Growth

In this meetup we will talk about growth. What distinguishes growth from change. If change is constant and everywhere, could we say that everything is constantly growing too? Does growth have to have a certain direction? Or can there be something such as backwards growth? What forms can growth take for individuals and for society? What triggers growth? What are the costs of growth? Are there any limits to gowth? Or can it go on forever, and if so, would that really be desireable?

Let's dive into this topic together and share our thoughts and experiences! It doesn't matter where you stand with and how much knowledge or experience you have with regard to this topic. Everyone is welcome and fresh perspectives are always appreciated.

If you've never participated before, here's what to expect:

• 2 hours of deep, interesting conversations in a respectful environment that will elevate your spirit and give you new ideas for life, work or relationships.
• a supportive group of people sharing their own unique experiences and viewpoints, and encouraging you to do the same.
• a rich mix of newcomers and regulars from different countries and cultures for a broad diversity of opinions and experiences.

In order to cover the room expenses we will collect a small donation per participant.

Below are a few quotes on the topic that you can use for inspiration.

• "Life is a journey of growth." - Ayo Edebiri
• "Growth is the only evidence of life." - John Henry Newman
• "Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead." - Morihei Ueshiba
• "I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times." - Mukesh Ambani
• "Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility." - E. F. Schumacher
• "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." - Edward Abbey
• "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning." - Benjamin Franklin
• "There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder." - Ronald Reagan
• "The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth." - Warren Buffett
• "Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence." - Hannah Arendt
• "As sure as the spring will follow the winter, prosperity and economic growth will follow recession." - Bo Bennett
• "If we could choose, we'd always want to be in flow and thriving, but that's not realistic. Growth has levels, and learning how to navigate them is important." - Jay Shetty
• "This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival." - Penelope Spheeris
• "Growth, in some curious way, I suspect, depends on being always in motion just a little bit, one way or another." - Norman Mailer
• "All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward." - Ellen Glasgow
• "Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together." - James Cash Penney
• "Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle." - Napoleon Hill
• "If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth." - Elon Musk
• "Growth comes from chaos, not order." - Rakesh Jhunjhunwala
• "Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let's all go exploring." - Edith Widder
• "The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness." - Lao Tzu
• "A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it." - Frederick Douglass
• "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor E. Frankl
• "In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?" - Carl Rogers
• "We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't." - Frank A. Clark
• "Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong." - N. R. Narayana Murthy
• "Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing." - William Butler Yeats
• "Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential." - Bruce Lee