“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change”~ Albert Einstein
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach to my destination” ~ Jimmy Dean
The fondness of living in the comfort zone is not an unknown path for anyone to walk through. Difficulties arise when we are asked to balance our moves, out of it; Where the majority gives up to take a plunge, half of the crowd fall down amidst rest makes a shortcut mere an inch away, parallel to their comfort zone.
Not to be surprised, true risk-takers shred the dust of fear and happily take the challenge to step on patiently no matter what comes at them. No one likes the change when one finds everything so pleasant and comfortable around.
Why Prepare For Change?
It is a Universal Truth that for substantial growth of life, change is as essential as the oxygen to breathe. At initial, every change brings discomfort to the mental state. Be it a change of job, house, territory, relations et al. This discomfort invites an unending flow of thoughts and emotions, fear, and doubts. Eventually, all collectively bring a toll on physical and mental sanity.
One can not give a healthy start to the new change with the vulnerable mind and body unless he/she has prepared his mind for the change. A prepared, calm mind has the power to accept things in the same way they come. Any kind of unfavorability doesn’t shake their sanity.
Preparation is the only key to deal with any kind of change in life. Change is the only constant thing in the whole world. So, why not learn the ways to prepare ourselves for any change?
5 Aspects To Consider While Change
Ask Yourself:
1. Who are you? What role do you play in your life?
2. What are your values and beliefs?
3. What comes in your top 3 priority list?
4. What are you doing as per your current behavior?
5. Where, when, and with whom do you display your behavior?
6. Who is around you? When and where do you behave in certain ways?
7. Is change comforting you emotionally, mentally, physically, or economically? or Is change required for anything?
The answer to the above questions is going to clear your vision regarding the effect that would come by the change.
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5 Ways To Prepare For Change
Have A Clear Goal
Why you are heading for change? Think and rethink it. Have your checklist handy of your favorable factors and mark it ticked whichever remains favorable on your decision of change.
Devote Yourself For Action
Chunk down your bigger plans into small steps. make a chart of your weekly progress. Have a separate section for contingency plans. What if things do not go the way you expect, jot down your next move to reach the goal.
Be Focused
Keep asking yourself how this change could make you more aligned to validate your vision.
Make Pros And Con List
Fear and doubt come hand in hand when change happens. No matter how confident you are in your decisions there is always an iota of either one that pulls you back to the comfort zone. To deal with the situation cleverly make two lists:
- Prepare a list of positive and negative outcomes of NOT CHANGING.
- Second a list of positive and negative outcomes of CHANGE.
Compare both on the ground all kinds of changes Mental, emotional, physical, economic, ecological, etc.
Gather Information/ Listen To The Experienced People In Concerned Field
The most reliable and fastest way to talk to others, listen to others to prepare yourself for the change you are going to make in your job, business, relations, trade, or anything. You don’t need to make mistakes to learn something. Mistakes committed by others, learnings by others, problems faced by others, help to a high extent in avoiding/removing the hurdles that suppose to comes your way too. Only what you need to do is to communicate with the right people, to join the right tribe.
Ending it with the famous quote by Mr. Barak Obama, Former President Of The United States Of America
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time we are the one’s we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek”.
Most of the time the change is not controllable, still, we can turn the velocity of winds in our favor by preparing our minds for the change! Those who accept the change with a positive mind surely gift themselves the most precious gift and i.e. a healthy happy life.
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Change is something no one likes, but sadly its the only thing constant in life. if we get this, changing yourself with a change would get so easier. great post
Even though change can be difficult, but usually it’s for the best. Accomplishing anything great in life requires us to make significant changes that push us beyond our comfort zones. The only way to improve our lives is to embrace change! Thanks for the pointers and reminder 🙂
Once we understand that change is the only constant only then we will be able to accept it with open arms. Thanks for sharing these ways to prepare for change.
Great tips Archana. and I strongly resonates with your thoughts. having a clean goal is must to get a proper visibility. this is the first step that helps you take your actions and work accordingly. also, gathering experience from skilled people can help a lot in clearing your doubts and ease the decision making anxiety.
These questions you posted have opened up my way of thinking. Change is inevitable, and we need to accept this fact.
I love the premise of this post buddy since change is inevitable what not plan for it perfectly in utmost detail as per your suggestions.
Not all changes are pleasant. Sometimes they surround us with uncertainty. That time , having the end goal in mind and then taking actions towards achieving that goal make the process much more manageable.
So true. Such post brings us more closer to ourselves and life and makes tge life worth living
The only thing that is constant is change. Whether we like it or not, we have to get used to change. Good thoughts.
Pros and cons list is my go-to for every small or big decision in life 🙂
Great post, very effective tips.
This is a good post and useful for everyone. Change is inevitable and one must know how to handle it or how to be the change.
Change is inevitable, and even though it is not easy we have to go with it. Like the tips you’ve shared. Very inspiring.
I liked this – We are the change that we seek. Very true and good pointers.
Nice post.Thsnks for sharing valuable information.
I am the one who is always resistant to change. Next time, I am goign to try and use your pointers and see if it helps
I really liked your pointers that one needs to consider before they incorporate change in their life. Very insightful and inspiring post
Change is not easy but in life its inevitable. Your pointers are surely helpful.
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Change is the way of life and we cannot just keep quitting when facing chnages. Nicely written.
Thanks mam for this post.