GROW

John Whitmore

You want a sitting that ends in a move. The problem is you had a good conversation and called it a decision. Goal, Reality, Options, Will. Skip Will and you had coffee. Name Will and the sitting is a choice.

G
Goal
Where you are going.
R
Reality
Where you are.
O
Options
What you could do.
W
Will
What you will do.

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In one line

A choice has a Goal, a Reality, Options, and a Will. Skip Will and you had a conversation.

Use this on a sitting. It answers: How do you decide?

The other half

Rapid Planning Method

GROW finds the Goal. RPM is Result, Purpose, MAP — the Goal with a why and a how.

How this talks to the others

Leads into
JUDGE
Will is the 90-second choice with a Goal attached.
Leads into
The Four Agreements
The Goal is who you are becoming. The agreements are how you sit in the Reality step without taking it personally.
Leads into
WRAP
GROW is the sitting. WRAP is the life choice that sitting is inside.
Start here, then
Five whys
Find the real problem before you name the goal. GROW on the first story is a sitting about a symptom.
Start here, then
Iceberg model
Look under the event before you coach the goal. GROW on the tip is a sitting that will come back.
Pushes against
Cynefin
GROW assumes the world will sit still for Goal-Reality-Options-Will. Cynefin says some rooms are fires. They disagree about whether a sitting is allowed yet.

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