Change is Hard

A workout exemplifies this.

As soon as you place hands on a barbell your state begins to shift, as you are ripped away from the comfort of baseline. Heart rate elevates as blood rushes to muscles. Sweat begins to form as core temperature rises.

Change has begun and completing the work is not easy. There are still many more reps to come.

Problem solving is also an aspect of this process.

This happens at work and in relationships as well as the gym. We are faced with an obstacle and we need to act and think alternatively to overcome it.

Sometimes, however, we get stuck and this may not be due to a lack of discipline or desire to change.

Rather, it may be a lack of knowledge. We may not know the answer or possess the appropriate tools to solve the problem… yet.

Knowledge is not the “magic pill” – solving a problem is not a simple fix, just as change is not an easy occurrence.

But having an intellectual understanding may give you just enough feedback to commence work in an alternate direction; in a place you usually would not explore.

Consider that the appropriate tools or solutions lie where you have failed to look before and exist in the realm of what you don’t know and not what you do.

The question then becomes: “What am I not doing?”

In answering this, we are overwhelmed with endless potentialities and perhaps some of these provide us with the direction we need.

This will not be easy. Change is hard.

But if it is progress we seek, then looking where we are least likely may be what is required.