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Steve writes about a variety of personal development topics and was a major influence in my own passion for growth.<\/p>\n<p>Today I stumbled across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevepavlina.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/how-to-make-more-intelligent-info-product-purchases\/\">an interesting article about purchasing information products<\/a> from Steve.  Although the article itself was interesting, one paragraph stuck out:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For example, I normally don\u2019t read much fiction (I\u2019m at least 90% nonfiction), but Erin is an avid fiction reader.  She frequently recommends fiction books to me, sometimes practically begging me to read them, but I almost always turn her down because I feel non-fiction is a better use of my time.  But when I finally do succumb to one of her suggestions, I often enjoy a <strong>lateral growth<\/strong> experience I\u2019d have otherwise missed.  At the very least, I enjoy sharing the experience with Erin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Seeing as I coined the term lateral growth in my own descriptions of personal development and have written about it in several articles, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/04\/lateral-growth\/\">this one<\/a>, entitled &#8220;Lateral Growth&#8221;, I was very surprised to hear this.  I&#8217;ve never seen anyone else use the terms without directly referring to some commentary I&#8217;d made so now I&#8217;m very inquisitive about what this means.  Either Steve has read this website, this is a coincidence or I subconsciously picked up a term other people have been using for some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve read any of my past writings you are probably aware that one of the blogs I regularly subscribe to is Steve Pavlina&#8217;s personal development blog. 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