The most efficient way to take control during times of change is to become aware of what your mind is feeding you and make a concerted effort to choose better thoughts and beliefs. Your beliefs directly affect how optimistic and hopeful you are during a transition. The good news? We can identify—and bust—the myths and fears we have about change.Start today, and every day, by reading the Change Optimist's Manifesto, a list of new and brighter beliefs about change.
- Change is a good thing.
- Change is part of life and happens to everyone.
- Change is an opportunity for me to grow.
- Change means that something good is around the corner.
- Change brings seeds of new beginnings and different ways of living life.
- Change brings new people, new opportunities and new perspectives.
- Change reminds me that I am not in control of many things that happen and that I need to let go and surrender a little more to life.
- Change helps me strengthen my self-reliance, inner fortitude and an inner faith in my ability to handle anything.
- Change allows me to learn or understand something new.
- Change reveals another aspect of my personality.
- Change is not a punishment; it is an opportunity to connect with what's inside of me.
- Change allows me to choose how I want to react to something that has happened—by accepting it or resisting it.
- Change helps me find my higher self—the part of me that is always there, that doesn't change. Life's unpredictability becomes infinitely easier when I connect with that part of myself.
- Change wants me to acknowledge it, understand it, embrace it and integrate it into my life and identity.
- Change is always on my side. It exists to serve me, teach me lessons and help me embrace life's mysteries.
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