What 2025 Taught Me About Growth

Sometimes, growth doesn’t feel like expansion. It feels like grief. Like letting go of strategies, identities, or expectations you once swore by.

2025 has been a year of both. Of breakthroughs that looked like breakdowns at first glance. Of scaling back to scale smarter. Of remembering that leadership is not about knowing—it’s about listening. Adapting. Choosing again.

I learned that growth often arrives disguised:

– As exhaustion that forces rest.

– As endings that demand reinvention.

– As silence that reawakens intuition.

This year taught me that momentum isn’t about speed. It’s about direction—and direction is chosen, not assumed.

As I move toward 2026, I’m not asking “How fast can I grow? ”I’m asking: “What kind of leader do I want to become next?”

And that shift is the lesson I’ll carry forward.