Find The Power In New Beginnings
If you’ve experienced something disheartening or traumatic in your life, just the thought of starting over can be overwhelming. You’ve probably heard someone say, “you can’t run from your problems.” According to Psychology Today, that’s not right. You can find immense power when you start over, give yourself a fresh start, and allow yourself a new beginning.
Your Outlook Is Everything
You’ve probably heard that your outlook on life is all that matters in success. This is true. If you think everything is dark and dismal and headed for disaster, it likely will. When you commit yourself to starting over or to beginning again, the thought of your new start can help generate a positive outlook or a sense of optimism. This optimism will help propel you forward and likely make your future much brighter no matter what your journey may be.
Ok, that’s easy to say, but can be very hard to do. I’ve lived long enough to experience a disappointment or two. I’ve learned that there is always opportunity in my immediate future. I just have to look for it and be open to a new way of moving forward.
Often, when I’m faced with a big change – maybe a new competitor in the market – I look for the opportunity. I start with questions like:
- How can I leverage my current position?
- How can I benefit from increased “noise” that a new competitor brings to the market?
- Where can I serve my customers better?
Answering questions like this can breed optimism. It’s rare that you can’t find a way to gain from a situation.
Change Creates Power
Humans naturally try to avoid change. You may think a change that has occurred isn’t a good thing. A new beginning is a special type of change. It is a change that gives you a chance to commit to making something different happen in your life.
Of course, only you know how this change will affect you and how you can affect this change. That makes this specific change a good thing; it gives you back the feeling of power over your life. The power which you may have felt like you recently lost due to your situation. Not only that but by making the covenant with yourself to move towards a new start you’re making a power move that will lead you to feel confident and ready to conquer your new world.
Change Reminds You That Sky Is The Limit
When you experience a significant event or disappointment, you are often knocked off the path you were following and you may be feeling a bit lost. Besides a lack of optimism, you may lose hope – you may feel like you’ll never reach your dreams. Help quiet these feelings by thinking about what a new beginning would look like for you. Can you imagine a better future state?
Visualize yourself happy and achieving your dreams but doing it in a new way. It feels a little bit more real now, right? A new beginning is powerful because it can remove any limits you let your setback impose on you.
Whatever may have happened in your life, a new beginning is just what you need. Not only will starting over restore your optimism and power over your life, but it will also remind you where you are going and bring you back to the track of success.
Make it a great day!
