Try it, You'll Like it

One of the things that make change difficult is the fear of the unknown. With anything new and different most of us have shed our curiosity some time ago. Not knowing what it will be like or feels like makes us uncomfortable. To over come this reluctance, the effect of the change - more of what it would be like after the change - needs to be described and if possible shown to those affected.

If at all possible, simulate the post change environment or situation, immerse them in the future state scenario for a brief period of time. This goes beyond telling them, it shows them and permits the comfort of this the new state to settle with them.

Now with a familiarity, the change - with the purpose understood - can be anticipated, even desired. Knowing what to do, what to expect and how to act makes the transistion or leap less dramatic and easier to assimilate. The closer the simulation matches the changed state the greater the chance the leap will seem effortless.

Change is Hard

This is not a realization: it is a statement of fact.
Just as change is constant, it is constantly hard. Change is by definition a disruption of the current state, an altering of position, environment, work, etc. Whether by our own doing or by other forces, change is only acheived through action.

Change, in this sense is an activity of violence, but if managed can be a postive disturbance. Energy must be expended to displace the status quo, to begin transition to the new state. This escape from what has become 'comfortable' is likely the most difficult point in any change. You need to prepare for it , as well as be ready to expend energy and work to initiate and complete the leap.

Try, Try Again

Unless you are dealing with a timing change - one that the window shows now and only now, or a complete transistion change - one from which its all or nothing [no turning back], No need to worry too much about making a step or a partial change toward your objective. It will be a good way to test the waters, so to speak, to see if you are ready and prepared.

Or you could be still in the learning and preparing, and you know you are not ready...yet!

It's quite okay, keep working toward being ready for that leap and obsevant for that next opportunity window. It's no reason to give up on the goal, you can still make the change. You will make that leap at the time and place when you have the best chance to be successful.

Crooked Path

The target goal should be kept in view with a laser like intensity, but keep in mind that the path to get there may not be as straight. The more dramatic and difficult the intended change the more likely that you can't make it in one leap. And even then the path will likely involve some diagonial moves, where you are still making progress to your goal but its not in the proverbial 'shortest distance'.

Occasions exist when, though we hope with raity, when you find that you are not even on the right path, and a perceived backward step is needed to make a clearer run toward you goal. For this keep sight on the long range and the vision over time, as short term focused decision may lead to a dead end.

Action Jackson

The saying goes; "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". There is no change without action. If you need a change or desire a change, you must take action. While in-action is a decision, it is not getting you closer to change - to making that leap. Thought - Action - Result; this is the linear progression to achievement.

Even small steps can lead you to a successful change, as long as the steps are made toward your goal or objective. You should be able to answer yes to the question: Will this action bring me bring the transistion or goal closer to achievement?, before you expend the effort on an action.