ARE YOU READY FOR A POSITIVE CHANGE? Have you ever experienced progressing in life wherein everything is going smoothly but then, without warning, it came to a screeching halt? Work seems to become more challenging and you seem to be overloaded and cannot finish your task on time. Sales start slowing down and your competitors are selling more and doing better than you do. Everything seems to be working well but all of a sudden, things turn from better to worse. You are asking yourself, “What seems to be wrong? It was working before but how come it is not working now?” You cannot figure out what is broken but you know that there really is something wrong. In other words, we just need to learn how to adjust and adapt to change. Things that may be working before may not be working today. If we do not change our direction, we are likely to head where we are always going. If you keep on doing the same thing, you will get the same result. It is important that we need to learn how to change and adapt with the times. ARE YOU READY FOR A POSITIVE CHANGE? If you are ready for change, you must have the following: A WILLING HEART “A little boy got himself in trouble with Mom as little boys often do and he was firmly told to sit down and be quiet. The little fellow had a stubborn streak and flatly refused. Mother became even more firm and told him to sit down before he got into more trouble than he was already in. Reluctantly, he plopped down in the chair and declared, ‘Ok, on the outside I’m sitting down, but in the inside I’m still standing up!’ Isn’t this what we should all do?” (faithtabernaclecoboconk/rwt-blog-33503) You can coerce, force, threaten, manipulate and do everything to make someone follow and obey, but if it is not coming from a willing heart, the person will not change. Change must start from the inside and not only from the outside, because change is an inside job. POSITIVE ATTITUDE There are a lot of uncertainties: fear of the unknown, fear of the future, fear of failure, and fear of not living up to the expectations of others. To be successful in implementing our change process, we must have a high dose of positive outlook and attitude in life. We just need to remain optimistic despite any challenges we are facing. Never allow the temporary setbacks, failures, rejections, and negative people or circumstances stop you permanently. We cannot live a positive life with a negative mindset. We cannot win in life with a defeated mindset. We cannot be successful with a failing mindset. BURNING DESIRE There must be a strong sense of dissatisfaction that you want to change and improve in the things around and within you. Things that people want to change may be the following: It may be the financial situation of your family—you are sick and tired of living in debt. It may be the culture within your school or working environment that no one seems to care and people are becoming complacent. It may be the political situation—the political red tapes and corruption are prevalent and has become an accepted norm. Whatever burden you may be feeling, you just have to step out, be brave, and do something about it. Never wait for things to happen because if you wait, nothing will happen. You just have to initiate and make things happen. Never accept things just the way they are but change things just as you want them to be. Never settle for less but always aspire and go for the best. Sometimes, it only takes one brave person to step out and speak up. Never think that you are alone and part of a minority. It took one Nelson Mandela to free the people from oppression and slavery. It took one Mother Teresa to help the dying people in India. It took one Ninoy Aquino to awaken the Filipinos to fight for democracy. One person’s conviction can be the majority. THINK. REFLECT. APPLY. Do you have dissatisfaction and something burning in your heart that you see and want to change? Do you feel that you can help and be part of the solution? What are you doing about it? Please share with me in this blog post what you want to change in yourself or maybe the things around you. As for me, I want to help people to think positively and help them to become financially and debt-free.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:41:11 +0000
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