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An inevitable doom or a gift in disguise: How our attitudes affect how we deal with change


Recently, I was able to get my hands on and read through the acclaimed book Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson and I have really enjoyed it.

The book is a quick read that gets right to the point of something a majority of people dread: Change is inevitable in our lives, so learn how to be comfortable dealing with the unknown and adapt.

The book takes you through the story of four characters each taking different attitudes as they face the "problems" that crop into their lives. These "problems" are not always perceived by each of the four characters in the same way. As a result, you learn how the attitude taken by each of the four characters when confronting change creates dramatically different results in each of their lives.

As I read through the story, I was struck by some big statements mentioned by the characters that I want to share with you:

"He decided that if he ever got the chance again, he would get out of his comfort zone and adapt to change sooner. It would make things easier."

"He was letting go and trusting what lay ahead of him, even though he did not know exactly what it was."

"He knew that when you change what you believe, you change what you do."

"He knew it was safer to be aware of his real choices than to isolate himself in his comfort zone."

When I started my own journey of changing my attitudes and views about life, I came to the realization about many of the statements mentioned above.

But that was a slow process (just like it was for one of the characters in the story!).

And I am still in the process of internalizing and ingraining those thoughts and ideas into my brain.

More importantly, I continue to work everyday to translate those new attitudes and ideas into actions.

I write about stepping outside of your comfort zone not because I have achieved it completely and know everything about it.

I write about stepping outside of your comfort zone because I have already taken many steps in that direction that have changed my life and I want to continue doing it.

Finding writings that talk about these changes and being surrounded by people who support these ideas motive me to continue disciplining and challenging myself.

There will always be goals that we are striving to achieve in each stage of our lives (there is no final destination!). There will always be learning curves and obstacles to cross in our lives. There will always be a better version of ourselves that we strive to embody everyday.

None of these changes will be comfortable.

They will stretch us and dare us.

Let's face those changes with an attitude of curiosity and trusting the process.

Like Rene Descartes said in his Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy some 400 years ago,

"I saw nothing in the world that always remained in the same state"

What are your thoughts? I would love to hear from you. Let's connect!

Trust the process. Live the commitment

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