Interesting things are happening around here. Change. Seems that the storms (Dolly & Edouard) brought in a little more than wind, rain, they also brought change. I had a great discussion yesterday with a friend and it was all about change. It was not about change for the sake of change, it was about seizing the moment and making those kind of changes we all need to make.
Here is a perfect opportunity to make those changes that will impact your life, your family, your job, your future. These are the changes that you always wanted to make but for some strange reason you thought it would be too difficult to do because you didn't have time or didn't have the money or don't have the right contacts. Let me pass along a little secret (promise not to tell): the moment you commit to make the change (no matter if it feels good or bad) is the moment you will find the time, find the money, and have the contacts.
It will all fall inline, but if you keep doing what you have always been doing then you will most certainly be living in your past and not moving towards a future that is a better you. Of course, for those that live in the past then you can most certainly assure yourself that your past WILL CONTINUE TO BE your future. That is unless you make change, not only happen but sustain it, as well.
In making change, one has to quit something in order to start something else. Am I advocating change as form of quitting? You bet I am. Seth Godin wrote a great book called The Dip. In that book, he said that it was OK to quit so long as that change (to quit) meant getting out of the Dip that you may find yourself in.
I am not telling you anything new...I am telling you, AGAIN, because it is that important. My friends don't let it take a Hurricane to make a change...right here, right now, make that change. If anyone asks, go ahead and tell them I said it was OK to make that change.
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2 comments:
Thank you Dave,for those words of wisdom.After reading "Its Your Choice:Your Past = Your Future or Your Past =/ Your Future ,I chose My future.No more dwelling on the past but looking towards the future.You are right the more you stay with the past the more the past stays with you ,we are done for.I will embrase the future from here on .It really makes sense.
Thank you for those kind words. Now don't be discouraged if you start finding yourself slipping back to the past. That's OK, so long as you realize you are slipping back. It is certainly a good thing that every once in a while we remember the past because that is where all of us come from.
Like it or not we are a product of our past. Good or Bad our past is what make us what we are today. However, the key thing here is not to dwell on it to where it consumes us. Yet, it should be enough to remind us why we wanted a change in the first place.
Good Luck and I know that it will be a bumpy ride, it is for me. In the end you will be a much better person for it.
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