Change, it’s never easy
Change, it’s never easy. humans resist change; we prefer to be in a familiar space regardless of how unpleasant that place is. I’ve seen this scenario play out many times with friends and acquaintances and even with myself.
In January of this year I finally reached the point where the act of changing was less painful than staying with a job that made me miserable, but it took me 2 years to get to get to this place. There are several factors that made the unpleasantness tolerable, I worked with many good people, some of which became close friends and I didn’t want to just leave them behind. There was also the “money factor” it’s hard to walk away from that guaranteed paycheck especially when you�ve gotten comfortable to a certain level of living. Next was my �professional persona�, I was well established at my company, most folks knew who I was and I was often sought out for my expertise, leaving that type of recognition just to reestablish myself somewhere else seemed like a great deal of effort, after all I spent the past 9 years building my reputation with this company how could I just walk away. None the less it was time for a change and change I did. I was invited to attend a local National Speakers Association meeting by Vickie and I was inspired by what I saw� I could do this, I had presented to groups in my field before and I knew could take my expertise out to a larger audience. From there the ideas just kept coming, business ideas, books, audio programs — it was a flood of information, but it wasn’t just the ideas it was how to achieve these ideas, how I could actually make it happen.
Wanting to explore more into this new direction I had chosen Vickie and I went out to a NSA workshop in Denver, I was simply amazed at how many people out there actually want to help you to succeed and the workshops while useful where just a small part of it, it was the “break times” that really stood out for me, chatting with professional speakers and authors, being able to tap into their methods, expertise, and bag of tips and tricks in the field was awesome. It was also great to see other beginners their and chat with them, share ideas, and in one case I actually struck up deal with one of them for a project. This change that I made was going to be great, so why did I wait so long to make it? Who knows for sure, maybe it simply wasn’t time yet, maybe I had life lessons to learn during those 2 years and I couldn’t move forward until they were finished? Could be, I definitely learned tolerance during that time, I also learned appreciation for the folks around me� so where those the lessons I needed to learn? Maybe�
The one thing I’m sure I learned is something that I’ve heard many times before but apparently had never really gotten, there�s an abundance out there, an abundance of money, of ideas, and of opportunities and that simply by opening my self up to it and NOT obsessing or over analyzing �the what�s, the where’s or the how’s� that things will come to me. This past couples of months have been great, I’m grateful to the universe for providing me with all of these opportunities and I’m grateful to Vickie for igniting this new spark in me. Hopefully someone or something will ignite a spark in you.
by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | February 26, 2007
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