CHANGE NOTHING, NOTHING CHANGES! - A Journey from Your Zone of Comfort to Your Zone of Genius

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Let's have an honest conversation about change.

How do you feel about change?

Are you the kind of person who is actively looking for change and gets a thrill from it? Or, you like things the way they are and you often find yourself resisting changing things?

Well, if you said yes to the first question then it’s wonderful, you’re definitely on track for some exciting things in your life.

But if you said yes to the second question, and I wouldn’t be surprised if you did, rest assured that it is the case for most of us.

We are wired to resist change. Take a moment to think about it because IT IS BIG!

So why do we resist change?

Because we all want to step outside the dreaded comfort zone and change certain things about ourselves and about our life - most of us anyway. We have things we’re not really happy with and when we think about them or we talk about them it sounds really exciting to have those improvements in our life, whether it’s a better job, better finances, better habits or generally a better, healthier, more fulfilled life.

But when it comes to taking action towards implementing those changes, well, that’s a different story and we find ourselves showing a lot of resistance to them.

?Because it all sounds good in theory, but when faced with the decision to take bold action, we become distracted, or life gets in the way or somehow it doesn’t seem that important anymore and often we even convince ourselves that it’s ok to stay where we are and we tell ourselves things like.. "Well, you know, it’s not that bad!" Or, "I should just be grateful with how things are because, you know, it could be worse!" or, "Maybe it wasn't meant to be!"

Does any of this sound familiar to you?

I’LL TELL YOU WHY that happens!

There are some big reasons why we resist change and we hold ourselves back from stepping boldly towards fulfilling our true potential

One of these is FEAR, mainly fear OF THE UNKNOWN – we don’t know what’s on the other side of change and we don’t have the guarantee that once we take action towards making the change, the outcome is better than what we currently have. Because that is a possibility, right?

Whatever action we take comes with two possible outcomes, a positive one that we look at with excitement and a negative one that we’re trying to avoid at all cost. And usually, when the negative outcome is worse than what we currently have and at the same time, we don’t have the guarantee that we will achieve the positive outcome, then suddenly what we have doesn’t seem that bad anymore.

The best example of this is when we are in a job or a career that we have no passion for or is not in alignment with our dreams anymore (and I was this situation for a while in my corporate career, several years ago, and it took me a long time to make the decision to get out of it).

When we are in this situation we resist making that decision to take action because we can’t wrap our minds around embarking on an entirely new and different direction because we don’t know what’s on the other side. And since we don’t have the guarantee that we’d get better results if we do something else, we don’t want to lose what we currently have and we focus a lot on what we might be losing instead of what we might be gaining.

But then again, if you sit there waiting for a guarantee to fulfilment and success, you are just giving yourself an excuse to resist taking action.

You see, we, humans are creatures of habit, we often have difficulty incorporating new changes into our life, regardless of how beneficial those changes might be for us, because we tend to prefer doing the things that make us feel good, secure and comfortable, the things that keep us within a familiar space. And whenever we are challenged to take action towards something new or are presented with a new opportunity that doesn’t have any of those qualities, quite often, a lot of us will develop a resistance to it.

So this uncertainty that comes with change is possibly our biggest block. We are afraid of leaving this moment and stepping into the next.

But like facing any type of fear, we must understand what it is and where it’s coming from and find ways to come to terms with it and trust that there is no growth without change, so we should learn to see it as the excitement of the opportunity rather than the fear of the unknown.

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? And the second big reason why we resist chan ge is that we don’t take full responsibility for what’s going on in our lives.

You see, we spend our days waiting for things to change, waiting for the economy to change, for the people around us to change, even for our circumstances or situations in our life, in one way or another. We’re just waiting and hoping that one day all or some of these things will change and our lives will be better as a result of that change.

But I’m gonna tell you a secret! None of those things will change just because we want them to change.

If you want to see any change in your life, YOU must change first. And that starts with taking full responsibility for where you are right now in your life and what kind of things are within your control that you can focus on.

Because when you DECIDE to take a step towards your next level and make the change, everything around you changes at the same time and that doesn’t leave room for passing the blame onto others. Changing yourself provides you with an opportunity to see things differently and to appreciate things differently and that alone might offer you a completely different outlook on what’s going on around you.

And one of the greatest lessons in life is that nothing ever changes unless we change first. And we are never going to get new or different results unless we try new things and learn to do things differently.

There is a really great quote that says Change nothing, nothing changes. So if you don’t change something in your life, nothing will ever change in your life, you can’t expect your results to be different.

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One thing I’d really like you to think about is that your reaction to what's holding you in your comfort zone is based entirely on your perspective of it. By seeing it as something to fear, we’ll react with fear. But by seeing it as a challenge, we open our awareness to a variety of possibilities, and we may even surprise ourselves at what we manage to accomplish because we embraced the change rather than resisted it.

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I am a true believer that anyone can change, you just have to REALLY want it.

Will there be set backs? Will you make lots of mistakes along the way? Absolutely! Your journey outside your cosy comfort zone is not always easy and I am not going to tell you that it is!

You will need to RELEASE all that no longer serves you, to ALIGN with your next level vision and embody your next level identity and to ACTIVATE your superpowers, your gifts, your talents, your infinite potential.

But nothing is as satisfying as when you accomplish what you set out to do and you find yourself in a place in your life where you experience a level of fulfilment, of courage, of confidence, of impact and you know it’s because you CHOSE to change certain things, to take new action, to live differently.

So today, my friends, remember that you can step towards your next level with curiosity and excitement and make friends with your fears along the way. You can embrace those new opportunities that take you to new heights. You can do anything you set your mind to OR you can do nothing...because again, nothing changes when nothing changes.

Which one is it gonna be?

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JOIN THE CONVERSATION!!?- I would love to know what INSIGHTS or realisations you got as you read all of this. What resonated with you the most? What's holding you from stepping on your own journey towards your next level? I would love to know!! Send me an email at?[email protected]?and let me know!

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Can't wait to do this with you! :)

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ABOUT Emma Corpade

Emma Corpade?is an Elite Performance and Mindset Coach, founder of The Supercharge Academy, a multi-passionate entrepreneur, award-winning speaker and podcast host.

She supports highly driven professional women on their journey towards creating a life on their terms, with flexibility and freedom, as they step towards becoming the leaders and role models they know they are and create the impact that they are meant to create in the world.

Read more about Emma and her work at?www.emmacorpade.com