Change

You need enough to start

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Something needs to change.

You’ve just had enough.

Enough of the current situation.

Getting the same result.

Or even inconsistent results.

Are you ready to do what is required?

Do you understand what it will mean?

Good!

Then you’re more likely to realise the change.

You’ll be motivated to keep going when it gets hard.

To push through setbacks.

You’ve had enough.

Enough is all you need to start.

 

“They say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” – Andy Warhol

“If you want something you’ve never had. You must be willing to do something you’ve never done.” – Thomas Jefferson

 

Normal … or not

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Are you waiting for everything to get back to normal?

Well … what if it never does?

This experience will change us.

It will shape us.

There has been loss.

There has been irrevocable change.

Some have been impacted modestly.

Others immeasurably.

It is going to leave a mark on what was normal.

 

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt.

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri Bergson

 

What if you chose to change as abruptly?

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The changes happened quickly.

The changes were brusque and abrupt.

The changes were uncomfortable.

 

But you have been able to adapt.

Almost instantaneously.

You have successfully managed the change.

 

What else would you like to change?

This time … it is your choice.

Now go do that … just as quickly.

 

“The only constant in life is change” – Heraclitus.

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” – Stephen Hawking

 

Less for more

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Less fear, more feeling.

Less panic, more patience.

Less complaining, more caring.

Less rhetoric, more respect.

Less fake, more facts.

Less hurt, more heart.

Less moaning, more music.

Less stress, more support

Less hysteria, more hope.

… more love.

 

“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realise this, and you will find strength.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Where there is love there is life.” – Mahatma Gandhi

 

So, when did it become a rut?

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You’re caught in a rut.

It’s a self-imposed rut.

But a rut, nonetheless.

There was no rut initially.

So how is it there is one now?

Well, very slowly, ever steadily, the rut has been worn.

Worn by habits, behaviours and routine.

Each day starts anew, but the choices have become pre-set.

So the same approach will work to get out of a rut.

Start very slowly, but ever steadily.

Make a small change.

Replace a bad habit with a good one.

Celebrate little wins.

Make different choices.

Build on success.

Then you’ll wonder where the rut went.

 

“The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.” – John Dewey

“When you’re in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.” ― Twyla Tharp, author of “The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life”

 

Will you be the same person in ten years?

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It is likely you are not the same person you were five years ago.

Even if you did nothing, you’ve had to adapt.

To changes in your environment.

To new technology.

To a new role or a change of circumstance.

It is very likely you are not the same person you were ten years ago.

Or fifteen, or twenty.

(You can keep going depending on how many years ‘experience’ you are.)

You may have been very deliberate with what you have done.

With the learning, the experiences and challenges sought out.

You will very likely not be the same person ten years from now.

What you do between now and then is up to you.

Be intentional with your growth.

 

“If you want to reach your goals and fulfil your potential, become intentional about your personal growth. It will change your life.” – John Maxwell

“Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely.” – Karen Kaiser Clark

 

Start Small

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Start small

Don’t think you are good at change?  Simply start small!

Take a different route to work.  Try a new coffee shop or lunch venue.  Don’t listen to your normal radio station.  Do a priority piece of work before opening your emails.  Watch a movie you wouldn’t normally go and see.  Talk to someone at the bus stop (yep, this one is frightening).