The Growth Trap: A Continuous Plan to Avoid the Traps of Life and Build a Better You

by Ralph DiBugnara

Overview

Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling author Ralph DiBugnara provides a guide for anyone seeking to avoid or move beyond setbacks for the sake of future personal and professional growth.

“The Growth Trap is a Must-Read for anyone who is looking to achieve growth in their personal and business life and are ready to level up their game. We all experience Growth Traps throughout our careers and this book helps you overcome them.“ – Kevin Harrington, Inventor of the Infomercial and Original Shark on ABCs hit show Shark Tank 

This book is like a how-to manual on how to avoid the traps in life personal and professional. It also serves as a handbook on growth. Definitely a must read for any up and coming professional or anyone looking for personal growth. – Hovain, President of Cinematic Management, Hip Hop music executive manager 

Growth is a natural part of life between the ages of birth and adulthood, as human beings typically get bigger, stronger, smarter, and more functional with age. This growth is unintentional and requires little to no effort—but at some point, that growth stops, and an individual’s progress is then limited to whether or not they are actively seeking future development.

The Growth Trap addresses a condition that Ralph DiBugnara has dealt with throughout his life—personally, professional, and directly with his brand. After seasons of stagnated growth, he’s learned the necessity of intentionally pursuing progress, rather than expecting goals to be accomplished without effort. 

Ralph explains how many get caught in a growth trap when they deem progress and change to be too much of a challenge. These individuals like to talk, reminisce, and ultimately identify with their “past selves,” because it’s easier than facing who they are now. And while it’s better to pursue growth and work towards the accomplishment of one’s goal, that doesn’t mean that it’s possible to avoid all growth traps along the way. 

Ralph DiBugnara’s The Growth Trap is an essential resource for those looking to achieve their goals and avoid pitfalls that will hinder their progress. He shares his personal experiences—as well as the strategies he learned along the way—so that readers can grow their brands and businesses while becoming true disruptors in every aspect of their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631959165
Publisher:	Morgan James Publishing
Publication date:	07/26/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ralph DiBugnara is a successful serial entrepreneur and real estate expert. Growing up, he struggled financially, but he knew he wanted more for himself and his family. Ralph allow generational poverty to define his future; instead, he became an agent of generational change. Today, he holds the prestigious roles of President at Home Qualified, a digital resource for buyers and sellers, and Vice President at Cardinal Financial, a nationally recognized mortgage loan company. He is also nationally recognized as a mortgage banker and real estate expert. 

Ralph’s expertise pushed him to start a series called The Real Estate Disruptors, where he interviews guests on investing, property guidance and advice. His program focuses on creating an elite network of industry leaders to help brokers succeed in the social media driven economy. He also launched a mentoring program for inner-city young adults called “The Generation Disruptor Scholarship Program," which was developed to educate students about getting into the real estate industry, breaking generational curses, and growing into leaders within their communities. Ralph plans to expand his connections with young adults through his scholarship program, so that they can start a new future for themselves.

Editorial Reviews

This book is like a how-to manual on how to avoid the traps in life personal and professional. It also serves as a handbook on growth. Definitely a must read for any up and coming professional or anyone looking for personal growth. -Hovain, President of Cinematic Management, Hip Hop music executive manager

Ralph’s story is inspiring and relatable to all people. The stories gave me perspective around my own “Growth Trap” Situations and helped me think differently about leveling up in my own industry of work. -Brandon T. Adams, 2X Emmy® Award-Winning Producer, Host of Success in Your City

I’ve known Ralph through the last decade, post market crash and I’ve seen him grow out of the most challenging of situations and rebuild multiple businesses from 0. This book is a testament to how growth can lead you to traps and it shows you how to be aware of them in order to keep being a better version of you. -Anthony Lolli, Author, Business, Fitness and Media Entrepreneur

The Growth Trap is a wonderfully written book by a self-made industry leader who has taken his life’s experiences and consolidated them into a masterful read. A must read for anyone who has struggled with both professional and personal issues through-out their lives and careers. A positive take away from every chapter that is sure to help you get the most out of life and what it brings. -Rich Sadiv, Owner Parisi Speed School

My brother has reached great heights, and he is sharing a truly honest account of how that came to fruition so others can do the same. His very personal accounts of the highs and lows are the cherry on top of him now sharing the roadmap he’s formulated that others can now follow. From being a tough kid on the streets of Brooklyn, overcom- ing the pitfalls of the world we grew up in, and then having to get knocked to the mat after early business success and build it all up bigger and better than before. Ralph reveals here how the journey is ongoing, and if you dedicate to not getting caught in the Growth Traps along the way, we can succeed to the highest levels.

Having watched this all from the front row, I can tell you that it is a modest recollection of the boy that always acted like the man. From standing up to everyone (including me) since birth, soaking up the experience and knowledge of those he admired, and outworking everyone as he strived to be the best at whatever he did. Him writing this book came as no surprise, because he’s added mentoring to his toolbox, and he’s changing lives every day. I can attest to his greatest growth, is that of a leader. And this book is his way of leading you out of your own Growth Traps. I’m sure you’ll be as inspired as I was by it! -Michael DiBugnara, Co-founder and CCO of LIKEY

The Growth Trap is a Must-Read for anyone who is looking to achieve growth in their personal and business life and are ready to level up their game. We all experience Growth Traps throughout our careers and this book helps you overcome them. -Kevin Harrington, Inventor of the Infomercial and Original Shark on ABCs hit show Shark Tank

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