Change is inevitable. At this very moment, for instance, your body and cells are changing. The Earth is changing. The economy, technology, how we do business, even how we communicate is changing. And though you can resist that change and potentially be swept away by it, you can also choose to cooperate with it, adapt to it, and benefit from it.
How to embrace change
What happened once you surrendered to the change? Did your life actually eventually improve? Can you look back now and say, “Wow, I’m glad that happened. Look at the good it eventually brought me.”
If you can always remember that you’ve been through changes in the past — and that they’ve largely worked out for the best — you can begin to approach each new change with the excitement and anticipation you should. To help embrace any change, ask yourself the following questions:
- What’s changing in my life that I’m currently resisting?
- Why am I resisting that change?
- What am I afraid of with respect to this change?
- What am I afraid might happen to me?
- What’s the payoff for my keeping things the way they are?
- What’s the cost I’m paying for keeping things the way they are?
- What benefits might there be in this change?
- What would I have to do to cooperate with this change?
- What’s the next step I could take to cooperate with this change?
- When will I take it?
* Source: The Success Principles by Jack Canfield