How to Make Change Add to Your Life Rather Than Fear It

Do you welcome change or do you run from it? In my experience, most people are scared of change.

Why? I truly believe that society gears us up to be fearful of the thought of change and teaches us that change is not progression or simply something that can add to your life.

As parents many of us make decisions about what is good for our children based on what was "good enough for us" growing up. So many of us seek stability and consistency because we were brought up by a society that believed and continues to believe in the value of bricks and mortar being the only way to achieve security.

But what if change is brought on us to benefit our life? What if we actively seek change so we move the direction of our lives willingly?

Many people only make a begrudging change because the world will make a change that forces them into it. For example, you may hate your occupation and want to try something else. Then one day you are taken into your superior's room and informed that you have been made redundant. You get angry, you feel fear and then you think: well now I'll go and try my hand at what I have been thinking about doing because I need a change and I have some money coming in. How many times do you hear of this scenario?

Imagine if instead of begrudgingly being given change you had willingly embraced change and just gone and done it? There would be less stress, less frustration and ultimately more security because you could plan, control and roll this change out.

You must begin to think of change as adding to your life. This is strategically important specifically within your soul's development as it actually means you can choose your path and work this path to your advantage.

To add change to your life you need to:

1. Assess where you are and where you want to be and take the necessary actions to move you toward where you want to be. That means writing these elements down to make them anchored for you and start your thinking about direction on a strategic platform.

2. Be careful with whom you share your plans and opinions. Not everyone will embrace change (in fact many actively oppose it) so why ask people who are not into the concept about their thoughts on your potential changes? These people can undermine your confidence and generate self-sabotage if you choose to believe their negativity, so beware.

3. Know that there are others who have made changes before you and are very capable of offering you their advice on the concept. Go and ask those whose changes you admire and find out their strategy.

4. Know that for as long as it takes to sit in indifference, you can be sitting in action and moving your future into a pro-active position. Right now - ask yourself what you want to change, why you want to change it and how you can take the first step.

5. Know that there has never been an opportunity like this very second to be honest and say to yourself that you are worth investing in. Your happiness, your potential, your capacity and your vision is a highly valued commodity - invest in it.

Change is about growth, development and in its true form is about creating your future - making your story the one you want to be reading about.

Understand that what may have been good enough for others may not be good enough for you. Allow yourself to become what you want via change - not what everyone else has been.