"If you want something you've never had before, you've got to do something you've never done before." - Drina Reed

This is a very powerful quote. The quote is inspirational, but also very scary. Is the inspiration enough to make you overcome the fear? Change is difficult enough, but doing something that not only involves changing, but also doing something totally new is a challenge that many people cannot accept. Others embrace change and are always looking for the next best thing.

If you are reading this article, maybe it's because you are ready to change something in your life. Maybe you don't even know where to start. It is one thing to say you need to do something you have never done, it is quite another to figure out what that "something" is. The first step is to figure out what it is want to change. Just saying you are not happy with your life is not good enough. You have to narrow it down. Is your income not where you would like it be? Are you tired of your job or the people you work with? The way you look?

Once you have figured out what you are not happy with, the second step is to narrow it down even farther. If you are not happy with your income, where would you like your income to be? If you are tired of your job, why are you tired of it? What would you like to do instead? If you don't like the way you look, what don't you like?

The third and final step is the hard part. You have to do this step with the idea that anything you come up with possible. You will have to work out the details, but it is possible. If you are not happy with your income and you have decided that you would like to double your income, how can you make that happen? Maybe you need more education, even if you have never gone to college or you have been out of school for a long time. Maybe you didn't even finish high school. What would it take to get the education you need? If you are tired of your job, what would you need to do to change jobs? Have you started looking for something else? Are you trying to get a job in a field you have never worked in? What do you need to convince someone to hire you in that field? If you don't like the way you look, what don't you like? If it is your weight, are you willing to try an exercise program you have never tried before? Are you willing to learn to eat differently? If it is your hair are you willing to try coloring it?

There are definitely some changes are scarier than others. Some require more effort than others. Some have the potential for more negative consequences than others. Changing your hair color is not that big of a commitment—it will grow out, but enrolling in school can be a significant financial and personal risk. No one can make you change, but changing can be the difference between living and existing.

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