Have you ever asked yourself why are you so afraid to change your choices? The answer is disarmingly simple - we are afraid; afraid to fail. Just imagine where you'd be today if you were so afraid to try walking that you never even tried. Making a new choice - a choice to change anything at all, is like learning to walk all over. Expect to make a few mistakes. You'll begin by rolling across the floor, then you'll crawl, then you get up on your feet with help, you learn to "cruise" with a walker or hanging onto stationary objects, you take some first tentative steps without any help, you fall, you get up and do it again. Eventually you are walking, later you learn to run and for some of us we even move on to become Olympic runners or astronauts who can "walk" in space.
Look at other choices you made to expand your existence. You learned to write, to read, to sing, to play a musical instrument, to ride a bicycle, to drive a car, etc. Get the picture?
As you did when you made those choices, imagine what each new choice can bring to your life and your business. If you are stuck in a routine that's not producing the results you want then make a new choice. Select an alternative and then choose it. Know full well that you won't change anything (and I mean the results) with the same thinking that got you where you are today. You need to choose something new. Choose to do something different to get a different result. Don't just try it either - like the baby learning to walk you won't do it on the first "try". It takes many attempts and practise to get it "right". Don't get discouraged by setbacks - learn from them. There are no mistakes - only learning opportunities.
You may be afraid that a mistake could be costly. Well, like the baby who falls and cries, the child who falls off a bicycle and scrapes her skin, etc., you'll make small mistakes - "boo boos" as we sometimes call them when a child is crying. Like the child, you'll get over the boo boos. Don't let them stop you. When people fall off a horse they are encouraged to get right back on or they'll be too afraid to do it later. Similar encouragement is given to survivors of airplane crashes and automobile accidents. Some boo boos are bigger than others, but they don't have to stop you unless you give your power to your fears and stop yourself from making headway. Choose and keep choosing.
