Be Willing to Change Your Path to Get What You Want in Life

“[You] don’t have to change your goal. Change your path, be willing to and don’t see that as a failure. That’s just life.” – Diane Hendricks You have a goal or goals, perhaps even a tentative or somewhat fleshed-out plan for how to achieve your objective. Do you think there is only one way to get what you want in life? Are you obsessed with sticking to a path you’ve been on despite a change of circumstance, recently acquired knowledge or skill, even a new interest that’s in conflict with your chosen course of action? If so, you might be stuck. But you can get unstuck, too. That is, if you want to. Just as there are generally several routes to get to a single destination (think alternate routes calculated by Google or a GPS-enabled in-vehicle navigation or available on your smartphone), and different destinations that may prove more desirable along the way, the fact that you’ve embarked on one path toward your goal doesn’t mean that you are obliged to stick hard and fast to it. Simply change the route. You can still get where you want to go — if you ultimately make the decision that the goal continues to be desirable and you want to go there. Some might say that this is taking the effortless way out, arguing that continuing the path you’ve been on is a sign of commitment, determination, perseverance and wisdom. It may be in some instances, but it may also be an excuse. When you wind up at the other end of that path and it’s been nothing but pain a...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: General Happiness Self-Help Success & Achievement Career Path goals major life changes Personal Growth Source Type: blogs