Have you ever felt like life just won’t stop throwing challenges at you? That’s because change is the only constant. We may find ourselves resisting it, but biologically, when an organism stops growing it starts dying.
So what gives? Can embracing change be a secret to success and a key to your career growth? Absolutely! Read on for 6 tips on why change can be good for you (and your career).
Change can be daunting, especially if we’re not prepared for it. The good news is that change doesn’t have to suck – it can actually provide us with an exciting opportunity for growth. How? By teaching us how to adapt and pivot our plans along the way. So instead of pushing against those changes, why not go with the flow and embrace them?
For starters, when faced with a challenge or new situation, we are forced to innovate and come up with creative solutions. This in turn allows us to learn new skills or ideas that can help propel our careers forward. Additionally, embracing change helps create a sense of resilience so that when unexpected twists and turns arise in life or work we know how to navigate them better next time around.
One of the biggest reasons we avoid making changes is due to fear – fear of failure, worry about judgement from others or simply lack of self-confidence in our abilities. But have faith! We mustn’t forget that where there’s risk there’s also potential reward because even if things don’t go as planned at least we learned something from the experience. To quote William Jennings Bryan “Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice.” So don’t let fear hold you back any longer – choose something new today!
Of course it isn’t always easy switching gears right away after major life events and events such as job redundancy or relationship breakups can leave huge emotional scars which should absolutely be acknowledged in order to move on properly and healthily over time. But sometimes allowing yourself too much time to dwell on past pains means that you miss out on present opportunities so try your best to stay focused by thinking purposely about positive things such as what did I learn from this experience? Or what could I do differently next time around?
Having faith in times of uncertainty has been scientifically proven again and again to create amazing outcomes so take some inspiration from these stories of people who made drastic life changes either through luck or hard work while having an open heart and mind in order to embrace novel possibilities – because after all ‘Today Is The Tomorrow You Worried About Yesterday’ (Aristotle)
Finally – regardless of whether everything went according to plan or not – take the time now and then celebrate wins! Even small accomplishments such as meeting deadlines ahead of schedule should be celebrated as victories for the day no matter how insignificant they may seem in comparison with your longer term goals. So give yourself pats on the back peace signs from strangers – whatever works– but never forget that no success however big or small ever goes unnoticed – by you at least.