The discovery of next

Discovering the next thing for us can be a very exciting, sometimes daunting and often times something we never consider. As we often live in the comfort zone of now and what we know and how we do things, why would we even consider next?

I put it to you that next is where growth is. Next is where you are pushed (by your boss, circumstances or yourself) to try, do, fail, risk and achieve.

Next does not have to mean that you leave what you're doing now and venture onto something different, although it can mean this. When I say next, I mean what is that next thing that you are going to do that you have never done before.

Think about that. What will you do today, that you have never done before? I mean never, ever done before?

For me, writing an article everyday has been part of my next. Every morning I have to sit at this laptop and think through what I would like to say, then start typing. I have also texted two friends already this morning to check in on them and in my mind I'm planning to look at doing some fancy design work on a comms piece (no one's asked me to do this - I just think that I can spruce it up. Let's see how I go). These are some of my next little steps. What are yours?

There are undiscovered worlds within, deep oceans and high mountains. Only you can find these. Show us, tell us. If you don't, we all miss out.

I encourage you to do something today that you have never done before. Something that pushes you out of your comfort zone just that little bit. Something that starts a spark in you. Something that you gift to the world.

-Written by: Phyllis Whippy, Change, Comms and Learning champion :)