Helping You Explore Opportunities and Anewtrek Growth Plans
Anewtrek Growth Plans can help you increase clarity, focus, and productivity. A new day brings a new trek, with new opportunities, challenges, and choices. By continuously expanding our knowledge, we better navigate opportunities and challenges, and make better decisions. Gain knowledge. Live better.™
We get knowledge by thinking, doing, or learning from other people. Fortunately, almost anything you want to do, someone has successfully done it, and shared how, in books, podcasts, or videos.
This pre-existing knowledge could save us weeks or even months of trial and error. However, there is no shortcut for implementing necessary work. Anewtrek shares helpful knowledge and curates lists of the valuable resources.
- What is Growth?
- Why is Growth Important?
- Core Areas of Growth
- What is a Plan?
- Why is a Plan Important?
- What are Anewtrek Growth Plans?
- How to Pursue Anewtrek Growth Plans?
Warning: Many pages contain extensive lists that might feel overwhelming. Think of these lists as a “candy store” for your mind. Instead of trying to grab everything, try adopting one topic each month or quarter. Ask yourself: What are the most important subjects for me right now?
While I feel that the Bible is our best book, the many other books referenced on this website can also be helpful. The authors could be viewed as your virtual mentors. Their books offer immediate access to knowledge, clarity, and the tools needed to pursue your goals. Additionally, many local libraries provide digital audiobooks through the free Libby app, offering a wealth of resources at no cost.
“Knowledge pays the best interest”—Benjamin Franklin.
What is Growth?
Growth is the improvement of our knowledge, health, skills, and sense of meaning.
As highlighted in my Core Bible Verses book and blog, there are three levels of learning. There is basic knowledge, which is who people are, and what things do (basic foundational information). There is understanding, which is knowledge about how people react and respond, or how things interact (complex interactive information). Then there is wisdom, which is applying knowledge and understanding (practical probability thinking).
Knowledge is the key, but wisdom uses it to open doors to opportunities. Anewtrek Growth Plans are designed to help you get knowledge and understanding, and help you apply it.
Why is Growth Important?
Intentionally pursuing growth can significantly deepen your sense of meaning in life. While we all share the same basic human needs and motivations, our definitions of success and meaning are often different. When you see the results of pursuing your goals, life can feel more meaningful. Conversely, if life feels empty, you have agency to renew your thoughts, feelings, and beliefs to review and renew goals and build meaning.
My Core Bible Verses book also highlights Four Core Ways to Build Meaning: Faith, Strengths, Relationships, and Goals. I believe the Bible verse 2 Timothy 1:7 loosely reflects these. It says that God gave us a spirit not of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.
• Power (strengths)
• Love (relationships)
• A Sound Mind (faith and goals)
There is also our Four Core Skills required for wisdom, which I also highlight in my Core Bible Verses book. These are Thinking, Decision-Making, Willpower, and Communication. These are also loosely reflected in the Bible verse, 2 Timothy 1:7.
- Power (willpower)
- Love (communication)
- A Sound Mind (thinking and decision-making)
This spirit has helped people worldwide exceed their expectations, and it resides within you as well.
Core Areas of Growth
What is a Plan?
A plan is recorded information about a situation and a desire, including actions to achieve the desire.
There are three levels of planning. Low level is a To Do List or scheduling tasks on a calendar. Mid level planning is one or two pages of a plan, often called a lean plan. The goal plan templates offered in the Personal Planning Package are lean plans. High level planning is thinking through and recording actions for a desire or achievement using three or more pages. I think of this as traditional planning.
Why is a Plan Important?
What are Anewtrek Growth Plans?
A Growth Plan is a structured reflection that captures your current situation, aspirations, and the specific actions required to achieve growth. These plans form a core component of the Personal Planning Package, published by Anewtrek.
At its heart, a Growth Plan focuses on enhancing our health, skills, and relationships. Evidence suggests that as we strengthen these areas, we naturally attract opportunities. Relationships themselves can be considered as opportunity multipliers.
The following example Anewtrek Growth Plans are for informational purposes. The Personal Growth Plan example is focused on physical fitness goals. The Professional Growth Plan example is based on an Assistant Manager at a busy cafe. The Goal Plan example is based on an independent professional or freelancer starting a business. The Plan Outline example (plan back page) is a combination of the Personal Growth Plan and the Goal Plan.
How to Get Anewtrek Growth Plans
You can become an Anewtrek Member and get digital downloadable, fillable, and printable growth plans. A membership also includes a lot of helpful information including the Complete Wisdom Model, our Four Core Skills, and the Big List of Free Help. Learn more at the Members page.
Or you can purchase a physical copy of the Personal Planning Package book. This includes 8×10 physical pages of the Anewtrek Growth Plans that you can copy and fill in, for personal use.
The Personal Planning Package with Anewtrek Growth Plans
Useful Gear to Help in Your Growth Journey
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If you are interested in reading more, or at least browsing more books, consider building a digital library. You can literally store hundreds of books on a simple digital book reader like a Kindle Paperwhite. A benefit digital book readers have over physical books is that you can do a digital search for words in the whole book.
If you journal, or are considering filling out physical copies of Anewtrek Growth Plans, consider pens with pigment ink. Pens like the Uniball 207 has ink that lasts longer than most other types of ink. It is water and fade resistant.
If you have roommates and want to fill out some Anewtrek Plans but keep them private and locked up, consider a very small personal document SentrySafe (fire resistant). Or, consider a regular small fire resistant SentrySafe for many personal documents.