This morning, a new J. Cole single hit the streaming services—it was a feature on another artist’s album, so naturally I was all over it; OFG!” is the song's title, and it starts with J. Cole stating that he doesn’t see his Self with any problems, just opportunities to grow.

I shared the song in a group text, where we often talk about growth in all aspects, but I’d say it mostly tilts towards the professional sides of our lives. When I think about Cole’s quote, I do think about growth for my business (which I will be sharing some new goals in my Omens soon), but I also think about opportunities for growth personally, spiritually, in health, as a husband, as a father, as a son, as a friend, as a leader, etc.

Maybe it’s because I’m a business owner and spend a lot of time with other entrepreneurs that most conversations about growth end up being about business, money, and reach of content. While it’s important to identify opportunities for growth in business/ professionally, I have come to learn that the growth of your Self is way more impactful in life and will often lead to the growth you seek in business or professionally.

As I listened to the song for a fourth and fifth time this morning, I also thought about how J. Cole is not only talking about seeing opportunities for growth, but that the “problems” are actually the opportunities for growth—I think I missed this connection initially since the title of the song is “OFG!”, Opportunities For Growth, and I just focused on the suggestion to look for opportunities for growth.

There will always be opportunities for growth, and sometimes they will show up in the “problems” that you find in front of you—just shift your perspective to see the opportunity.

See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,

JC