Success TrainingPart 6

Pilot the Seasons of Change

“The most effective way to cope with change is to help create it.”

- L. W. Lynett

Career

Personal DevelopmentRelationships

Success Circles

Steps to a Better Life

Check Your IDCreate Your VisionDevelop Your Travel PlanMaster the Rules of the RoadStep into the Outer LimitsPilot the Seasons of ChangeBuild Your Dream TeamWin by a DecisionCommit to Your Vision

Change

You will learn how to…

Understand the nature and process of change

Navigate the seasons, or states of changeSeek change, rather than just letting it

happenManage change, including controlling your

anger, developing patience, and handling stress

“Sometimes we fear letting go of the familiar, even if it hasn’t always been pleasant, even if we want to change it.”

Four Steps to Change

Change is not an event. It is a natural process like the seasons in nature.

Letting go of old thingsSticking to plans to changeHolding tight during ups and downsBlossoming and growing through change

Stage One: Letting Go

Tune into your emotionsRecognize that sadness and

anger are common feelings brought about initially by change

Acknowledge your feelings and any sense of loss

Say good-bye

Take time to recharge your energy levels

Keep a journalTalk with friends, family,

and any mentors or role models you have

Stage Two: Sticking to Your Plans

Stage Three: Holding on Tight

Stop planning and get into action

Be prepared to expand your vision

Take it step by stepStay focused on your

primary goalsTake care of your life

Stage Four: Blossoming and Growing

Check your bearingsWrite out your current

optionsConfide in your

closest friends

Four Steps to Change

Think a moment about a change that you feel would be good for you to make in your life, but one that would be difficult for you to make.

A behavior A thought pattern An attitude A way of life

Consider a change that will help you toward your vision…

Some change is forced upon you by external circumstances. Other change you bring about yourself to create opportunities. Quite often these types of change are mixed.

How you approach change is so crucial to your ability to adapt and to use change to learn and to improve your life.

Seeking Change

“If you are to seek a better life than the one you have now, you have to make your own changes and not just wait for good things to happen to you..”

Changing for the Better

Why do so many people treat any and every proposed change as if it were a deadly disease?

Resistance to change is nearly as certain and as inevitable as change itself.

People who adapt to change, meet the challenges that change bring are the ones who find success.

Sometimes even minor changes can trigger strong feelings

Bigger changes evoke even stronger emotions and feelings

Even positive changes can bring with it feelings of sadness and disorientation

Just as change is natural, so are the feeling that accompany it.

Managing Change

Step back and look at the big picture

Remove yourself from the scene of the crime

Transform negative emotions into positive actions

Talk it outTake stock of your options

Controlling Your Anger

Good things don’t always come quickly…

People who aren’t very patent can give up on change before they derive the benefits from it.

Developing Patience

Stay focused on your dreams Stay true to your principles and beliefs

Give yourself a break Unload your calendar

Put out your distress signals

Handling the Stress of Change