Too much comfort in our lives and work is as unhealthy for personal
growth as too much risk and danger. The key to taking risks is to
learn the 7 keys of personal change.
1. First Change Yourself. When we find ourselves in an
unsatisfactory position that is due to circumstances beyond our
control, such as a job we no longer enjoy or people we no longer
like, most of us try to change the situation. We complain, moan,
criticize, judge, and condemn. None of which works. That's because
there is only one way to change an unsatisfactory situation. And
that's to change ourselves.
2. Let Go Of Old Positions. When we stay entrenched in old
positions, even if they are no longer relevant, there is no
possibility of change or improvement. That's when it is time to take
a risk. That's what Mikhail Gorbachev did in the 1980's when he
recognized the changes in the world around him. In his meetings with
the US President Reagan, Gorbachev took a huge risk in offering a
one-sided reduction in nuclear weapons. The risk meant the ending of
the arms race and with it unprecedented changes in the history of
the world.
3. Think Like A New Start. When we start a new adventure or a new
enterprise, there is a buzz about us. We've all felt it. It's like
the first day at a new school or a new job. Sadly, we soon lose that
feeling beneath familiar routines and habits. In taking personal
risks, we can re-discover it. As Ray Kroc, founder of McDonalds
said: "When you're green you grow; when you're ripe, you
rot."
4. Re-Invent Yourself. Real personal change comes when we do more
than just learn a few new skills and habits. It comes when we
re-invent ourselves. Re-inventing ourselves is a way of casting off
one identity and putting on another. Tom Peters goes so far as to
say that the imagination and zeal to regularly re-create yourself is
the definition of greatness. And it doesn't have to be something you
do just a few times in a lifetime; it can be something you do each
new day.
5. Manage Your Own Morale. Taking risks is fraught with difficulties
and dangers but we can keep going if we learn how to manage our own
morale. The keys to morale management are working on your belief
that things will turn out positively in the end and creating a
support system to help you through tough times. This can be your own
support group, the inspiration of people who've been there and done
what you're trying to do, and keeping the whole process light.
6. Step Back. When we take risks, it is valuable to be able to
distance ourselves from what we are involved in and take an
objective position. Here we can see what is going on without being
in the fray. When we do that, we can accept criticism
dispassionately and not personally. It's also the place we can go to
take a breather and chill out.
7. Be Willing To Fail Before You Succeed. All risk carries with it
the possibility of failure. Fear of failure is one of the chief
reasons we hesitate to take risks in the first place. But we can
overcome the fear of failure by making friends with it. As William
Faulkner says, there is far more to learn from failure than from
success: "To try something you can't do, to try and fail, then
try again. That to me is success. My generation will be judged by
the splendour of their failures."
Taking these 7 steps in personal change assures you of moving
assuredly out of your comfort zones. When you do, you'll find that
the old comfort zone has now expanded and what once looked like a
danger zone has now become a place you feel safe with.
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