Change is GOOD

Just when we get comfortable and settled in our ways, change comes knocking on the door. Many will hear the knock and ignore it, hoping it goes away. Then there are those few that will open the door , embrace change and embark on a new journey.


Recently, I had the opportunity to embrace change. I had started a home based business 5 1/2 yrs ago which grew from 0 to over 6000 distributors on my team. My business grew internationally as well. I had a comfortable 6 figure income, had some training material on CD's , DVD's and appeared in company magazines and the local newspaper.

It was an exciting time and I enjoyed it. Met people along the way, who became more than just business associates they became friends. I traveled to many a city and state and even country to build my business.
The more I traveled, the more I wanted to stay home. The more meetings I conducted and spoke at, the more I realized that I would love to be home watching a movie with the family. I would speak about building your business from home and having the freedom to enjoy it, but I was out, away from home either at a coffee or hotel meeting , doing presentations, home meetings you name it, I was doing it!

Well change had started to introduce itself but I was not taking introductions! I persisted and was committed and worked my business like never before.
Weeks, then months went by, before change began banging on my door. This time I was ready to meet her, but not sure if I wanted to follow her. To follow her meant to give up what I was doing, leave all that felt familiar and start something new and totally foreign to me.

You see, I felt had a responsibility to my team, the Company, the friends I had come to cherish and respect.
I remember reading this quote" Are you willing to risk making other people uncomfortable, angry or disappointed with you in order to be true to yourself" and thinking "okay who am I trying to please here?" I wanted to have it all, a successful home based business, quality time with my family and the time and freedom to enjoy it all. I was very aware that if I continued in the direction I was heading I would never get there....

So what is it about change, that causes us to run from it ?

Could it be fear of making a huge mistake? Fear of being criticized? Others may not understand the change in you and the reason for it. Maybe we don't welcome change because we are so comfortable where we are at, and change requires work. It requires stepping out into the unknown, walking down the unfamiliar path, learning new skills and changing your mindset.

As much as we are creatures of habit change is necessary

Can you imagine the baby you bring home from the hospital, remains an infant 30 yrs later (although some act like it).

The tree you plant when you first purchased you new home never grows into the beautiful Oak Tree, that would supply you with plenty of shade on a hot sunny afternoon.

Change shapes us and molds us to become the person of greatness that we are destined to be.

Change is GOOD

As I made the decision to embrace change, the knots in my stomach went away, the nervousness I was feeling subsided. I knew without a shadow of a doubt, that I was on the right track. It was that inner feeling of anticipation, that still, small voice in me that told me I was moving in the right direction.

Change bought to me, a new outlook on things that were so important in the past, that today have become irrelevant.

Indecision is the thief of opportunity

People are tired and are looking for change. Einstein once said " The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results"

Embracing change,

Denise Villahermosa