| What comes to mind when you hear the word | | | | down into the steps that will lead you there. Utilize |
| change? Are you fearful? Excited? Does you blood | | | | the tools or skills that are going to move your |
| run cold or do you hear yourself saying, "I like things | | | | towards that big goal at the end. If you goal is to |
| just the way they are." Is "change", the other dirty | | | | get a better job, then determine what you need to |
| word? | | | | do it. Would having your degree help put you in that |
| Most of us find change hard; Not necessarily because | | | | better job? What about improving your skills? By |
| we do not want to change, but because it is sailing | | | | breaking your goals down into steps, it will increase |
| into the unknown. Who knows what is going to be | | | | your changes to achieve because you are laying |
| around the next bend in the road? We are most | | | | down the foundation on which your goal or dreams |
| likely to rail against changes that are going to have an | | | | can be built on. Without a good foundation, your |
| adverse effect on our lives. | | | | aspirations might not have the support then need to |
| It's easy to see why someone would be upset if | | | | grow and flourish. |
| they lost their job; It is one of those unexpected | | | | Being determined, willing, and committed to change. |
| changes in life, just something that changes without | | | | Change is not an easy course of action. It is the |
| our control. One thing we didn't see coming, one that | | | | process of breaking old habits and replacing them |
| we were not prepared for. It is natural to be | | | | with better routines that will lead you towards what |
| resistant, be angry, or every scared as you travel | | | | you want to accomplish. You did not create those old |
| into the mysterious future without the security that | | | | habits over night, it has been months or years of |
| was once there. | | | | "practice", of them becoming routine to you. Change |
| Most people continue on, find a new job and most | | | | is not going to happen overnight, it too will take |
| times find out that the change turned out to be a | | | | practice. |
| good one. Maybe they found an even better job, | | | | If for example you are trying to change the habit of |
| maybe they found a job that allows them be with | | | | always looking at the negative, then you will have to |
| their family more, or they decided to go back to | | | | practice flipping that immediate habit of negative |
| school. Sometimes its easier to change when you are | | | | thinking or perception into a positive way of thinking. |
| pushed into a corner. | | | | It takes work, it takes time, and it takes persistence. |
| So, if what seems like a negative change can turn | | | | You will have to remind yourself of what the |
| out to be a positive, then why is it that people fight | | | | benefits of maintaining a positive perception will give |
| making positive changes in their lives, as well? Why | | | | you. |
| do we not change things that we do not like in our | | | | Stay motivated by reminding yourself what |
| lives? What makes us procrastinate the changes that | | | | accomplishing each step is going to mean to you. Will |
| could make our lives better? What do we fear? | | | | you be happier? More confident? What will that lead |
| Often times it is the fact that we fear failure, even | | | | you to? With more confident will you be able to be |
| though it is not consciously known. What if we fail to | | | | more successful? Will it be a stepping stone to |
| make our dreams a reality? What happens to that | | | | something bigger and better? Will it make changing |
| dream then? Is that what you fear? The lost of a | | | | your life easier? |
| dream? Trying and failing? | | | | Get the support that you need. Most people let pride |
| It is natural in human nature to think the worst. | | | | stand in their way of asking for help. There has |
| Failure would mean the death of a dream. But, what | | | | always been and always will be people in our life that |
| if you tried and succeed? | | | | shows us examples of over coming adversity, that |
| It is possible, isn't it? People do it everyday, they | | | | help us find our personal strength. Surround yourself |
| accomplish their goals, and they reach their dreams. | | | | with people that have accomplished what you are |
| They choose to push pass the fear of failure, the | | | | trying to do. Seek out people that uses the skills that |
| fear of loosing a dream, and bring into reality what | | | | you want to develop. Be around people that tend to |
| was only a vision in their mind. | | | | bring out the best in you. Spend time with people |
| So, how do we push past the fear, the doubt, and | | | | that will not give up on you and will tell you all the |
| the anxiety of changing our lives for the better, while | | | | reasons that you should not give up on yourself or |
| expecting the worst? What makes us take that leap | | | | your dreams. |
| of faith? Usually, it is a realization that, "its just not | | | | Above all, you have to believe in yourself. Find the |
| working anymore". Whether it, is a career, a | | | | strength you need within yourself. Empower yourself |
| relationship, or even something within themselves. It | | | | to follow that path to life improvement through |
| is evident that there needs to be a change, in order | | | | change. Take it one step at a time. We only need |
| to fulfill the yearning to find what is missing in their | | | | the courage to over come that fear and to take |
| lives. That is what motivates people to get through | | | | those steps that will lead to a better future. Tap into |
| the fear of moving forward instead of just towing | | | | your strength. Believe in yourself and in your power |
| the status quo. | | | | to overcome obstacles. Believe that you can design |
| Break it down in steps. Just saying, "I want a better | | | | the life you want and get to your heart's desire at |
| job." is a daunting goal, unless you break down it | | | | the end of the path called change. |