Conscious growth requires extreme self-honesty. In contrast, self-deception invariably leads to feeling stuck. If we aren’t willing to admit to ourselves that we’re lost, we won’t look for or accept sound guidance and that slows us down. The scariest part of honest self-evaluation is that we might discover that we aren’t quite as evolved as we thought. Once we acknowledge where we’re really at, we can correct our course and continue to grow. Getting real with ourselves, accepting where we’re at, and acting with integrity, helps us move on up…

The evolutionary ladder.