Most of us do. But knowing it and making time for it? Two entirely different games.

Let’s be honest: growth rarely shouts. It doesn’t throw calendar invites on your schedule. It doesn’t ping you with reminders like “Hey, maybe unpack that knee-jerk reaction in that meeting today?” or “Have you checked in with your values lately?”

Instead, growth gets crowded out.

By email.

By other people’s expectations.

By the meeting that ran long, the Slack that derailed your focus, or the quiet voice in your head that says, “There’s too much going on right now to pause.”

But here's the truth: if you’re not making space for your own development, you’re just running someone else’s race.

So ask yourself:

• Am I making time for my own growth?

• If not, what’s crowding it out?

• Whose priorities are on the top of my to-do list?

  
  

Personal growth doesn’t require you to blow up your life or take a sabbatical in Bali (though, hey, if that’s an option…). Sometimes, it starts with a single moment of reflection. A conversation that challenges you. A coach who asks the right question. A journal page you actually finish.

👉 So, how are you making space for your own growth right now?

And if your answer is “I’m not,” that’s not failure. That’s a starting point.

Let’s talk.