News Flash! Change is coming your way!!

Make Change a Smooth Transition

Change is inevitable. But if you've got the right tool to keep you on track, you can navigate the changes of life and business and still achieve your goals and lifestyle. If you don't....it could break you... or your business!

Looking for New opportunities? A new vantage point? A new lifestyle? What have you done DIFFERENT lately?

If you haven't "shaken it up a little" lately...its time! Change is the catalyst to see your world from a different view point. It opens your eyes to new possibilities, it freshens your perspective and reveals new opportunities. Change happens in your relationships, job or business and “shakes up” your routines. Sometimes change is messy but truthfully, change keeps your world from being stagnant.

When change is unexpectedly thrust upon you it can be hard to handle. Inexperience in managing change or a bad change experience can make an adjustment difficult or seem almost impossible. Sometimes you’ll receive warnings that a change is coming but other times it appears out of nowhere and catches you off guard. If you know how to handle change it can be just a short detour off your path and you can re-calculate and keep moving while unveiling fresh perspectives along the way.

Resistance is futile! Growth is about change. Everything changes for better or worse but life does NOT stand still and you can’t either. You can choose to be an active participant of change or refuse to engage but no matter what decision you make, change will still happen. The key to successfully handle change is to manage the change transition and find your own place within the change.

Rigid or Flexible it's your choice Handling change is both an art and a science....to be flexible enough to manage the effects of change is to be prepared and ready to flow with

life or business shifts and changes. The inflexible are either left behind or worse...snapped in half by it!

H o w d i d I g e t h e r e ? W h e r e d o I g o n o w ? The Art and Science of it all

The Art of flexibility is looking for and finding the opportunity in change, using the benefits of the change to your advantage ... Sure, change can be disruptive but it can also be the catalyst of new ideas, new relationships and alliances or new beginnings. When faced with an unexpected change, ask yourself:

What can I do WITH this change that I was unable to do before the change? Obtaining flexibility is a Science. Setting Goals and creating a Plan is your "Due North" navigator to achieve your life desires or get back on track. A Plan allows you to “travel” new or unknown “roads” while routing or re-routing your steps to your goal or lifestyle without getting lost. Charting a new direction takes too much time. You could mistakenly take the wrong path, the long way around, be pushed in a completely different direction or worse...you could get way off course and end up at the intersection of "How did it get here"? and "Where do I go now"?

Your expert navigator A plan is the "North Star" navigator of your desired goal or lifestyle destination. Creating a plan is not nearly as difficult as most people think. It holds the details of what you are trying to achieve, what you need to achieve it, and what you can do if unplanned detours appear. Creating and following a plan will ensure you arrive at your goal destination. A systematic planning process like, PARR: Plan, Action, Review and Revise is easy to follow and includes the Yes! I Can! Change Transition Model that provides a smooth transition from where you are today to where you will be tomorrow guiding you around any unplanned detours that come up. Yes! I Can! will reduce the uncertainty, anxiety and fear when the unexpected happens.

When life throws change lemons, you have choices. You can be sour, make lemonade or make lemon rum punch to be in control and stay on course to achieve your goal or arrive at your lifestyle destination.

Cheers! Pamela

Inspired by Pamela Burks - Lifestyle Empowerment Coach, Speaker & Author. Empowering women to live Confident and V.I.V.I.D lives! www.PamelaBurks.com

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