People usually avoid changes and prefer to stay in their conform zones, but once you get the courage and take the first step to change, your life will become much better.
Below are just a few benefits of change:
1. Personal growth
You grow and learn new things every time something changes. You discover new insights about different aspects of your life. You learn lessons even from changes that did not lead you to where you wanted to be.
2. Flexibility
Frequent changes make you easily adapt to new situations, new environments and new people. As a result, you do not freak out when something unexpectedly shifts.
3. Improvements
We all have things in our lives we would like to improve – finances, job, partner, house, etc. All of us know that nothing will improve by itself. We need to do things differently to make that happen. Without change, there would be no improvements.
4. Life values
From time to time. changes make you re-evaluate your life and look at certain things from a different perspective. Depending on what the change is, it may also reinforce your life values.
5. The Snowball effect
Often, we give up because we cannot accomplish the difficult task of making a huge and immediate change. That is when small changes become extremely valuable. One shift at a time, small changes will eventually lead you to the desired big one.
6. Strength
Not all changes lead you to pleasant periods of life. Unfortunately, we do not live in a fairy tale and sad things happen, too. Overcoming the tough period will make you stronger.
7. Progress
Changes trigger progress. Things move forward and develop because of them.
8. Opportunities
One never knows what each change may bring. When you turn from your usual path there will be plenty of different opportunities waiting for you. Changes will bring new choices for happiness and fulfillment.
9. New beginnings
Each change is a turning page. It is about closing one chapter and opening another one. Changes bring new beginnings and excitement to life.
10. Routine
Remember the movie Stranger than Fiction? The main character Harold Crick does the same things at the exact same time for years. He leads a completely dull, extremely predictable and uninteresting life. That is how your life would be without changes.
So next time you get the temptation to avoid or resist the change, aim instead to initiate the ones that will lead you to where you want to be!
As usual, we remind you to take your Memo Plus Gold daily. It will help to keep you alert and mentally sharp.
